Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bacon, president, comes from Washington, D. C., and prepared at Groton. He played right guard on his Freshman football team and was captain and stroke of his Freshman crew...
...little together, and there have been so many changes in the boats. On the whole, however, the chances seem to favor Newell, for the men have more unity in their rowing, and keep their blades longer in the water. Weld is inclined to clip the finish of the stroke, and at times there is a noticeable check of the shell between strokes, as the men do not control their slides well. Furthermore, although Weld is decidedly fast over the first part of the course, the boat becomes dead towards the finish. The second Weld crew should win out against Newell...
Second Newell--Stroke, Richardson; 7, Beal; 6, Schmitt; 5, Higgins; 4, Heath; 3, Hunter; 2, Osborne; bow, Snedker; cox., Hines...
...riggers. The riggers in use on the English shell are only 16 1-4 inches out-board, as compared with 20 inches on last year's boat. The use of thole-pins instead of swivel-rowlocks is supposed to give a firmer catch at the beginning of the stroke, afford the men a support to press against on the swing forward, and provide a means of telling when the members of the crew shoot their hands away in unison. The bottom of the boat is broader and flatter than the ordinary American shell...
...crew was made up as follows: stroke, Sargent; 7, Richardson; 6, E. C. Bacon; 5, Rackemann; 4, Lunt; 3, Coach Wray; 2, Waide; bow, Fall; cox., King