Word: timing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...general work of the crew is ragged; the time is bad and the blade work splashy. Altogether considerable improvement must be made before the crew will be in really satisfactory shape. It is expected, however, that great improvement will be made while the men are at New London. They will have every facility for better training, and will be able to give their undivided attention to the work. The crew is rowing at present as follows...
...crew are too young, and consequently have not control of their bodies and lack firmness and precision, The crew is much younger than usual, the average age being only about eighteen years. They are not steady, and are stiff and "loggy;" they roll badly and therefore their time is bad; their blade work is sloppy. The members of the crew are very absent-minded, and this tends to increase the faults in their rowing form. When the oars are in the water the men lose time in getting their weight on, and do not sweep firmly through; the stroke...
...Clumsy; rushes his slide badly, and catches the water ahead of the stroke; swings back too far, shoots low and does not keep up the time of the stroke; oar is fair but not free enough...
...singles match last fall, and as Exeter won it yesterday, it will be necessary to play a third match to decide the championship before the schools close. The athletic meeting was a success in every way. Great interest was taken in the outcome, since it was the first time such a contest had taken place between the two schools. Andover won, getting six events out of the nine. Exeter's showing would hardly have been so poor had she not been unfortunate. In the bicycle race her man took a header in the last lap, in the mile...
...Exeter. Running broad jump, Bloss, Exeter, 20 feet, 4 inches, 2nd, Heywood, Exeter; record broken. 220 yards dash, Foss, Andover, 25 seconds, 2nd, Ellis, Exeter. The officers of the meeting were: referee, G. S. Mandell '89; judges, A. T. Dudley, '87, and G. D. Pettee; Starter, E. C. Wright; time keepers, J. G. Lathrop, W. A. Francis, J. C. Kimball, clerk of course, J. S. Fillmore; directors, G. H. Carter, W. F. Baker, and G. L. Day of the Academy...