Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Since the class races the freshmen have been hard at work every day preparing for their race at New London with the Columbia freshmen. They have continued to work under the direciton of W. Alexander, L. S, stroke of last year's university crew. Some progress has been made during the last three weeks, but at present it is very noticeable that the crew is rowing a stroke which is short and lacks life, faults which can only be remedied by the exertion of more energy by each man individually. Since the class races Dewey has rowed four, but recently...
...race, two mile straight away, between the junior, sophomore and freshman crews. Two starts were necessary, as Ninety-two failed to get away when the word was given. Ninety lead at the second start, with Ninety-one second. An accident happened to a freshman's oar at the second stroke, thus leaving Ninety-two out of the race. By a number of spurts, the sophomores gradually gained on the juniors, and finally passed them, winning by a quarter of a length, in 11 minutes, 46 seconds...
...Yale crew and their positions in the boat have now been definitely decided upon. The eight is composed of the following men: Bow, Rogers, '90, S.; 2, Gill, '89; 3, Brewster, '91; 4, Hartwell, '89; 5, Corbin, '89; 6, Woodruff, '89; 7, Allen, '91; stroke, Caldwell, T. S; coxswain, Thompson, '90. They are all old 'varsity men with the exception of Rogers and Allen, but these latter have had considerable experience on their class crews. One trouble with the way the crew is seated is that the two bow men are ten pounds heavier than the two in the stern...
Union Boat Club Crew-Bow, Wm. S. Eaton, Jr., 141 pounds; 2, Walter Haskell, 143; 3, S. Hammond, Jr., 1491/2; 4, E. D. Codman, 149; 5, J. Van Straaten, 158; 6, T. H. Simmons, 1571/2; 7, Fred S. Coolidge, 1451/2; stroke, Courtenay Guild, 150; coxswain, H. R. W. Browne...
Boston Athletic Crew-Bow, R. H. Jones, 140 pounds; 2, W. C. Goodwin, 153: 3, H. W. Keyes, 162; 4, J. S. Russell, 1661/2; 5. Robert Bacon, 192; 7, Capt. F. Peabody, Jr., 188; 7, W. A. Brooks, 164; stroke, X. H. Goodnough, 154; coxswain, S. P. Sanger...