Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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University B.--Bow, B. F. Rice-Bassett '25; 2, J. R. Hoover '24; 3, G. R. Johnson '25; 4, J. D. Jameson '24; 5, Francis Fiske '23; 6, N. C. Webb '23; 7, A. L. Hobson '24; stroke, R. F. Bradford '23; cox., B. H. Burnham...
Even before the close of the opening spurt the C crew appeared to be gaining and by the time the one-mile mark was reached the seconds were three lengths behind. Mumford maintained the stroke and since Bradford was unable to compete with his rivals' pace the C crew gained four more lengths in the remaining distance...
...Mumford '25, stroking for the first time in his career, started off at a rate of about 40 strokes a minute, but soon dropped to 32, where he kept the stroke during the remainder of the course excepting the short spurt at the close. The time was 11 minutes and 10 seconds...
...second and third crews started the day with many shifts. R. F. Bradford '23 is now stroke of crew B and B. F. Rice-Bassett '25 is at bow in the same crew. Mumford, the present stroke of the third crew, had been rowing in the same boat at number four...
...Harvard all the way in the 150-pound race. Getting off to a rather poor start, the Crimson crew got together in quick time and settled down to a high but steady stroke. Fast as was the pace set by French, it was out-done by the M. I. T. shell which registered close to 42 for the first minute. Honors were even for the first few hundred yards with Harvard rowing easily beside their strong opponent, but at the quarter the superior power of the Crimson oarsmen began to tell and Tech commenced to drop steadily behind...