Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than that of Swinnerton's latest novel, A Brood of Ducklings −Hero Locritus tracks down the villain who has absconded with his sister Fanny, only to discover that the same villain has kept his, Locritus's, sweetheart Margaret out of her inheritance. At a single stroke Locritus thereupon restores Fanny to her rightful suitor, restores himself and the inheritance to Margaret, and they all live happily...
...Cornell University crew triumphing over Harvard for the first time since 1921, displayed an ease and form in rowing which proved entirely too much for Coach Brown's first string crew, which could keep up with the Ithacans only by rowing a stroke which was too high for their own efficiency. Harvard jumped ahead on both the false start and the second one, but soon lost its lead, barely keeping abreast of its two rivals until G.W. Behrman, Coach Wray's new prodigy stroke man, caught a crab just above the Harvard Bridge and dislocated the whole crew Bridge...
Harvard Freshman--Stroke, A. H. Parker '32; 7. W. C. Thompson '32; 6. S. C. Pierce '32; 5. J. V. Veeder '32; 4. Desmond Fitzgerald '32; 3. T. E. Armstrong '32; 2. F. F. Coleredo-Mansfeld '32; bow, T. M. Page '32; cox, Crispin Cooke...
Cornell Freshman--Stroke, J. L. Niles; 7. L. F. Hartman; 6. W. P. Jarvis, 5. B. N. Folk; 4. E. W. Martin; 3. B. W. Langston; 2. Evarts Roeder Jr.; bow, G. J. Winetraub; cox, W. E. Mullestein...
...Freshman--Stroke, James Dunlap; 7, P. S. Cook; 6, A. L. Thomson; 5, J. T. Cimorelli; 4, T. S. Varey; 3, J. E. Carbonell; 2, E. W. Schulenberg; bow, A. W. Duning; cox, S. N. Bryan