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Word: stroking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...finals for the Jackson Cup singles championship, met stiff opposition from the Hannington Coleman combination winning the third set by a 12-10 count. Wheeler and Briggs quickly got the jump on their opponents and took the first set 6-3. By this time, however, Coleman had his overhead stroke and his service in excellent control, and with Harrington succeeded in taking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JACKSON CUP DOUBLES ARRIVE AT SEMI-FINALS | 10/17/1923 | See Source »

...earn every point. He played hard and well, even to the last game when the score stood irretrievably against him. On nearly every point the ball went back and forth across the net two or three times before the point was scored. Whitbeck seemed to lack that last finishing stroke, which Wheeler usually delivered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHEELER SMASHES WAY TO VICTORY OVER WHITBECK | 10/10/1923 | See Source »

Crew A-Bow, S. B. Kelley '25; 2, J. D. Jameson '24; 3, A. B. Cassedy '25; 4, R. C. Storey '24; 5, G. R. Johnson '25; 6, Walter Raymond '26; 7, Captain B. McK. Henry '24; Stroke, B. F. Rice Bassett '25; Cox, R. H. Burnham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STEVENS RETAINS MEN FOR ONLY THREE BOATS | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Crew B-Bow, W. L. Boyden '25; 2, G. S. Mumford '25; 3, C. H. Hollister Jr. '24; 4, Samuel Reber '25; 5, T. L. Eliot '25; 6, J. deW, Blosser '26; 7, M. W. McGreeney '24; Stroke, S. N. Brown '24; Cox, E. N. Carson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STEVENS RETAINS MEN FOR ONLY THREE BOATS | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Crew C-Bow, R. K. Fox '26, 2, C. O'D Iselin '26, 3, C. F. Darlington '26, 4, H. M. Bohlem '25; 5, D. C. Gates '26; 6, Robert Winthrop '26; 7, G. D. Krumbhoar '26; Stroke, Elisha Canning, '26; Cox, W. E. Beer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STEVENS RETAINS MEN FOR ONLY THREE BOATS | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

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