Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Stroke, Hoover; 7, Spuhn; 6, Haines; 5, Stevens; 4, Fox; 3, Harding; 2, Biddle; bow. Jones; cox., Nichols. The substitutes, not likely to see service, are Managers Blanchard, Ladd, and Weymer...
...attempt to see how well his eights could hold a high stroke, Coach Stevens raced his First and Second crews over a half mile distance this afternoon, each boat holding the stroke up to a 40 beat throughout. Captain Kelley's boat defeated the Junior eight by a half length, and at the conclusion of the row, Coach Stevens expressed his satisfaction with the manner in which the First crew had rowed. The prospective time trial scheduled for today was again postponed, and it is not likely the crews will be sent over the course in a time test while...
...trouserings, shirted with linen, shod with spikes, a tall, tanned, hirsute nobleman bounded about a tennis court in Vienna. He was Count Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraten, playing K. A. Meldon of Ireland in the Davis Cup Tournament. Undaunted by losing the first two sets, 8-10, 4-6, the Count stroked his ball with reckless brilliance, accompanying every stroke with a volley of rough pleasantries. When Herr Quidenius, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, arrived, late, flustered, to take his seat, the Count implored him to leave. "Why must you come to spoil my luck?" he yelled. Herr Quidenius blushed...
Third University Crew--Stroke, Gale; 7, Bancroft; 6, Weymer; 5, Theopold; 4, Huntington; 3, Tilt; 2, Watts; bow, Farnum; cox., Thorndike...
First 150-Pound Crew--Stroke, Merrill; 7, Collins; 6, Potter; 5, Morrill; 4, Jenney; 3, Hedburg; 2, Sturtevant; bow, Jones; cox., Harper...