Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announced yesterday by the crew management that R. F. Bradford '23 has taken the place of Walter Amory '24 at stroke on the third University crew. Amory, who is completing his college course this year, has resigned from the crew squad because of pressure of studies...
...four-oared crew defeated Freshman crew D Saturday afternoon by almost one length over the half-mile course on the Charles River. Crew D, which defeated the Exeter seconds on May 28, is hosted as follows: Bow, J. B. Corning; 2, A. d. Phillips; 3. J. J. Corn Jr., stroke, G. E. Smith; coxswain, Atherton Noyce...
PRINCETON, N. J., May 4.--Princeton, Navy, and Harvard crews all had short work-outs on Lake Carnegle today. The Harvard University and Freshman eights went out separately at noon, rowed down to the dam and then paddled over the course at a stroke of 26. The two crews rowed again this afternoon, going as far as the dam and practicing short racing starts. Water very calm and weather...
...full complement of oarsmen includes the first University and 1926 crews and two substitutes, chosen during the past week by their respective coaches. The University substitutes are E. S. Matthews '23, captain and stroke of the Junior eight, and C. J. Hubbard Jr. '24, number 5 in the same boat, while the Freshman choices are Elisha Canning Jr. and G. D. Krumbhaar...
...howl vigorously all day long, "Shahbash, shahbash" ("well done, well done"). His yells of encouragement, however, are by no means haphazard. Without his mercenary and uncritical praise the Indian slackens at once. With him acting as deputy the Indian employer shows an interest in his men, every stroke of the pick receives due appreciation...