Word: wateringly
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...pull eight miles each day, four miles in the morning at about ten o'clock, and four miles in the evening at about six o'clock. The crew is the heaviest that Yale ever put on the water, and, if 'beef' tells, and there's reason to believe that it does, they will not be very far behind Harvard at the finish. Among the members of the crew there is considerable confidence, more so in fact than is either necessary or good for them. The college at large is very non-committal on the subject, and no one seems...
...parasols and who joined heartily in the cheers for the college crews. The general state of the weather was delightful, but on the return course the oarsmen were seriously interfered with by the stiff breeze that blew up the river, while in the upper part of the course the water was quite lumpy, so that several of the boats shipped water. In view of these circumstances it will be seen that the time made is rather good...
...Providence crew had the inside position, and so took its place near the eastern shore, with the 'Varsity next and the Freshman outside; the Freshman it will be seen were then compelled to take the rough water. The boats were readily got into line and when the word was given at the first attempt were off, the Narragansetts taking the water first, with a stroke at the start of 38 to a minute, and at about 95 yards from the "go" were near half a length ahead of the 'Varsity. The 'Varsity at this time were pulling...
...heavy storm of wind and rain visited southern Indiana and Ohio yesterday. At Hamilton, O., houses were unroofed and trees torn up by the roots. The water in the Miami river rose so high that mills on the banks stopped work. Telegraphic communications and railroad travel are obstructed...
...found which mar the perfect uniformity and symmetry of the crew. Captain Hammond, who rows at No. 4. carries his oar up too high at the end of his feather and misses the first part of his stroke. He begins the swing before dropping his oar blade into the water, and then when he does get hold his swing is retarded and his shoulders give with the strain put upon them. The swing is thus subdivided into two movements. Bow is the only one of the crew who fails to row with a perfectly straight back...