Word: reached
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...slow in getting his power on at the catch. Bancroft, 6, kicks out his slide. James, 5, settles at the finish and meets his oars. Nichols (captain), 4, slow on recover and tends to meet his oar. Morrill, 3, rolls his head. Stafford, 2, does not get enough body reach and is slow on the recovery. Knoblauch, bow, hangs at full reach and tends to clip...
...snappy oar and sets a good place. Dubois, 7, lacks life on the catch and tends to carry the feather too far. Millard, 6, tends to meet his oar at the finish of the stroke. Wood, 5, settles at the finish and tends to drop over at the full reach. McBurney (captain) 4, rolls his head, but rows long and smoothly. Butler, 3, rows around his oar and his time is poor. Richards, 2, is very short on body reach and slow on the recover. Robinson, bow, forgets to bevel his oar sufficiently and tends to clip...
...Individual criticism at this early period of practice is hardly fair. I may say, however, that stroke Perkins has shown very steady improvement, his best points being his steadiness, regularity and length. He is well backed up by Goodrich, who has a very long reach and does not fear to use it. Thomson, at 6, has an easy style and generally rows fairly well with stroke, though he does not always hold his stroke out long enough in the water...
...advantage of the crew. The same may be said of 4, Sprague, who in the fall rowed in a very cramped and ungainly style, though he undoubtedly worked. He has now acquired much greater freedom of movement. His chief fault is a heaviness of the hands at full reach, which often causes him to be late in beginning...
Blake cuts off his reach, is late getting his oar into the water and does not swing on enough with his shoulders...