Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cook is very reticent in giving information about the crew; he does not commit himself even so far as to state its strength compared with those of former years. He went out in the afternoon to look the men over and see what progress they had made with the stroke. it is highly probable that there will be a considerable weeding out of the candidates soon, and the selection of the crew that is to race with Harvard will be made immediately after. The men are in excellent condition, owing in a large measure to the conscientious supervision of Captain...
Yesterday on the river the class crews enjoyed for teh first time this season fair weather and comparatively smooth water. There are now two freshman crews, the second crew, however, consisting of only six men. Following are the names of the men trying for positions:- First crew: Stroke, Bishop; 7, Randall, 6, Longworth; 5, Longstreth; 4, Cumnock; 3. Hammond; 2, Williams; bow, Wood-worth. The second crew, lacking numbers 5 and 6, is composed as follows:- Stroke, Parker; 7, Tudor; 4, Amory; 3, Winthrop; 2, Bangs; bow, Lawrence. The '88 crew is at present rowing in the following order:- Stroke...
...pounds; 3-J. N. Maughan, of Trinity, 185 pounds; 4-S. D. Muttlebury, of third Trinity, 193 1-2 pounds; 5-C. B. P. Bell, of Trinity, 185 pounds; 6-P. Landale, of Trinity 178 pounds; 7-R. H. P. Orde, of first Trinity, 163 1-2 pounds; stroke 8-J. C. Gardner, of Emmanuel, 164 pounds; coxswain-J. R. Rosburg, of Trinity, 118 pounds. Average weight, 179 pounds...
...pounds; 3-M. E. Bradford, of Christ Church, 158 1-2 pounds; 4-S. R. Fothergill, of New, 175 pounds; 5-N. Cross, of Hertford, 177 1-2 pounds; 6-N. R. Parker, of Brazenose, 182 pounds; 7-J. Nickalls, of Magdalen, 172 pounds; 8-L. Frere, of Brazenose, (stroke), 141 pounds; coxswain-F. P. Bulley, of Magdalen...
...practised watermanship on the river in the fall. Since then the men have been at work with the rowing machines, the chest-weights and the dumb-bells, and have taken walks and runs out-of-doors. The great trouble is that owing to the many ideas about the stroke during the past five years, it is hard to get the men to row alike. There is also a certain deadness in the rowing which the men cannot seem to overcome. So the work now is almost entirely spent in getting the men to row alike...