Word: slides
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...exertion formerly used in putting the blade back. In feathering, the blade will be horizontal instead of at an angle of forty-five degrees. As soon as the blade is far enough back, the head is thrown back, and the catch is immediate and strong. Instead of continuing the slide to a definite number of inches, the whole is used, thus giving the legs sufficient opportunity to do their work. When the men are ready to receive the word "go," the seat is well under the body, the back and arms inclined forward, and the head in position to throw...
...styles of the two oarsmen were widely different. Goddard with his 14-inch slide pulled a clean and powerful stroke, while he kept his shell on a perfectly even keel. Livingstone's boat rolled, and he had a trick of bending himself up at the catch which was enough to take the wind out of any man. The Yale man looked plump and well-fed, but had evidently had very little of that training which gave the Harvard man his fine and clean-cut figure...
...crew, and their chances for the first place have greatly increased. The catch is not yet good, the feather is uneven, and all the men are inclined to bucket. Bow is not in good form; two does n't reach far enough, and does n't hold to his slide on the catch; three does n't pull his oar through, and swings out on the finish; four buckets, and fails to get his full reach; five meets badly, and feathers too high; six does n't get a full finish, and pushes too little with his legs; seven does...
...fault is a general lack of smoothness and continuity, all his movements being stiff and changing abruptly, instead of merging easily into one another. His stroke, too, like Jacobs's, has a marked lack of vigor. Legate, while faithful and strong, has some serious faults. The use of his slide is bad throughout, and, when forward, he doubles over his knees instead of opening them and letting his belly down between, which, by the way, would enable him with more ease to get a good reach. He settles at the end of his stroke, lets go of the oar with...
Tuesday, Jan. 23. - Twelve men present. Pull seven hundred and fifty strokes. Run two miles. The "time" has improved during the past two weeks, but the men are not well together on the shoot of the hands and the slide forward. Some of the men fail to get the proper recover. Loring reaches forward too much with his shoulders, does not sit up well at the finish, and is inclined to "settle." He shoots his hands quickly, but lets his body follow too fast. Legate fails to get enough body reach forward, does not always pull his oar "home...