Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lack of success in outside matches is no indication of his ability. His problem is to play as well in matches as he can in practice. 'Filling out the first six is Jack Stewart, whose long reach and dogged fight make up for what he lacks in fluency of stroke. This first team is composed entirely of Juniors and the improvement they have shown bodes very well for next year...
With a superbly fast start, Vince Bailey paced the fifties out to a deek-length lead immediately at a beat of forty. From then on the Crimson crew gradually lengthened the lead until the half-mile mark at a 36, where it settled down to a stroke far lower than its opponents and kept its position to the end of the race...
...Varsity Boating: Bailey, stroke; Turner, seven; Pierce, six; Gifford, five; Hazard, four; Croker, three; Koenjger two; Gilkey, bow; and Larner...
While they lost last year by a slight margin to the Eli boat, this year the Crimson lightweights take their place at its stakeboat as favorites. The Harvard crew will be boating four veterans behind last year's stroke, and should make an excellent showing against Yale...
...problem that used to be a burner, "What's Fred going to do for a stroke?" has been answered by the presence of Randy Fenninger, pace-setter of the Freshman boat last year. Preceded by two brothers on Orange and Black varsity boats, Fenninger has racing in his blood and pounds out a rhythmic as well as a powerful stroke...