Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Starbuck rowed in better form today than yesterday, and is fast mastering the Rice stroke. Von Saltza is fully recovered from his illness, and will doubtless be in perfect condition for the Harvard race...
After a short rest the University eight continued downstream accompanied by the second for about three-quarters of a mile. On this stretch Tappan maintained a stroke of 28, while Farley kept the second going at least two points higher all the way. In the beginning the second gained half a boat length, but the first had practically overcome this lead, when Coach Wray called to the men to stop...
...turned around, they drifted upstream with the tide for a few moments, and then had a race for about half a mile upstream as far as the Longwood bridge. On a racing start from the pistol, the University caught first water and gradually pulled ahead. Tappan rowed almost 40 strokes to the minute at the start and the rest of the men were well with him. He went about 30 or 32 most of the time, and in the spurt at the end got up to about 34. He kept his stroke long all the time and appeared to have...
University crew--Stroke, Tappan; 7, Amberg; 6, Glass; 5, Richardson; 4, Bacon; 3, Faulkner; 2, Fish; bow, Burchard; cox., Blagden...
Second crew--Stroke, Farley; 7, Morgan; 6, Lovering; 5, Swaim; 4, Lunt; 3, Macdonald; 2, G. Bacon; bow, Wiggins; cox., Arnold...