Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...light upon their feet and have not a quarter of a ton of beef and brawn to their credit can play. Oxford men seem to think that nature has given something to men of medium weight, men of 160 pounds or thereabouts, which is the ideal weight for an oarsman or an all round athlete. Nor were these two all the games in progress. There were teams playing hockey, lacrosse and other games, and tennis and cricket in their season. It is a fine sight to see the men pour out from the different college gates at about...
...eight-oared, four-oared or pair oared crew shall be allowed to compete if, within four weeks prior to the commencement of the regatta, the crew shall have been coached during any practice in rowing, or controlled, or directed in their training, by any person not considered an amateur oarsman, sculler or coxswain, under the general rules...
Louis H. Switzer was born in 1881. He prepared for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic School, entering Harvard in 1899. He was prominent as an oarsman, rowing number 3 on his winning Freshman crew, and on his Weld class and senior graded crews last spring...
...returning by the added power of the oars and a pair of circular deflecting planes, under the boat and on through the propellers again. This device will render the amount of water which has to be moved by the oar, as small as possible; and by relieving the oarsman from its dead weight will give him greater opportunity to pay attention to his bladework...
...Yale university four oar, and freshman crews were all out on the river early yesterday morning. As an experiment, Dr. Gallaudet gave the charge of the day's coaching to John Kennedy, a well-known professional oarsman and boatbuilder. He coached the crews particularly on ease of motion and economy of energy...