Word: bob
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themselves The Yale crew are expected at their quarters on Wednesday, in time to see the Columbia-Harvard race, which they expect to follow in their own launch. In this way they will be able to form some idea of the style of rowing which their rivals pursue. Capt. "Bob Cook" will be with them as coach most of the time while they remain at the river. They are still imperfect in their new stroke and will require much attention at his hands. They average at present only about 166 pounds which is over six pounds less than the crew...
...pounds lighter than the crew of last year. As our own crew will not weigh much more at the time of the race the two sets of men will be about evenly matched in strength, and success will depend entirely upon skill with the oar. Bob Cook will be with their crew, to coach them as much as he can from now until the day of the race. The coxswain, who is now steering them weighs about...
...Yale alumni dinner in New York, Capt. Bob Cook is reported to have said that: "Harvard refused to accept the English system until 1876, and she has since been trying hard to reach as favorable a standing as the other college crews." Indeed! How many more races than Yale has Harvard won since that time? Some one must have blundered...
Capt. Robert J. Cook, familiarly known as "Bob" Cook, has been talking again about the "English" stroke and the debt owed by the American colleges to himself, who first introduced the stroke in this country. In an interview with a reporter of the Philadelphia Bulletin, Capt. Cook speaks somewhat as follows...
...Captain Bob Cook, who undertook to coach the Yale crew this winter and spring, finds that he will be unable to devote the necessary amount of time to the work. Hull, the captain of last year's crew, has been persuaded to complete the task. Mr. Hull was the great exponent of the "yank," which proved so disastrous the last two years, and he has had to receive considerable instruction himself in the English stroke of Captain Cook. For this purpose he recently spent a fortnight in Philadelphia under the coaching of Mr. Cook and Mr. Wood, who performed...