Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Stroke, Amory...
...Stroke, Richmond...
...bases this assertion upon the fact that last June the Yale crew was compelled to swim over a part of the course. Now it has never been satisfactorily proved that Yale had any worse water than the other crews had. It has been satisfactorily proved, however, that the Yale stroke, as rowed last year, was certain to make any boat go to the bottom, in rough water, and it was suggested that if the Yale 'varsity had been compelled to row on water that was at all choppy, her boat would have followed the example set her by the freshmen...
...stroke will be the regular "Bob Cook" stroke, and Percy Bolton, the celebrated single sculler of Sheffield Scientific School of the class of '86, will begin to coach them on March 1. In the meantime Captain Rogers, assisted by ex-Captain Cowles, will train the crew. They have as yet no training table, and no restrictions have so far been placed on their diet and beverages. It has always been felt that considerable valuable time has been lost each spring in changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor...
...junior at Yale has invented a machine to be attached to an oar for the purpose of registering graphically the strength and form of the stroke...