Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rowing under the moral possible conditions, an amazing Freshman new pulled to a one and a quarter lentgh victory over the Varsity yesterday afternoon. Slightly behind at the start, the Yardlings handled poor conditions beautifully with a low powerful stroke set by Jim Hall, their newpace-setter, and pulled steadily away after the three quarter mile mark...
...Young, last year's stroke of the Big Red, has been moved back to six. This would not be so remarkable but for the fact that he is light and therefore a strange...
...have been having a hard time smoothing out their stroke according to the Cornell Daily Sun, but a wealth of good material puts them in live in a successful season. Most of the defeats under which the Cornell eight is laboring, such as poor timing and ragged control of the slides, are sings of an early season crew, and they can soon be ironed...
Turning to Navy we see a crew that successfully understroked the Princeton varsity by as many as four beats and still took them by three quarters of a length. With their usual long power stroke they had little trouble with Princeton. However, too much credit cannot be given to the Middies, because the Princeton crew has neither the material nor the ability to be placed among the leading contenders for the rewing title of the East. In trials they have been taken by the Tiger freshmen...
...Yale varsity eight is another crew which is more potential than in the running. Made up without any seniors, there are a great many wrinkles in the crew that will take time to removes. Stroked by last year's freshman stroke, John Blair, the crew is more of a threat for next year than this...