Word: cleaned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cleveland has stood openly on the side of free trade and the speaker questioned whether he had been the clean, non-partisan president which he had promised...
...Mystic C. C. The Mystic captain, winning the toss, decided to make the best of a bad wicket, owing to the rain, by going in first. Smith and Kidger were the first two to face the bowling of Ellis and Bohlen. With the score at only 5, Smith was clean bowled by Bohlen. E. Greaves, the next man, after driving Bohlen for 3, was caught out by Balch at short slip off Ellis. Ellis followed this up by bowling Carmichael for only 4. Then DeWolfe joined Kidger and the two made a good stand until the latter was caught...
...stroke, which is rather like that of '86 than '87, as the blades are carried back flat a little longer than last year. Of late they have got a better hold on the water at the beginning of the stroke, but the finish still falls short of being as clean as it should be. They have a magnificent swing, and at times good control of boat and slides. For the past two or three weeks a slower stroke-30 or 31 per minute-has been used than that which the crew rowed earlier in the spring...
...Wilcox, '88 S., 155 lbs., is slow with his hands, pulls through the water unsteadily, finishes too shallow and does not lift his oar out clean. He is an old man and what is lost in weight is more than compensated for by the endurance which his age gives...
...Woodruff, '89, 178 lbs., slow with his hands, swings to port, cocks his oar over the catch, pulls too shallow and does not finish clean. Body work is for the most part good and he has good control of his slide...