Word: trudgeon
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...report, will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, and hereafter practice will continue on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights from 8 to 9 o'clock, until the University squad is picked. W. T. Harrison '05 and H. P. Pratt '05 will coach the men individually in the Trudgeon and side strokes, the coaching being directed chiefly toward improvement in form rather than increased speed...
...clock until January 18, when the class relay races will be held and a University squad picked from members of last year's University team and the most promising material brought out by the class races. W. T. Harrison '05 will coach the different teams in the Trudgeon and side strokes, and H. P. Pratt '05 will have charge of the diving squad...
...Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, and hereafter all candidates will be expected to report on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8 o'clock. W. T. Harrison '05 and C. G. Dodge '04, assisted by some members of the Brookline Swimming Club, will coach the men individually in the Trudgeon and side strokes, the chief efforts in the beginning being directed toward improvement in form rather than increased speed...
...present much time is being taken in teaching the candidates the Trudgeon stroke. In most cases it is necessary for the men to change from strokes they have previously used, and this, of course, involves a somewhat slow development. In general the principal faults with the swimmers are that they do not keep their bodies straight, that they spread their arms too much, that their kick is not sufficiently powerful, and that their stroke is rough and unfinished rather than even and continuous...