Word: wateringly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...crew leave for New London under the most favorable auspices. Three championships have already come to Harvard, and the college looks forward to the fourth. We consider our chances on the water about even, albeit Yale has her victorious crew of last year almost intact while Harvard has but three men who have ever rowed in a 'varsity race. It is the hard and conscientious work of the crew and the untiring efforts of its captain which cause us to put so much trust in the result of the race. Too much praise cannot be given Captain Storrow, who, without...
...THURSDAY.Board of Overseers. Adjourned meeting at No. 70 Water street, Boston...
...freshman crew will leave for New London Thursday next by the one o'clock train. We have watched with interest the work of the crew both in the gymnasium and on the water, and we have now to make a final estimate of the men individually and of the crew as a whole...
...crew itself is light, averaging eight pounds lighter than the '87 freshman crew, and four pounds lighter than the '86 crew. After getting on the water, the crew developed many bad faults; the men rushed the recover and hung badly at both ends of the stroke, they slumped on the finish, their time was poor, and they failed to get in their weight. It can not be expected that a freshman crew will row in anything like perfect form; but after making due allowance for this, the outlook was discouraging. The men seemed to work hard and conscienciously without making...
...because stroke is unsteady: catches behind; lets up on pressure at finish; drops hands on full reach; slumps at finish; rows more smoothly than any man in the boat. Stroke: unsteady; over-reaches with body and does not slide up far enough; has bad swing; feathers under water and too flat; careless watermanship; does not swing back too far; can push the crew for all they can stand; one of hardest workers in the boat...