Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shell is a big one, averaging 184 pounds and 6 ft., 3 in. Stroke John Donald and number two Art Holcombe are the only men who have had no previous experience in a shell, and after a fall of rowing this is no longer a disadvantage...
Tuesday's time was the first promising one for the first eight, but last year's undefeated Freshmen did not surpass it until two weeks later in the spring. Coach Bill Leavitt feels that a winning boat must be able to finish a race with a forty stroke per minute cadence. In Tuesday's race the first eight finished at a 34, and had they been able to push up the stroke they could have beaten...
...weakness the tight competition is a sign of the squad's terrific depth and balance and can be looked upon as a dividend of last year's amazing results when every lightweight crew in the boathouse went undefeated throughout the season. The varsity eight contains five sophomores including stroke Tony Goodman. But perhaps the most surprising fact is that the three returning members of the championship Henley crew, --Rowell Chase, Mike Christian, and Captain Mark Hoffman--due to the reversal of varsity and J.V. boats on Thursday, are in the J.V. eight along with four sophomores...
Lineup for the Crimson varsity lightweights: Bow, J. Noble; 2, J. French; 3. I. Drestler; 4. F. Cabot; 5. M. Hodder; 6. L. McKeeman; 7. D. Richards; Stroke, A. Goodman; Cox, J. Pelofsky...
This outburst erased a one-run Tufts lead built up by a walk, stolen base, and single in the first inning. Johnson's only other moment of weakness came in the sixth, when he walked the first two men. A stroke of bad luck filled the bases when, on a ground ball, Harrington's peg to second arrived just too late to force the runner. A fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly then brought in two runs...