Word: bladework
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...Crimson varsity moved off the starting line at 43, understroking Pennsylvania by two beats per minute. At a quarter mile gone it was Harvard by a length, and the margin didn't change until the bridge. Harvard, at 35, appeared to be having a little trouble with timing and bladework, but staved off Penn challenges...
...this stage, it is difficult to pin-point what is wrong with the crew. The men are in good condition, the stroke is up to racing cadence, the starts are adequate for this time of year, and the bladework is improving. But oddly enough, it hasn't added up to any speed. One oarsman commented on the paradox rather well earlier this week: "If a combinations develope out of this, all hell could break loose...
Since all the crews are in good physical condition, Coolidge has stressed high stroke work again this week in order to smooth out bladework. The results, he feels, are visible in a marked improvement in the crews' rowing...
Love stated that changes in the line-up are still possible, although he had not made any at last report. While several of the oarsmen's bladework and timing remain quite rough, Love evidently intends to let the faults slowly work themselves...
...Bladework, and getting sufficiently set for the catch at the beginning of a stroke, are the two main handicaps of the Crimson at the present, according to Coach Laury Coolidge. In these regards the varsity has "a long way to improve," he said. But he also indicated that he thought this past week had shown real progress...