Word: sliding
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...radical change in the old Yale stroke has been made this year. The former custom of following the body swing with a leg drive has been replaced by the simultaneous action of both leg and body. The body swing and the slide have been shortened, and a sharper, more snappy stroke has resulted. The breadth of the oars has been increased in the first boat to 7 1-4 inches, and in the second boat to 6 1-2 inches from 6 inches last year. The new cedar shell made by Ruddock of New York has arrived and will...
...time. Williams is at present stroking the latter boat. Holt, the bow oar, and Warmoth, the stroke of last year's freshman crew, Williams and Cameron have been tried at stroke in the first boat. Blagden also of the last freshman crew--No. 7--has been at that slide in the first boat for a few days and is doing good work, Niedecken having been moved back to Griswold's place at No. 3. The crew rowed in this order the last day of the term: Bow, Atkinson '01; 2, Cameron '00; 3, Niedecken '00; 4, Wickes '00; 5, Auchincloss...
...Yale crew squads have been gradually reduced until the total number of men now in training for all the eights is only 116. Of these 44 are freshmen, 25 sophomores, 24 juniors and 20 seniors. The freshmen have been coached almost entirely on holding the slide well under them at the catch, and recovering slowly. Some of the most promising material for the university boat is in the sophomore crew squad. The members of last year's 1902 crew were instructed especially in shortening their reach and making a quick finish with the hands, points on which particular stress...
...during the past week. The practice has consisted of twenty-five minutes rowing in the tanks, an outdoor run of a mile or more, and exercise in the gymnasium. The coaching of the senior and junior crews has been confined principally to the body swing and the shoot, but slide work has been included in the exercise of the other two crews. The number of the freshman squad has recently been reduced to fifty-five...