Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...back stroke swim: Ollie Horn of St. Louis...
...line-up of the University 150-pound crew: stroke, Merrill; 7, R. Blaney; 6, Walgren; 5, J. D. W. Morrill; 4, Jenney; 3, Collins; 2, Kennard; bow, Ames; cox., Beer...
...whatever the results, they will be far from a conclusive test of the efficiency of Coach Stevens and his assistants or of the results of the commendable cooperation among the oarsmen, Captain Henry, and the coaches. The Harvard crews are working under the handicap of learning a new stroke; and a complete mastery of the new rowing technique is scarcely to be expected, especially in an opening race. The long delay in getting out on the ice-blocked Charles will prove a handicap now, if ever. Yet such has been the enthusiasm of the squad and such the efforts...
Starting three lengths behind the other crews, Captain Henry's eight soon narrowed the lead, and at the mile mark, where the 150-pound eights dropped out, the second eight led only by a length. Coming, into the final stretch, the first boat gained perceptibly, but Canning raised the stroke, and maintained a lead of half a length as his shell crossed the finish line...
...Freshman four-oared crew: stroke, S. A. Buckingham; 3, C. E. Bohlen; 2, W. B. Hutchinson; bow, R. J. Walsh...