Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday both Reece and Cutler were tried at stroke in the Freshman boat, and it was decided to take both men to Philadelphia, but Cutler will row in the race. Yesterday his work lacked vigor and he showed a tendency to hang at the catch. The second crew paddled down stream to the Longwood, bridge. The men rowed in the same order as Monday, and the crew as a whole was steadier than it has been for some time past. The stroke was more uniform and the men put unusual vigor into their work...
University second crew--Stroke, Morgan; 7. Corlett; 6. Swaim; 5. Emmons; 4. Richards; 3. Tilton; 2. Mason bow Gill; cox., Arnold...
Freshman crew--Stroke, Recee, Cutler; 7. Rackemann; 6. Lunt; 3. Faulkner; 4. Mulligan; 3. Severance; 2. Crandall; bow, Ellis; cox., Wise...
...work of the University crew yesterday was very encouraging. The men were well together throughout every stroke and rowed more vigorously than at any time this season. The crew took a hard row over the first seven-eighths of a mile of the regular course, turning around at the Harvard bridge. Today the work of the crew will be very light. A short row will be taken late in the afternoon...
...stream over the course in 9 minutes, 49 and 4-5 seconds. This time was 19 and 2-5 seconds faster than that made in the race last year, over the same course in the opposite direction. The crew appeared to be well together and maintained a tolerably slow stroke. The men pulled hard, but did not seem to exert themselves especially...