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...rowing itself, the Englishman leans further back, and in finishing his stroke, is quite out of a perpendicular: he also brings his hands up to his chest before finishing his stroke and shooting out again. With us, on the contrary, the man ends his stroke while sitting up almost straight, just a very little out of the perpendicular and with his hands several inches from his chest. No matter how rapidly the English crew is rowing, the stroke must always be pulled through in exactly the same way. In this then, that the English crews row a longer stroke, lies...
...minor one is that they do not insist as strongly as we do that the back shall be kept perfectly straight. If a man can row better so, they do not object to a slight curve of the shoulders. In the management of the slide, too, there are some differences. The Americans start their slides very fast, then slow them up about half way, and gradually come to a full stop. The Englishmen get their hands away very quickly, but slide forward slowly...
First heat, S. A. Coombs, B. A. A. first; W. S. Garcelon, H. A. A., second: time, 7 2.5 s. Second heat. L. Sayre, H. A. A., first; A. B. P. Straight, B. U. A. A., second; time, 71 2s. Third heat. E. H. Weeks, B. U. A. A., first; E. S. Benedict, H. A. A., second; time, 7 1-2 s. Fourth heat, E. B. Bloss, H. A. A. first; W. F. Baker, H A. A., second; time, 71-2 s. Heat for second men, W. S. Garcelon. H. A. A., first; W. F. Baker, H. A. A. second...
...Mott Haven team. This, as I have said, I believe to be at the foundation of permanent success, but I regard it of equal importance that scientific experiments should be conducted on the best methods of applying strength to the oar. There are those who believe in straight back rowing and there are those who are advocates of the curved back. One man thinks that the body should not swing far from the upright position on the return stroke, and another advocates an incline to an almost comical extent. Rowing apparatus could be devised which might determine experimentally whether...
...will be cut down to fifteen. At present the daily training consists of practice in stopping grounders and starting in various ways. Short exercises with the dumb-bells or chestweights follow, and the work ends with a run outside. Three times a week the men practice sliding, both straight and around the bases. For the rest, all are required to keep in good condition, but no detailed training out of hours is prescribed. During the midyears the batteries were coached by Keefe every morning...