Word: blade
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Faulkner '09 at number 3 fills the seat fairly well. His slide control is inferior to the other men in the crew, but he is particularly clean in his blade work. Last year he was captain and 7 on the 1909 Freshman crew...
...crew went out again at 6.45 o'clock, the men were again confined to the Inlet. Although Coach Wray accompanied them in a launch, he was unable to keep very close to them. A faster stroke was held than in the morning, and all the men showed clean blade work. On the whole, the day's practice was encouraging after their last showing here. This afternoon both crews will hold their final practice before the race, and the Harvard eight will row over the course...
Throughout the practice the whole crew seemed to have considerable difficulty in controlling their slides. The blade work was very smooth and the men pulled together in splendid form, and on the trip upstream the boat spaced out almost to the rudder posts. They did not do so well on the row down-stream against the tide, however, and at times the shell checked perceptibly. Physically the men are in very good condition, although they are not trained very fine. They are all able to follow Tappan quite well, as was shown yesterday, when he raised the stroke to about...
...been rowing for some time on account of sickness, definitely decided who should row at 2. Fish was tried for one day at bow, but his work there was very unsatisfactory, as shifting him from the side of the boat to which he had been accustomed, made his blade-work ragged and his swing out of time with the rest of the men. Burchard is now rowing at bow, but his work is less satisfactory than that of the other men, as he does not start forward soon enough on the recovery, and does not keep his oar buried...
...third crew, was put in at 8, Farley rowed 2 and Fish was put on the starboard side of the boat at bow. The crew rowed down to the Longwood bridge, where Faulkner took Macdonald's place. The boat went along more evenly, but Fish was ragged in his blade work, and did not work in well with the other men. Just below the Weld Boat Club, on the return, Faulkner was moved to bow, Fish went back to his old position at 2 and Lunt was tried on the starboard side at number...