Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Jones started out like a champion, however, and set the pace for the field, composed of the country's golfing best, at the end of the first day's play. His first 36 holes were completed in 147 strokes, the same number required by William Mehlhorn of St. Louis, who shared top-honors with the Harvard man, Jones was still in a tie for the lead after the first round today, his 75 giving him 222 for 54 holes. Meanwhile Walker, scoring his third successive 74, had the same total, and Mehlhorn was one stroke behind...
This crew again went over the four-mile course this afternoon in an encouraging fashion. After rowing the first three miles and one-quarter at a stroke varying from 28 to 30 a minute, Winthrop increased the pace to 36. This he maintained to the finish line, the crew showing excellent form the entire distance. Time was taken but not announced. In the morning work-out the first and junior University eight raced, the former winning by a comfortable margin...
...their competitors, crossing the mile and one-quarter distance three lengths ahead. This does not tell the whole story inasmuch as the Freshman eight continued to the two-mile mark whereas the Combination boat dropped out at the mile and one-quarter mark. The Freshman did not raise the stroke until the last few hundred yards. Macomber was rowing number six in place of Leavitt in the Combination eight. The latter was slightly...
First University Crew.--stroke, Winthrop; 7, Hobson; 6, Jameson; 5, Johnson; 4, Adle; 3, Henry; 2, Mumford; bow, Kelley; cox., Burnham...
Junior University Crew.--stroke, Gale; 7, J. P. Hubbard; 6, Darlington; 5, Gates; 4, Weymer; 3, Barton; 2, Hoover; bow, Krumbhaar; cox., Heard...