Word: swings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Columbia rows a stroke consisting of a body swing prolonged very far back and ending with a short sharp leg drive. The oars are rowed out of water and the feather held almost to the catch. It is an effective stroke for a stern wind if the crew be well together...
Pennsylvania shows plainly the marks of her professional coaching. The crew has the appearance of having been coached more upon the basis of outboard than of inboard work. The body swing is fairly long fore and aft. The oars are rowed in and out of the water and the stroke looks rather labored. There has been lately a marked improvement in time and blade work...
Cornell seems to have abandoned her old time stroke for a modified copy of the English one with a fairly long body swing. The slides are held until the body is slightly back of the perpendicular and then the stroke is finished with a powerful leg drive. The arms are but slightly broken at the finish and there is a tendency to drop out at the full reach. The blade work is excellent and the shell moves smoothly through the water...
...distinctive feature of Harvard's crew this year is the stand off the stretcher from catch to finish. It is an element of the stroke in which Harvard crews have been very deficient of late years. The body swing is very long. The leg drive beginning at the catch with the shoulders thrown on hard to gain a strong position. The pressure is increased through the stroke ending in a hard finish. There is no lift in the stroke as there was last year but a horizontal drive throughout. The hands are shot away quickly and the body swing taken...
Townsend at four weighs 172 pounds. He handles his oar badly on the recover; in fact he is slow in getting away at the beginning of the recover. Another fault is that he does not swing his shoulders on quite enough all through...