Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Stroke. G. Mumford...
...training. The men have done hard, faithful work ever since, and have now increased it on account of the recent changes. Several eight-to-ten mile rows were taken in the last few days in order to get the crews well "shaken" together. It is hoped that the new stroke oarsman will find little difficulty in again acquiring the old Harvard stroke, after rowing a different one for two months. All accounts from Yale seem to indicate that the New Haven crew is an unusually good one and that it is making every possible endeavor not to be shown four...
...gilt border which falls gracefully from one of the supports, and on which is the brief inscription: "Harvard vs. Yale, Lake Quinsigamond, 1866." But it is the emblem of one of the first, prettiest, and most decisive races that Harvard ever rowed. Decisive from the fact that the Harvard stroke which had been in vogue some time among the class crews, was for the first time to be tested by the university boat. The first Harvard-Yale race was to have taken place in '58, but owing to the death of Yale's coxswain, by drowning in an unfortunate collision...
...deepest interest by both colleges. Every possible exertion was made by the crews in order to be thoroughly prepared, and they were urged on by the members of both colleges. Harvard, for once, seemed to lose her customary indifference, and the merits of the crews and of the new stroke were the topics of conversation on every hand. At last, July 27th came, and with it the usual rush of collegians to Worcestes. A ball match and several races of minor importance were quickly finished, and at three o'clock in the afternoon of an almost perfect day, the Crimson...
...Stroke, H. R. Flanders...