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...stroke. No. 6 is slow in starting for ward. he lets his legs wobble, and does not sit up to his work. He hurries his finish. No. 5 lets his shoulders fly up when he rows them back. He swings back too far and keeps his outside wrist curved. His stroke is rather short, and he does not use his legs hard enough. No. 4 swings back too far and settles. He ought, to stop and row his shoulders back. He tries to do too much work with his legs and slaps them down too hard, and too far, jarring...
President Bartlett of Dartmouth fell day before yesterday and sustained a severe fracture of the wrist...
Hamilton of Yale sprained his wrist so severely on Saturday, that he will not be able to ride again for two weeks...
Dean, '88, while spurting on his bicycle on the track yesterday morning, "took a header," thereby spraining his wrist...
...always swing directly over the keel. The following individual faults were noticed last Friday. Number one had his arms bent on the "full reach," number two used his slide, bent his arms too soon after the catch, and swung back too far; number three had the inside wrist curved down instead of up, and was not gentle enough in shooting out his hands. Number four has rowed since November, and made rapid improvement; his body swing is good, but his movements should be more continuous. Number five used his shoulders, instead of keeping them firmly in position, changed his grip...