Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following men have finally been chosen for the Cornell crew: A. C. Balch, 89, stroke; W. H. Peck, '88, No. 3; G. L. Fielder, '89, No, 2; W. Stranahan...
...Yale University crew is engaged in learning a new stroke, set by Cross, '88, in place of Caldwell, '87, who cites past experience in changing strokes as being fraught with disastrous consequences. - Boston Herald...
...McKenna, Trinity Hall, 147 pounds; No. 2, C. T. Barclay, Trinity, 154 pounds; No. 3, P. Langdale, Trinity, 168 pounds; No. 4, T. R. Oxford, Kings, 181 pounds; No. 5, S. Fairbairn, Jesus, 187 pounds; No. 6, S. D. Muttlebury, Trinity, 188 pounds; C. Barclay, Trinity, 161 pounds; stroke, C. T. Bristowe, Trinity, 151 pounds; coxswain, G. H. Baker, Queens, 92 pounds...
...race day. The men seem to get into the swing about as soon as they get positions in the boat. The men are in liberal training. They have the faults in the recovery of not feathering their oars, and they pause too long at the inception of the stroke, as the oar is about to be struck into the water. Barring these defects, which can be remedied easily, Harvard is already pulling as well as it did last season, and I think it likely that the crimson crew will prove stronger than the blues...
...Swings very unevenly. Fails to get in his work from his stretcher. Binds his oar too much at the middle of his stroke. Rushes his slide. Must keep his knees under...