Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...superior weight of the former combination that gave it the necessary margin of victory. Out - scaling their lighter rivals by a full fifteen pounds to the man, the football oarsmen forced their way to a commanding lead by sheer power of stroke, a last minute spurt by the autumn crew boat falling to cut down their lead by any appreciable distance. I. F. M. 1, E. F. M. 2, A. C. M. 2, and A. C. M. 3 trailed in the order named...
Seabury Cook of New Bedford, chosen to stroke Crew A, has already proved his ability as a pace setter, notably in the Freshman race last fall against the University boat. In addition to Cook, three other former members of A. C. M. 1-Curran, Welsman, and Bangs-have won berths in the first shell, while only two members of the victorious football crew made seats. Kelley, at number 7, rowed that position on the second football boat, and Hastings was formerly placed...
...Stroke, Seabury Cook; 7, S. B. Kelley; 6, H. G. Curran; 5, H. M. Bohlen; 4, H. P. Curtis; 3, C. M. Hastings; 2, H. J. Welsman; bow, J. O. Bangs; cox., C. S. Heard...
...Stroke, Lovell Thompson; 7, P. H. Theopold; 6, Alfred Codman; 5, L. G. Kendall; 4, J. P. Hubbard; 3, W. M. Fairleigh; 2, A. B. Harlow; bow, B. F. Rice-Bassett; cox., F. H. Blum...
Yesterday there were several changes in the seating of the two eights, E. S. Matthews '23 going in at stroke for S. N. Brown '24, A. L. Hobson Jr. '24 replacing M. W. McGreevy '24 at 7, and B. McK. Henry '24, going in for Francis Fiske '23 at 3. Daily shifts of this kind will characterize the work next week to an even greater extent than has been the case the past few days, the purpose being to try out the oarsmen in various combinations and under different circumstances. The three strokes and the coxswains will be retained until...