Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remarkable race in the harbor at New Haven, on Tuesday afternoon between two four-oared crews composed of Yale seniors. One, styled the "stumps," was composed of: Bow, B. Arkell, weight 125 pounds; No. 2, L. W. Churchill, 127 pounds; No. 3, F. J. Winston, 130 pounds; stroke, W. R. Crawford, 126 pounds. The others, the "heavy weights," were: Bow, G. Kingsley, 186 pounds; No. 2, A. Colgate, 197 pounds; No. 3, W. R. Kingsley. 185 pounds; stroke, H. S. Ames, 246 pounds. The race was three-quarters of a mile, with a turn. The little men got a good...
John R. Chainey, from the Chelsea Boat House, London, has recently been engaged by Yale to coach and train the 'varsity, under the general direction of Bob Cook. Since the arrival of Chainey, Caldwell has taken the place of Appleton as stroke, and, though the lightest man in the boat, is doing well. The crew's stroke is inclined to be a trifle short and snappy, a defect which will be overcome...
Applegate, '89, comes nearly up to the perpendicular on the first half of his stroke before he kicks his slide; finishes with a bad jerk; takes hold of the water with bent arms; and rows with a crooked back...
...Stevens, S. of L., settles very badly at the end of his stroke; does not take hold of the water until he has started his slide; does not get his blade in the water neatly; and does not stick to it well when he tires...
Lockwood, '87, does not swing perfectly straight in the boat; settles at the end of his stroke; does not get his oar over enough on the catch, and, when he spurts, does not swing back enough, but jerks on the end of his stroke...