Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the more important shifts was the moving of James Lawrence, Jr. '29 first to the Jayvee stroke seat and then to the same position in the first boat. Allerton Cushman '29 also set the beat for the eights during the course of the afternoon but the only permanent fixture was B. J. Harrison '29 who remained in the stern of the eights throughout the practice. Neither S. W. Swaim '31 nor P. H. Watts '31 were in the pace setter's position yesterday but both are still in the running for the coveted berth...
...newcomer to the ranks of the heavy crews, T. N. Perkins, Jr. '31, who set the beat for the champion American Henley lightweight eight at Philadelphia last Saturday, was pulling the stroke oar in the class eight yesterday but it is not known whether he will be given a chance with the University crews. R. L. Pearson '31, stroke of the class crew which raced on the Schuylkill on Saturday, was also in the stroke seat of the class crew shell during yesterday's practice...
...Yale's annual Tap Day (senior society elections), held last week, the first man chosen by Scroll & Key was Woodruff R. Tappen, junior varsity stroke oar, tapped by Paul Mellon, son of the Secretary of the Treasury. The seventh man chosen by Skull & Bones was Waldo W. Green, football captain-elect, tapped by George Harris Crile, son of Dr. George W. Crile, famed Cleveland physician whose clinic was last week a scene of catastrophe...
Carnegie Cup. Gleefully tugging against the elastic water of Lake Cayuga last week, Yale's crew beat Cornell in the Carnegie Cup race-the first Cornell defeat of the season. Throughout the race it rained. Princeton, also competing, finished last. Where other crews use a long stroke, Princeton crews use a short, choppy stroke which Coach Chuck Logg learned at the University of Washington. Last week, Coach Chuck said he would not yet chuck his system...
Third University--Stroke, R. W. Pearson '31; 7, E. L. Millard '31; 6, J. W. Hallowell '31; 5, G. L. Lewis '30; 4, Lawrence Grinnell '31; 3. Amor Hollingsworth, Jr. '31; 2, R. R. Stebbins '31; bow, J. S. Wintringham '30; cox, F. S. Holmes...