Word: watermanship
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...Goodenough and Casey of the Riverside Boat Club. They row a stroke somewhat shorter than that which the other crews use, and the recover is very much faster. The crew as a whole is apt to hurry and fails to use the leg drive soon enough. The watermanship is very good and has improved much of late. This crew is the heaviest of the four and the men are unusually strong...
...present, the crew, having just taken to the shell are in one of their transition periods, but there is every reason to suppose that, when they have mastered those elements of watermanship which can be taught only in a racing ship, they will show both uniformity and pace...
...eight. The crew rows down to the basin every afternoon, when Mr. Goodenough meets them at the Union Boathouse to coach. The Senior Crew is working slightly harder than any of the other class crews, but though very strong are not rowing a finished stroke. However, the watermanship is improving greatly. On the other hand, though, there is a general tendency to be slow at the catch and sluggish on the recover. The following is an individual criticism...
...tank yesterday afternoon, the first crew rowing in the following order: Stroke, Byrd; 7, Clark, 6, Glidden, 5, Heath; 4, Swain; 3, Biddle; 2, Brown; bow, Saltonstall. The crew as a whole lacks control of its slides and has also a tendency to hang at the full reach. The watermanship is good. More particular faults are a tendency in Byrd to break his arms at the catch. Swain at 4 pulls round and is slow about getting his oar away at the finish...
...Freshmen well deserved their victory, since they easily excelled the other crews in every way. Had their coxswain held a better course their time might have been lowered by several seconds. An even stroke of thirty-eight strokes to the minute was rowed throughout the entire race. Their watermanship was excellent and the work of stroke deserves special praise. A great deal of credit for their remarkably good showing is due P. D. Rust '98, who coached the men until two weeks ago, and to N. Perkins '91, who since then has had charge of the crew...