Handbook of athletic games for players, instructors, and spectators, comprising fifteen major ball games, track and field athletics and rowing races (1916)
Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell, 1867-, Pulvermacher, William Dean · New York, Macmillan · leaf 635
28 pounds. The sculls are about9 feet and 9 inches long and the blade about 6 incheswide. An eight-oared shell is usually about 60 feet long,2 feet wide, and weighs about 2 70pounds. The sweepsare usually 12 J feet long and the width of blade about6 inches. The shells are usually made of cedar with… … 6i2 Rowing Races INDOOR ROWING MACHINES, upon which candi-dates for a crew can practice in a gymnasium duringthe winter months, cost from $i6 to $30. HISTORY. — Not until the end of the eighteenthcentury was competitive rowing recognized as a sport.There are records of rowing races held and…
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