Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...changed places with F. B. Whitman at five. The order was maintained until Linder left the boat once more; this time on account of a swollen gland. He was replaced by Richards whom he had previously forced out of the bow. The crew as it is at present follows: Stroke, R. S. Emmet; 7, G. D. Leighton; 6, R. B. Whitman; 5, F. Parkman; 4, G. L. Batchelder; 3, C. Richards; 2, W. R. Odell; bow, A. Thorndike, Jr., coxswain, D. Read...
...large as that of the Freshmen, the number totalling just short of a hundred. The machine work was begun immediately, but the line-up shifted continually for some little time before an order which would be anywhere near permanent could be decided upon. Finally the following was settled on: Stroke, C. C. Lund '16; 7, H. B. Cabot '17; 6, Captain D. P. Morgan, Jr., '16; 5, T. E. Stebbins '17; 4, Moseley Taylor '18; 3, J. Talcott '16; 2, K. B. G. Parson '16; bow, A. Potter '17; coxswain, H. L. F. Kreger...
...more swapped, the former going to three while the latter took the vacancy at five. Moseley Taylor had also been forced to retire on account of a bad finger which had become infected. H. S. Middendorf '16 took his place. The crew order which faced Cornell was as follows: Stroke, C. C. Lund '16; 7, H. A. Quimby '18; 6, H. S. Middendorf '16; 5, J. Talcott '16; 4, Captain D. P. Morgan, Jr., '16; 3, H. B. Cabot '17; 2, J. C. White, 2d, '17; bow, A. Potter '17; coxswain, H. L. F. Kreger '16. In this race...
Saturday the University crew paddled down to the two-mile flag, then turned round and came back to the flag opposite Red Top, rowing a slow stroke most of the way, but quickening to 31 for the last half-mile. The time for the upstream two miles was very slow--10 minutes 56 seconds...
...Conn., June 15.--The feature of today's practice of the University crews was a brush between Crews A and B this afternoon. Both these shells paddled up to the two-mile mark in stretches rowing about 28 strokes to the minute. At this point the second crew was given a length's start, and both crews settled down for a long stretch, Crew A rowing about 27 and the seconds working at a slighter higher stroke. At the three-fourths mile mark the first eight raised the stroke, but Crew B shot up a corresponding amount...