Word: raggedness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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The form of all the crews was very ragged throughout the race. None of them knew how to start well, and, even making allowance for the roughness of the water, splashed to a needless extent. Considering, however, that they were made up of almost untrained men, the showing made was...
The '98 crew's body work is still ragged and the boat is more or less unsteady. They are rowing more a snappy and a shorter stroke than they were before last week's shake up. The boat moves well between strokes. Their catch is firm and hard, but the...
Dobyns, at stroke, is ragged in his blade work and fails to keep the stroke as long as it should be, but rows a snappy oar and sets a good place. Dubois, 7, lacks life on the catch and tends to carry the feather too far. Millard, 6, tends to...
Although the '99 crew has lost two of its regular men, it is showing up well. The catch needs livening up, as does the beginning of the recover. The blade work is a bit ragged and there is a tendency to bury the oars too deep. The power when once...
Ninety-seven is rowing a much shorler stroke than the other crews and do not seem to be improving very much. Their work is still very ragged ahd irregular, and, if they win, it will be by their strength alone, for their form is far below that of the other...