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Columbia has not been in the least influenced by Yale's exhibition of a fast stroke last year, still keeping to the opinion that a slow stroke is better for a four mile race and a fast one for a short race...
...Captain Cowles gives it as his opinion that with 36 or 37 strokes per minute his boat travels faster for a distance of three miles, or even less, than if the crew is hurried up to 40 and kept at that rate. At the fast stroke the rowing becomes short and scratchy, and the energy of a heavy crew is wasted in swinging back and forth instead of the power being reserved as much as possible for the driving of the boat along when the oar is in the water. The training stroke of the crew has ranged from...
YALE.Brooks, '85, has records of 10 1-5, 22 3-5 and 50 2-5 for the three shorter distances. He therefore has the best college record for the 220 and the quarter. Colt, '85, will probably run in the 220, but he has made no very fast time. Smith, '83, is said to have run the quarter in the excellent time of 51 3/4 sec. Halsey, '83, has run the half...
...there were only 4,021 college students in the United States; now there are 62,425. It is exceedingly significant that for fifty years the number of our college students has increased more than twice as fast as that of our population. - [Joseph Cook...
...well sustained in this race. The start was very poor, Hosmer taking first place, Hendee second and Norton third. At the end of the next to the last lap Hendee and Norton both spurted finely, both passing Hosmer. Hendee won in 3 minutes 11 2-5 seconds. Norton rode fast and pluckily, coming in 8 seconds behind, with Hosmer a good third. Hendee rode a heavy 54 inch Rudge, and Norton used a Humber 56 inch...