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Word: strokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...same positions which they occupied a week ago. Severance has been needed more at 3 than at 7, where Amberg has shows his ability in form and can probably be relied upon to row a two-mile race. The most noticeable fault has been that at every stroke the boat has swung to starboard, showing that the bow port men more than counterbalanced the work on the opposite side of the boat. For this reason, Glass, who is the biggest man in the boat, was moved to number 6, and Captain Bacon took his place at 4. The return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY EIGHT | 5/4/1907 | See Source »

...mile and seven-eighths course; but the water was so rough in the basin that it was impossible to go father down. The crews then rowed upstream to the Brighton bridge and a large part of the time was devoted to slowing down the slide and finishing out the stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY EIGHT | 5/4/1907 | See Source »

University crew--Stroke, Tappan; 7, Amberg; 6, Glass; 5, Richardson; 4, Bacon; 3, Severance; 2, Fish; bow, Burchard; cox., Blagden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY EIGHT | 5/4/1907 | See Source »

Second crew--Stroke, Farley; 7, Morgan; 6, Lovering; 5, Hanfstaengl; 4, Lunt; 3, Faulkner; 2, Fahnestock; bow, Wiggins; cox., Arnold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY EIGHT | 5/4/1907 | See Source »

Four-oar--Stroke, Hyde; 3, Macdonald; 2, Mulligan; bow, Cutler; cox., Dutton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY EIGHT | 5/4/1907 | See Source »

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