Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Perhaps the best race of the afternoon was the 100 yards dash which was won by R. W. Robbins 1L., with a handicap of one yard. The men remained bunched all the way down the stretch and finished close together, Robbins winning by about a foot...
...Andrews '06 with a handicap of 20 yards, kept the lead to the end. R. W. Kelso '04, with 10 yards, soon worked up to second place and remained there throughout the race. H. M. Channing 2L., who ran from scratch, ran well until in the stretch where the pace began to tell on him. He went into third place, however, about 75 yards from the tape...
...yards run was won by W. G. Clerk 1L., who ran from scratch. He was closely followed by J. J. Moynahan '05, with 25 yards, who finished about a yard and a half. behind Clerk. F. Buffum '04, who had the lead on the back stretch, was unable to maintain it and was finally forced back to third place...
...built by Davy was used for the first time and seemed to fit the men much better than the old one. The crew rowed with more life than usual and travelled faster between strokes. After rowing up-stream from the Newell for a mile and a half in short stretches, the crew returned in one stretch and for the last quarter of a mile raised the stroke from 30 to 38. The washing out at the finish of the stroke has largely disappeared and the crew now shows considerable ability in putting up the stroke smoothly...
Yesterday afternoon the Freshman crew rowed over the mile course from the Longwood Bridge to the Harvard Bridge and back. After a short rest they returned to the Boathouse in one stretch, raising the stroke to a strong spurt at the finish. Tew has been out of the boat for about a week as he is suffering from a touch of grippe. Richmond has been taking his place at stroke. The crew shows a tendency to plunge forward on the catch which causes the unsteadiness of the boat. The work of the crew at present seems to indicate that...