Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, New London, Conn., June 16, 1910.--This morning the University crew paddled leisurely down to the Navy Yard and took the first half-mile of the return stretch at 34 to the minute, covering the distance in 2 minutes and 27 seconds against the tide. The Freshman eight, followed by Coach Wray in a single, covered the same distance in easy stretches...
...University fours had several brushes, most of which were won by the second four. The Freshman four covered a mile in one stretch at a high stroke...
...University crew paddled downstream a short distance beyond the half-way mark this afternoon in one stretch. The return to the boathouse was rowed without a stop. The crew shoved the shell ahead well on its keel and without any perceptible checking between strokes, although slight individual faults were noticeable. Metcalf at 3 did not bury his blade enough in the water, Withington at 4 failed to use his shoulders to the best advantage on the swing, and Waid was ahead of Cutler on the first part of the recovery. Coach Wray warned the men not to pull hard...
...this morning. Coach Kennedy sent the university and freshman eights down-stream this afternoon for a long row. The two crews paddled side by side for five and a half miles to a point one mile out in the harbor. The return was taken by both crews in one stretch. For the university eight this is an unusually long row, but for the freshmen it is unprecedented. Coach Kennedy is worried over the freshman eight and gave the crew this long row in order to get the men together and try out their stamina. Neither eight rowed over 30 strokes...
...afternoon work was much heavier, the University eight rowing over to the half-mile flag near the opposite shore and from this point three and one-half miles down-stream to the New London bridge in one stretch. The crew averaged 30 for the first two miles and a half and then Cutler raised the beat as high as 33 for the last half mile. Considering the strong head wind and tide the work of the crew was fairly good and although at times the men did not get the correct proportion throughout the stroke, the tendency to pound...