Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...keel. It was not until nearly dark that they finally mastered the shell and kept it even for a considerable distance. The port men lift the boat and the starboard men let their oars cut under. Nearly all are behind the stroke at the catch, they all hurry the slide, and most of them are slow getting their oars away from their bodies...
...Watson Taylor-the shooting out of the arms from the body like the "rebound of a billiard ball from the cushion." This gets the shell of the hands easily. The hands are shot a trifle downward, feathering being done at the same time, and then follows the slide forward, in which the ingenuity of Mr. Cook excels. Instead of the eight men letting their bodies move gradually forward on the slides, allipull on their stretchers, making the first part of the slide very rapid, while they slow down just before finishing the slide, so as to avoid a sudden stop...
...Harvard, Dean got his base on balls and at once stole second by a pretty slide. Hallowell made a beautiful sacrifice, with a slow grounder to Ganzel, sending Dean to third. Hovey made a base hit on which Dean scored. Hovey was out, Lake to Long, on an attempt to steal second. Trafford made a hit and went to second on Frothingham's base on balls. Dickinson knocked a long fly between left and centre which both men ran for and Sullivan finally muffed, letting Trafford home...
...Hand. A new man, and for a new man, rowing fairly well. He is slow with his shoot, however, does not get his body swing before he begins to slide, and hits the water with his oar on the recover...
...Ellsworth. He is slow at the beginning of the recover, does not get his body away before his slide, reaches around with his outside shoulder, and is apt to be behind...