Word: strokes
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Since the race, the prevailing sentiment among students seems to be that the senior crew acted wisely in adopting their new stroke. Before drawing any conclusions from the result of the race, it must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings...
...Stroke. R. P. Perkins...
...university crew caught the water first and shot ahead about a quarter of a length, rowing 36 strokes to the minute. The seniors, though pulling 39 strokes in the first minute, were not able to get ahead, contrary to general expectation. Off the Cross Roads, near the end of the first mile. however, the seniors were leading, by about six feet. A little farther on, the '86 crew, which had been lying in wait entered the race and managed to keep a couple of lengths ahead of the other boarts. The second half of the race was still closer then...
...mile race tomorrow, between the seniors and university crew will attract the attention of all interested in college boating. The seniors have departed from the style of stroke practiced by the university crew for four-mile pulls, adopted likewise by the other class crews, and have been coached to row a much quicker stroke, which they claim will do them better service in the class races than the Harvard stroke. For this reason, aside from the question of whether a class crew can compete with the university crew at short distances, the race ought to draw a considerable crowd...
Appearances now indicate that the Yale university crew will be made up as follows : 1, Storrs, '85 ; 2, Scott, '84 ; 3, Cowles, '86 ; 4, Parrott, L. S. ; 5, Peters, '86 ; 6, Hyndman, '84 ; 7, Hobbs, '85 ; stroke, Flanders, '85. This, with the exception of Cowles, who is at home, temporarily, is the order in which they are now rowing. Of the above-named. Flanders, 162 lbs., Parrott, 176 lbs., Peters, 174 lbs., and Hyndman, 180 lbs., rowed last year, and Hobbs, 175 lbs., was substitute. Of the new men, Storrs is a prominent foot-ball rusher and a powerful anchor...