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...yank the oars through the water instead of sweeping them through with a long, steady pull. These faults, however, are fast becoming eradicated by coaching, and today the crew is rowing more smoothly and with more power. The crew is a strong, hard-working eight, well able to stand the strain of a four-mile race, and in the recent time rows has usually rowed the last two miles in better form and in faster time than the first half of the course...
...Blue stand aghast...
...those in all large cities. The only way to free the cities of this evil is for men to work to overthrow the rule as forcefully as the bosses work to establish it. The present conditions of corruption are due to politics and hypocrisy. If laws even though wrong stand on the statute books, then the officers are in duty bound to enforce them...
...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, but as the boats passed Longwood bridge...
...orders, as they stand at present, are given below. those not mentioned, except Bullard, Francis, and Jackson have been dropped from the squad...