Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eights, Captain Henry said he wanted to emphasize the fact that it was in no way the fault of the coaching they had received. "The crew is in good condition physically," he said, "and its only alibi lies in the fact that it has not yet mastered its new stroke. In the few weeks left before the race with Yale, a great deal may happen. Our early season failures are not due to lack of fight, or to the mistakes of the coach. We should give Yale a close run on June...
Smith Halls--Stroke, Clarke; 7, Captain Johnson; 6, Brown; 5, Pierce; 4, Packard; 3, Ritchie; 2, Huntley; bow, Could; cox., Masscil...
...third University boat, which Coach Brown selected yesterday, has the following line-up: stroke, Brown; 7, Jamison; 6, Hoover; 5, Johnson; 4, Rober; 3, Theopold; 2. Curran; bow, Watts; cox., Carrillo...
...suggestions. If all of them bought the first issue of the magazine the net receipts from that source alone would have been $50,250. The prize-winning name was submitted by one George A. Elwell, of Youngstown, and won the $20,000 first prize. It was a stroke of inspiration that brought to his mind "LIBERTY-A Weekly Periodical for Everyone." He submitted 3,016 other suggestions but none of them were so inspired. The suggestions of Queen Marie of Rumania, Admiral Sims, Billy Sunday, Anton Lang, Harry Pratt Judson, also fell short of this inspiration...
...pound race began late in the afternoon under excellent weather conditions. Harvard and Princeton took the lead from Yale at the very outset, but after the high start stroke had been dropped by all three, it was found that Yale was rowing a stroke two beats lower than either the Crimson or the Orange and Black. At the half-mile mark both had open water on the Elis. From this point on Princeton weakened, Harvard remained the same, and Yale improved...