Word: swings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...faults of the crew are partly due to the tank and are made more apparent by the extremely slow stroke they have been rowing. Most of the men swing back too far and pull out of the water at the finish. They are slow in getting their hands away and are apt to be careless about time. A considerable improvement has been made of late in getting the oars down to the catch and in turning back from the recover without pause, and the men are also controlling their slides more evenly. Mr. Storrow and Mr. Mumford will continue...
...Tilton. Stroke is jerky and uneven. Swings with shoulders, slides a little and then uses shoulders again. Leg drive and body swing are both...
...Heath. Apt to let body swing forward too soon and weakens on the finish...
...eights were out together yesterday for the first time. A new set of oars from Shaw arrived and were used by Captain Goodrich's crew. Several practice starts were taken by both crews together. These starts were very even as a rule, but Perkins's crew had a longer swing and were faster and cleaner with their hands...
...Lehmann devoted most of his attention towards getting a uniform swing through the boat...