Search Details

Word: strokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...hard a race for the Juniors, and they won decisively, but their form was almost ragged at times. The catching was not good, and all in all they were anything but a polished crew. Not only that, but they were paced by a relatively inexperienced stroke. Meanwhile the Senior boat pulled through evenly and showed excellent form, but they were left in the lunch...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...sorrow and confusion after the death of the West's first Prince of the Church, Bishop Sheil had a quick decision to make-whether or not to cancel his speech. In a stroke of astute churchmanship, he resolved to deliver it as Cardinal Mundelein's political and ecclesiastical testament, a summing up of the liberal views which had made the Cardinal a personal friend of President Roosevelt and a public friend of the New Deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Builder's Death | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Charles, Tom Bolles has launched three boatloads that will probably be well mixed up by the end of another week's practice. Of the seven returning oarsmen who rowed together at Honley last year, Bolles has only kept six together. Sherm Gray has been put at stroke in last year's Freshan boat which has been kept intact. Gray was certainly one of the best, if not the best, oarsman of the Henley crew, and while he is a fairly large crewman, it seems logical that Holles should give him a try at stroke...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: War Smashes Olympic Dreams of West Coast Crews; East-West Race Possible | 10/5/1939 | See Source »

This fact also indicates that Holles is none too sure of Jack Wilson as the stroke of the 1940 varsity. While Wilson turned in a performance last spring that spoke well for his ability, especially since he only stroked sprint races, he certainly doesn't have the power of the rangy men that make up the rest of the crew...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: War Smashes Olympic Dreams of West Coast Crews; East-West Race Possible | 10/5/1939 | See Source »

...English Champion Frank Pennink, by the unheard-of margin of 12 up. This spring he lambasted most of the pros in the business in the National Open, got upset when one of his iron shots cold-cocked a spectator, missed the big triple tie for first place by one stroke. Before last week's play started, 15 of 17 New York aspirants thought he would win. So did Bobby Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golfers' Golfer | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next