Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...work at New London has consisted for the main part of long paddles in one stretch. On Saturday, June 11, the eight is reported to have covered the four-mile course in fast time, although no definite time was given out. Last week, on three separate occasions, Coach Kennedy sent the eight down-stream to New London bridge and back in two stretches of four and one-half miles each...
...university eight gave the freshmen two lengths start and passed them in three-quarters of a mile. The university fours also tried some racing starts and covered two miles in all. At six o'clock this evening the five crews rowed down to the Navy Yard in short stretches. Coach Kennedy sent the crews back to the boathouse in one stretch at a low stroke...
...place in the boat. Throughout the first half-mile the men rowed easily at 30 strokes to the minute. From that point the stroke was dropped to 29 until the boat reached the three-mile mark. The time over these first three miles was exactly 17 minutes. During this stretch the shell did not seem well on her keel at the catch and the slide-work was unsteady. At times Withington at 4 and Hooper at 5 did not bury their blades deep enough into the water, and Waid at 7 was slow in dropping...
...Freshman eight was sent out during the morning and covered about three miles in short stretches and in the after-noon covered the two miles course in 11 minutes and 10 seconds. Although this time is only fair under the good conditions that prevailed, the boat travelled along in good shape. The order was not changed. The Freshman four was also given hard work during the morning. It covered a stretch of a half-mile in 2 minutes and 42 seconds, very good time for a four...
...Light work was the order today for all the crews in both the morning and afternoon work-outs. The University crew tried out the old shell again in the morning, paddling easily down to the Navy Yard and back. Later the new shell was used for a short stretch. The Freshman eight paddled over the last two miles of the course, from Red Top to the Navy Yard at a fast clip. The crew started off at 35 to the minute and rowed about 32 for the remainder of the distance. The first half-mile was covered in 2 minutes...