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Capt. Woodman has received an answer to his letter, challenging the Columbia Freshman Crew to a two mile straight away race at New London. The challenge has been accepted, and the time for the race will be determined upon in the future...
...number four swung back too far; number three and number two did not make the movements of the body and arms continuous, but stopped after the shoot; both bent the arms too soon after the catch; number two had a very short swing, and did not hold his arms straight on the full reach; number one has but lately begun rowing. T. P. Burgess, '87, 180 lbs. will soon be able to resume his position at number five...
These men, as may be seen from these figures, are as heavy as the average freshman crew, among them are several very strong men. As a general criticism, the attention of the crew may be called to the necessity of keeping exact time, of keeping the arms straight until the upward swing is finished. Number one stops at end of shoot, and then rushes down; number two might shorten his swing forward; number three jerks his hands towards his knees when starting to swing up; number four does not let the arm and body movements follow each other continuously; number...
...directions. The body should swing forward and back with a hip, and not a back movement. Eight years ago Harvard crews used to row with a bent back. In considering the advisability of a change during the captaincy of our late coach, it was argued that a straight back, and an active chest allowed free and easier breathing, an important consideration in a race of from twenty to twenty-five minutes. Further, it was thought that an "eight" composed of amateur college oarsmen could attain greater precision with a long steady hip movement than with an irregular back movement...
...bent forward, and the arms are extended to their "full reach," the shoulders should always be kept down and back, for a shoulder movement is jerky, as well as extremely tiresome. It is unnecessary work which often severely taxes an oarsman's strength. Meanwhile the arms are kept perfectly straight, (not rigid, for rigidity tires the muscles), until the body stops to reverse its motion just back of the perpendicular. At this point the arms are drawn to the chest at the rate at which the body has been swinging back; but, as soon as they touch the chest, they...