Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first and second Freshman four-oar crews had another half-mile race yesterday afternoon downstream over the straight stretch below the Brighton bridge. The order was the same as on the previous day, except that the strokes were interchanged, Maxwell being put in the first crew, and Meyer in the second. The first crew, which was able to maintain a higher stroke, gradually forged ahead, finishing about a length in front of the second crew...
Yesterday proved to be a rare day, the weather being raw, as was the meat, which, nevertheless, was well done. A strong breeze blew down the stretch, which was straightaway righted, and the Monthly was then requested to cease blowing up the Young Instructor...
...otherwise would have been rowing in the first crew were dropped to the second. The Seniors have been rowing together in the same order for some time and have been showing steady improvement. Yesterday the first and second Sophomore crews rowed upstream together and in a fast stretch on the way back the second crew showed up well. The ability of the Freshman second eight is uncertain as three new men were put into the boat yesterday...
...work of the University crew yesterday afternoon was varied in character. The men went upstream to the Brighton bridge, rowed down as far as the Boylston street bridge, and then took a stretch upstream again as far as the Stillman Infirmary, before returning to the University boathouse. The distance covered was about 4 and 1-2 miles. At times a fairly fast stroke was rowed, and at other times the crew merely paddled. In the single racing start that was attempted the University crew was able to pull ahead of the second. Considerable improvement in the first crew over Tuesday...
After a short rest the University eight continued downstream accompanied by the second for about three-quarters of a mile. On this stretch Tappan maintained a stroke of 28, while Farley kept the second going at least two points higher all the way. In the beginning the second gained half a boat length, but the first had practically overcome this lead, when Coach Wray called to the men to stop...