Word: snappings
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...stroke to 28. In less than a quarter of a mile the second had gained a length and before a half mile had been covered, the second crew had increased the distance between the boats by still another half length. The first crew was rowing well together, but without snap. The men did not stand on the stretchers and the boat buried badly at the end of every stroke. In view of this discouraging work, Coach Higginson encouraged the men and called for a spurt. The crew responded by raising the stroke to 32 for about 25 strokes...
...bunch them so well. Yale won the game in the fourth inning when by five hits, Sanger's error and a base on balls, they scored five runs. Both teams made three errors, but those by Harvard were more costly. The playing of the visiting team lacked life and snap until the last inning when it was too late. With two outs and two men on bases, Bolton made a hard try for a hit, but was fielded out by Thompson...
Special attention was given to springing up quickly at the beginning of the recover. The emphasizing of this point prevented a very even beat in either boat, and the rowing was without snap. In a few quarter mile brushes, neither crew gained materially...
...short brushes between the crews they finished even for the most part, but sometimes the second gained by rowing a higher stroke. The first crew is now rowing with a more even beat than the second, and is better together, but the second seems to have more snap and life...
...that they could not last the distance. At the Longwood bridge Ayer's crew had reduced the distance between the eights to three lengths, and at Harvard bridge Bullard's crew was still leading by that distance. For the last mile both crews rowed with more snap and life, raising the stroke gradually to 32 and at the finish to 35. Bullard's crew finished about three lengths ahead...