Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...minutes of five, '90 appeared, soon followed by '87 and then after an interval, by '88 and '89. At five minutes past, '90 flashed through the draw with a clipping stroke, and took her place amid wild cheers on the inside. '87, '88 and '89 followed in order and got into line. There was not much wind by this time and the course was smooth. After the few preliminaries of stripping, etc., the referee's whistle sounded, followed quickly by the report of the gun at about 5.18. All four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water...
...took the lead at once, with a strong, quick stroke of of 39; the freshmen were rowing 39, the sophomores 38, and the juniors, 37. The superiority of the seniors at once become evident. The force and vigor of their oarsmen telling at every stroke. The '88 crew was rowing well together, and for half a mile kept a good second, while the freshmen and '89 a half length behind were steering not so good a course. At the mile the freshmen were abreast with '87, both rowing 39, '89 was a half length behind and rowing in better form...
...Stroke-Must be careful not to hang on the full reach...
...whole the crew are fairly well together, but are very rough in their blade work. Especial care must be taken not to rush forward on the recover; not to hang and to make the stroke smooth and long...
When the crew went on the water they rowed a very jerky stroke, catching hard and rowing out very short. Lately, however, under the coaching of Mr. Brooks, '87, they have been doing much better work, the catch being much easier, and the entire stroke longer and smoother. There are, however, a number of individual faults, a few of which are as follows...