Word: swing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this particular is necessary. The slump at the finish has been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this point. The time is still poor, and the crew as a whole rows short. The men (except bow and stroke) still swing back too far, and when they get back they jerk in their hands badly instead of flnishing smoothly. This failure to row smoothly applies all through the stroke and, to a greater or less extent, throughout the boat. The great improvement, however, has been in overcoming to a great extent...
...give below individual criticism of the men. Bow: rows oar out at finish; catches ahead; has good body movement, except a little drop at the catch, and does not swing back too far. 2: a strong man; rows pretty well; over-reaches somewhat and fizzles a little on the finish; his chief fault is that he does not pay attention to time or to the boat. 3: very hard worker, but gets in work at the wrong time; does not get weight on to his stretcher until half through his stroke; has bad jerk at finish; slumps badly at finish...
...entirely of amateurs. The Glee Club also showed the improvement of a winter's work. The programme last evening was very well adapted to bring out the excellent points of both organizations. The Spanish dance by Moskowski, and the Haydn Serenade in particular were both excellently well played with swing and dash, and withal a precision and delicacy that did the orchestra great credit. A quartette for 'cellos, by Messrs. Forcheimer, Cabot, Loeb and Naumberg, was a very novel and enjoyable feature, and was artistically and smoothly played...
...Captain Storrow and his crew, and in consequence a more careful study of the principles of rowing has been made by the individual men than ever before. Every possible attention is paid to watermanship, especially to an effective and graceful method of handling the oars, although the body swing is by no means neglected. As a result of this careful and intelligent work, our crew is rowing in good form, and at an exceedingly fast rate for this season of the year. The class crews are all distanced by it with ease, although they have the advantage of lighter barges...
...finish and feather. A considerable part of the stroke is lost at both ends, by clipping and an imperfect finish. The individual faults are as follows: bow settles at the finish; two hangs at the finish, and is thus obliged to rush down on the recover, his swing is inaccurate; three occasionally swings forward too far, and gets into a position for the catch; four meets, which weakens his finish and makes his shoot violent; six meets and settles at the finish; seven hurries the recover; stroke hangs and swings back...