Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...started with all three oarsmen off to a good break and no one getting a lead. With all three men pulling stroke for stroke, they disappeared under the first bridge with no one gaining a lead...
...luck man of the meet is Don Felt of Lowell. Felt rowed in the novice singles group and entered the third heat for that group on Tuesday. His heat started slow, with Bill Homans pulling away to a two-length lead, but Felt settled down to a long powerful stroke and as they approached the first bridge he was rapidly gaining on Homans...
Homans went through the bridge with only a short lead and Felt seemed destined to pass him. Just as Felt had pulled clear of the bridge and was settling down to make his last sprint he caught a "crab." His bad stroke tipped the narrower single and Felt was washed out of the race by the tainted waters of the Charles. Homans went on to win the heat with a time...
Hall's crew-Stroke, H. Hall; 7, G. Hall; 6, Cook; 5, Putnam; 4, Harrington; 3, McLaughlin; 2, A. Hall, bow, Rackemann; coxwain, Paul...
Taylor worked hard to get his wherry back into position but had to rest on his ears while narrowly missing the arch of the final bridge. Grant's steady stroke carried him through the center arch and helped him pick up several yards of lost river...