Word: blades
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...second Freshmen row a slow stroke and as soon as they spurt show a tendency to rush their slides. Their body motion is uneven and the ragged blade work causes the boat to roll considerably. They row as follows: Stroke, Hague; 7, Crane; 6, Gardner; 5, Hull; 4, Welldon; 3, Blagden; 2, Tuckerman; bow, Marsalis...
...lengths. Both crews rowed well. The chief difficulty in the first seems to be a lack of leg drive at the finish of the stroke and too slow body movement. In this last respect the second was better than the first; they got their weight on better, but their blade work was very ragged. The blade work of the first was good, except that at times the blades were high off the water at the catch...
Foster, number 2, is smooth with his oar, but lacks the dash which usually characterizes Freshman oars. He is erratic about getting his blade in, but at times gets a firm drive through the stroke...
Roberts, captain and stroke, is inclined to drop out too far with his body at the full reach and to get his blade in late. He fails to make use of the whole slide, but succeeds in getting a good beat into the stroke...
...well started. Harding yesterday replaced Lawrence at 4. Lawrence tended to be late at the catch, and slow in getting his hands away. Wood at 3 pulls one of the strongest oars in the boat, which makes up for a little awkwardness with his hands and in his blade work. He has a tendency to crouch in his seat and to let his head drop between his shoulders at the catch, which makes him appear not to be working smoothly. Bullard, at 2, swings back too far, and is late on the recover. He is lightly built and does...