Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rowing a stroke which, although uniformly high throughout, did not once appear to sacrifice power to speed, the Sophomore A crew took the measure of the third University eight over the Henley distance yesterday afternoon...
UniversityA--Bow, S. B. Kelley '25; 2, H. S. Morgan '23; 3, G.R. Johnson '25; 4, C. K. Cummings '23; 5, H. H. Fuller, Jr. '23; 6, A. H. Ladd, Jr. '23; 7, B. McK. Henry '24; Stroke, S. N. Brown '24; Cox, S. C. Badger...
Freshman A--Bow, V. F. Righter; 2, F. P. Weymer; 3, Richard Trimble Jr.; 4, W. K. Marly; 5, D. C. Gates; 6, C. F. Darlington, Jr.; 7, D. H. Leavitt; Stroke, J. W. Adie...
Sheer fighting spirit, combined effectually with a stroke which remained crisp and powerful throughout the gruelling mile and seven-eights course, gave the Freshman crew a well-deserved victory over Coach Muller's University eight Saturday afternoon on the basin. Nearly, two lengths of open water bore mute testimony to the decisive character of the defeat as the shells filed across the finish line...
...first half mile that the University oarsmen gave evidence of the weakness that cost them the race. The two shells went off the line together and for a quarter mile or so there was not much to choose between them. At this point, however, Brown essayed a higher stroke to keep pace with the heightened beat in the Freshman boat, and it was here that his eight began to lose ground. Unable to continue effectively at this pace, the University stroke lengthened the beat and dropped to an even 30 where the added power and drive began to show...