Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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June 18. Headquarters, Holworthy 20. After the alumni procession, those who do not attend the exercises in the Yard will meet at the headquarters of the class and go to the Oakley Country Club at Watertown for the "'One Club' '99 Stroke Golf Competition." Supper will be served at the club at 7 o'clock...
...Ramsgate, England, one Gwendoline Clutterbuck played golf against a certain Mrs. H. M. Robinson on the St. Augustine Links. Miss Clutterbuck executed the 15th hole (110 yards) in a single stroke...
...morning was the order for the University and Combination crews today. In the afternoon Captain Kelley's eight rowed the four mile distance to the railroad bridge, and after a short rest, came back over the course. For practically the entire distance Winthrop rowed at a 28 stroke, raising it at the end to a 34 beat. Since the oarsmen were already fatigued after the row downstream, no effort was made to clock the First shell on the upstream...
...publishing daily a paper of training camp news called "Gales Ferry Wow." The contributing oarsmen are also editors of the Yale Record and the Yale News, who have turned their hand to brightening the grind of the training camp through the medium of a humorous publication. Laughlin, stroke of the Yale crew, and also a cartoonist of considerable ability has made a decided hit with his caricatures...
...believes the chief fault of this eight is the failure of its oarsmen to get together on the swing, and in long spins today, he devoted his entire time to correcting individual faults. As the crew has been rowing so far, it has found considerable difficulty in putting the stroke up, and the lengthening out process will only come when the eight men are swinging in unison. An improvement in this boat will probably be evident during the next few days...