Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crews went out for a short practice at 11.45. The two University crews paddled down the two miles from Red Top to the Submarine Base and back again with no attempt at racing. The Freshman and combination eights rowed the same distance at a low stroke slightly later...
White Crew.--Bow, Whitney; 2, Cheney; 3, Leslie; 4, Pelly; 5, Ellis; 6, Goodwin; 7, Haldeman; stroke, Freeman; cox., Chase...
...Crawley, an English authority. Tennis, it seems, was invented about 1200 when the usual arithmetical unit was sixty, because it was so conveniently divisible--this was before the use of decimals. It was always played for a stake, usually a crown (60 sous) per game of four strokes. Thus the winner of the first stroke was the recipient of 15 sous from his opponent. If he was a good player he won 30, then 45 (this number is still used in France to some extent) and finally sixty (our game"). The "set" was not a part of the original scoring...
Following the Technology contest, in which the University boat, stroked by Amory, showed a noticeable tendency to shorten up and wash out under racing pressure, the coaches decided to give Brown the assignment for a while, and it was the latter who would have set the beat against Cornell had the Ithaca event not been called off. However, while this arrangement worked to advantage in practice when the crew was pulling a comparatively slow stroke, the results obtained in the sprints were not so satisfactory. This fact was clearly brought out last week when the Junior eight, under Amory...
...work-outs yesterday and on Monday afternoon, the two stroke candidates alternated at the position on Crew A. A wide variety in pace was experimented with, the men rowing alternately at a very low beat and again at racing speed. Following the practice yesterday, when the first eight came back swinging in good form behind Amory, Dr. Howe announced that the latter would be the one to set the pace against Yale...