Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Stroke. R. A. F. Penrose...
...employed to give instructions in the British style of rowing. His service would be rather to consolidate this with the American system, taking from each the good that was in them and producing something better than either. He was, moreover, to rig the boat and adapt it to the stroke determined upon, and in other ways make himself useful to the crew. For this he was to receive $25 a week. Cook and Cowles soon began to say that Chainey was incompetent. Cook, however, returned to Philadelphia, where he remained three weeks, when he received a letter from Captain Cowles...
...Tuesday afternoon a large crowd of enthusiastic sophomores proceeded to the boat-house to see a race between two pair-oared crews composed of '88 men. The first crew consisted of H. S. Sanford (80 pounds) stroke; F. Grover (185 pounds) bow; H. W. Sampson (90 pounds) coxswain. The referee, after waiting a considerable time for the opposing crew, forfeited the race to the men named above. The names of the non-appearing crew are sup-suppressed by special request...
...present the Yale freshman crew is made up as follows: Mosle, bow; Gill, No. 2; Wells, No. 3; Buchanan, No. 4; Wilcox. No. 5; Fanchot, No. 6; Carter, No. 7; and Stewart, stroke and captain. They average 21 years in age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, and 157 1-2 pounds in weight...
...Must be careful to swing over the keel. Slumps at both ends of the stroke. Doesn't keep a steady pressure on his stretcher. Should keep his eyes in the boat...