Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the Yale 'varsity crew, coached by Captain Allen, rowed in the tank on Saturday in the following order: Bow, Williams, '91; No. 2, Camp, L. S.; 3, Jones, '91 S.; 4, Tilson, '91; 5, Heffelfinger, '91 S.; 6, Ely, '91; 7, Rogers, '90 S.; stroke, Simms...
Notwithstanding the recent cold weather the university crew has persistently remained at work on the river, and will continue to row there until the Christmas vacation if it is possible. Goddard, '92, has rowed stroke; Perkins, Hutchinson, and Jones have rowed at different times at No. 7; Longworth and Watriss have rowed No. 6; Finlay rows No. 5; Upham, No. 4; Nelson '93, Perkins, and Jones alternate at No. 3, Lothrop and Watriss at No. 2, and Herrick and Jones at bow. After the vacation, the crew will begin to work in the gymnasium with the weights, and as soon...
...Isham, Thompson, Camp, Morrison, Klimpke, Balliet, Harrison, Cartwright, Ferris, Simms and James. Some of the old men were not present at the meeting, but will row. Captain Allen believes that the true secret of Yale's success lies in her system of careful training rather than in the Cook stroke, and the men who sit in Yale's boat next June will be better trained than any previous crew, if that be possible...
...words can describe a stroke Mr. Watson-Taylor's description of the Cambridge stroke is almost exactly what we are now working for in our crew. His criticism of last year's Harvard crew is just and much more accurate than most of the criticisms made upon the crew. The crew undoubtedly recovered badly and finished badly. The faults in the recover were the most telling faults, though perhaps not the most apparent. But Mr. Watson-Taylor has assumed that the crew rowed as Mr. Storrow wished them to; this is distinctly not so. While we had faults that were...
...been for the past few days rowing in the cedar shell in which the race at New London was rowed last year. On Monday the crew was made up of, bow, Van Renssalaer, 2, Vaughan; 3. Parker, '91; 4, Perkins, '91; 5, Finaly; 6, Watriss; 7, F. Winthrop; stroke, Longworth. The crew was made up on Tuesday of, 1, Parker, '91; 2, Lothrop; 3, F. Winthrop; 4, Vaughan; 5, Perkins, '91; 6, Longworth; 7, Goddard; stroke, Watriss...