Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Riverside's water, the latter rowed across the bow of the former. The Weld crew stopped rowing, and several of the men held up their hands for a protest, which was not considered by the referee. At the start, Captain Youngman was not ready and jumped his slide. He claims to have held up his hand at the start, but the starter's opinion was that it was not until the second stroke, after the word...
...liner above his head. This catch was so unexpected that he had no trouble in completing a double play. He also made a good stop off Powers in the sixth inning. Winslow played well in the field, and succeeded in stealing third base by a fine slide. Wrenn accepted several hard chances but marred his record by several inexcusable errors. Scannell and Stevenson put up their usual reliable game. Rand distinguished himself by three clean singles and a good sacrifice...
...Stevenson, 7, gets too much body reach, rushes his slide and buries his oar too deep. Weight...
Shepard, 2, rushes his slide and swings too far back and cocks his oar badly at the full reach. Weight...
...whole the body work of the crew is good in regard both to time and form. As yet the crew has not progressed very far in the use of the slide and it is yet too early to give any estimate of the work in that direction. The amount of slide now used is 12 inches, but this will probably be lengthened as soon as the crew goes into the shell permanently. During the Easter vacation the crew will probably row twice a day regularly...