Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perkins to Stroke...
...Perkins Jr. '31 was stroking the lightweights yesterday afternoon on the practice row and is slated to set the pace for that boat this afternoon in the race with the Sophomores. The class crew eight was beaten by the 150-pound boat last week, but the loss of Donough Prince '31 as stroke man for the lightweights will probably prevent the latter from repeating its performance against Yale on Saturday, and materially increase the chances of the Sophomores winning...
...search for a stroke oar with rhythm and stamina to set the pace for the University crew, the first selection by Coach Brown has settled upon B. J. Harrison '29 who pulled a No. 6 oar in he the first shell against Navy and Penn on the Severn last Saturday. Harrison is now taking the place of S. W. Swaim '31 is pace setter for the jayvee eight while I.H. Watts '31 is stroking the first crew...
...paddles over a long distance may be in order this week, Harrison will undoubtedly prove his worth within the next few days. He is tall, heavy, and possessed of a great deal of racing experience but whether or not he will shape up to the requirements for a good stroke oar whether Gains to be seen. In the short stretches he sends his crew along with about the same amount of form as the first eight cut the crucial test which comes in raising the beat is still...
...seating of the third University crew is at present even more indefinite. The struggle for stroke position is as yet unsettled, the contest being between H. W. Sturges Jr. '30, stroke of the Junior class crew, and R. W. Pearson '31, stroke of the Sophomore class crew. The latter crew will probably furnish the majority of the members of the boat which is sent to Philadelphia, but who they will be or in what positions they will row is not yet decided...