Word: stroked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shift of strokes took place after the second crew, in a three-quarter mile race had pulled more than a length ahead of the first, and the third boat, with a length's head start and rowing a slightly shorter course, had kept in front of the Watts-stroked outfit. Yesterday, with Winthrop at stroke on the first, the three crews paddled down the Basin, the first two eights evenly matched and the third crew trailing...
Watts, last year's Freshman captain, who has been at stroke practically all season, is now at two, with the veteran Darlington in Winthrop's erstwhile post...
...Stroke, Captain Winthrop; 7, Leavitt 6, Darlington; 5, Platt; 4, Hubbard; 3, Barton; 2, Watts; bow, Barry; coxswain, Pforzheimer...
...Stroke, Scudder; 7, Saltonstall; 6, Weymer; 5, Iselin; 4, Canning; 3, Ames; 2, Perkins; bow, Munchie; coxswain, Beer...
...change of strokes in the first boat was long expected. When Watts supplanted Winthrop in the tank two months ago, it was understood that the shift was a temporary one, made to help speed up Winthrop's recovery; but Watts remained in the pace setter's seat, and except for one day in the vacation, it looked as if he were sure to stroke the Crimson eight against the Tigers...