Word: watermanship
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...Watriss, who has not been rowing for the past two weeks on account of a sprain, once more joined the crew. He rowed at No. 4 in place of Manning. The crew is using no slide at present. The body work of the men is well together and their watermanship noticeably good for this period of the rowing season...
...first two weeks on the river were spent in grasping the principles upon which Mr. Watson expects to develop his stroke. Particular attention was paid to watermanship and to a long, sweeping stroke, obtained in great part by a long body swing. The necessity of dropping the oars into the water at full reach instead of rowing them in through the air with the body was emphasized...
...second crew as usual rowed along up stream ahead of the launch, from which Mr. Watson coached. Both crews continue to row in heavy barges. In the 'varsity boat a great improvement must be noted in watermanship and the way the oars are put into the water at the beginning of the stroke...
...every Harvard man who is following the crews on the Thames with any degree of critical interest. In the week just finished, the Harvard crew has not made rapid strides towards that perfection of stroke at which every crew aims, but slow though noticeable improvements are evident. Though the watermanship is still manifestly inferior to Yale's, it has improved markedly in a week...
They are quartered as usual at Gales Ferry, next to the Yale boat house, and have about ten days more to row before they meet Harvard and Yale. They are rowing a quick stroke this year, even going as high as thirty-eight to the minute. The watermanship and blade work is very good and the body work is all that saves them from being a fairly fast crew. Ragged as they are, they have made some good time already...