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Word: strokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...boats started rowing a 28 stroke, but this was quickly dropped to 24. From the beginning the Juniors pulled into the lead, and at the quarter-mile mark were ahead by a fourth of a length. The 1918 crew were smoother, and, rowing a higher stroke, put more drive into the shell. At the half-mile they had increased their lead to three lengths, which they maintained to the finish. The Sophomores did not put their stroke up until the last four hundred yards, and then it was too late to cut down the open water between the boats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR CREW OUTCLASSED SOPHOMORES ON CHARLES | 4/5/1917 | See Source »

Junior.--Bow, Jordan; 2, Briggs; 3, Storer; 4, Poor; 5, Burr; 6, Weld; 7, Williams; stroke, Balch; cox., Hawkins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR CREW OUTCLASSED SOPHOMORES ON CHARLES | 4/5/1917 | See Source »

Junior.--Bow, Jordan; 2, Briggs; 3, Storer; 4, Poor; 5, Burr; 6, Weld; 7, Williams; stroke, Balch; cox., Gardener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CREWS TO RACE TODAY | 4/4/1917 | See Source »

Sophomore.--Bow, Baker; 2, Canfield; 3, Greenough; 4, Parker; 5, Chase; 6, Batchelder; 7, Gaston; stroke, Coleman; cox., Mitchell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CREWS TO RACE TODAY | 4/4/1917 | See Source »

University C.--Bow, Nichols; 2, Hull; 3, Brewer; 4, Freeman; 5, Richardson; 6, Wiggin; 7, Cabot; stroke, Leighton; cox., Derbyshire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PATROL BOAT WORK TAKES MANY FROM CREW PRACTICE | 4/2/1917 | See Source »

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