Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew will leave tonight on the Federal Express for Annapolis, where it will race the Naval Academy on the River Severn next Wednesday. The crew will row in the following order: Stroke, Sargent, 166; 7, Richardson (capt.), 188; 6, E. Bacon 184; 5, Waid, 175; 4, Lunt, 179; 3, Severance, 177; 2, Fish, 171; bow, Faulkner, 177; cox., Blagden, 106. The crew will be accompanied by Morgan as substitute, coach Wray, and manager Howes. The squad will stay at Carvel Hall, and complete their training on the Severn...
...work last fall consisted of very slow paddling, and the stroke was kept low with the aim of teaching the crew to row smoothly. Considerable time was devoted to trying out strokes in all three crews on the squad. In the first crew Bacon was tried for the first month, and then Sargent was put in. At the end of the fall rowing a race was held over the four mile course in order to try out the men; and the rowing of the University crew in that race was fairly smooth. This spring six men picked from the dormitory...
...crews got out on the river on February 21, nearly a month earlier than last year. For the first month Sargent was tried at stroke, and then Morgan was tried for two weeks. On March 23 Sargent was taken back into the first boat where he has since remained. The only other change in the make-up of the crew was the shifting of Waid to 5. By making the rowing smooth the work at a low stroke last fall accomplished the desired end; and the crew has developed fairly well this spring. The showing of the last few days...
...University crew raced a mile and seven-eighths, paced for the first mile and a quarter by the University second crew and the last half-mile by the Freshmen. On the start, opposite the Union Boat Club, the first crew drew away from the second, although rowing a lower stroke, and after the first quarter-mile led by a length. The University crew was rowing about 32 and the second about two points higher. This lead was maintained for the next half-mile; but going under Harvard Bridge the second crew raised the stroke and gained on the first until...
Freshman crew--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Hooper; 6, Eaton; 5, Jowett; 4, Withington; 3, Shillito; 2, Forster; bow, Reece; cox., Fales...