Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...University crew have met with a great loss in their stroke, Mr. A. P. Loring, '78, who has been compelled to give up rowing for the present by advice of his physician...
...Close, 1st Trinity, 11 st. 12 1/2 lbs.; 4, C. Gurdon, Jesus, 12 st. 6 lbs.; 5, L. G. Pike, Cains, 12 st. 6 1/2 lbs.; 6, T. E. Hockin, Jesus, 12 st. 11 lbs.; 7, H. E. Rhodes, Jesus, 12 st. 4 lbs.; C. D. Shafto, Jesus (stroke), 11 st. 12 lbs.; G. L. Davis, Clare...
...swept by whirlwind's stroke...
...have heard it stated that one of the Ward brothers happened to reside near Ithaca last spring, and that the Cornell crew pulled the Ward stroke at Saratoga. If the Era would resolve this seeming causal connection into one of mere antecedent and consequent, our mind would be at rest...
FROM the Captain of the University Crew we have received the following information concerning the relative merits of eight-oared boats and six-oared. He considers the former better for the following reasons: The greater weight of the eight-oar makes the stroke longer, and although as much force may be expended in taking the stroke as in the six-oar, yet the quick motion of the body is avoided; and since this start "pumps" a man and drives the blood from the heart, it is an advantage not to be estimated too highly. Again...