Word: swing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regard it of equal importance that scientific experiments should be conducted on the best methods of applying strength to the oar. There are those who believe in straight back rowing and there are those who are advocates of the curved back. One man thinks that the body should not swing far from the upright position on the return stroke, and another advocates an incline to an almost comical extent. Rowing apparatus could be devised which might determine experimentally whether the straight back or the curved back constitute the best form. Instantaneous photographs of men in different positions might also...
...most of the men who have been training all the autumn, the other being made up of new men who have been playing football or have just begun training. The men in the first division are rowing with oars and have begun breaking their arms, and are learning the swing and the shoot. The new men are only rowing with straight arms as yet. It is too early to say much of the prospects of the crew although there is certainly some very good material. Following is a list of the men with their weights...
...verse called the "Rollicking Fool and the Weeping Maid" is worthy of mention both for its jolly swing and its deep underlying thought. The "Epitaph for a Poet" is also an attractive thing...
...always to the Swift" is, 'o our way of thinking, the best contribution to the number. The story is well told working up to a good climax; the oaths are effective and our "pastry - faced" friend, "Algernon. Fitz-Jones" turns out a man. There is a liveliness and swing in the description of the race which is very attractive...
...candidates for the 'varsity crew are now working daily in the gymnasium. They have just begun to use oars and are rowing on the weights, to learn the body swing. They also take a short run of about two miles every day. Few of those trying have had any previous experience at rowing, though Ninde, Stackpole, Goodwin and Kaven tried for their class crews...