Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...football, and Lawrence Terry, E.S. '22, is at present unable to row. To take the places of the men who have been lost are three members of the Second University eight, two members of the Combination crew, and one Freshman oarsman. The seating of the eight was as follows: stroke, E. S. Matthews '23; 7, G. M. Appleton '22; 6, H. S. Morgan '23; 5, L. B. McCagg '22; 4, J. D. Jameson '24; 3, S. A. Duncan '22; 2, R. C. Stoery '24; bow, J. A. Nickerson '22; cox., S. C. Badger...
June 20. 1 P. M., lunch at the Harvard Club of Boston. The class will then take motors to the Lexington Golf Club, where the annual "one club" 99-stroke golf championship match will be held. A picnic supper will...
Then at the mile and a half mark the Freshmen tried a spurt. Their stroke went up to 33 and they applied extra power to each sweep. But Appleton was ready for them; he shot the stroke up to 32, and the yearlings stayed behind. Finally, however, with only 200 yards to go the 1924 boat staged its big spurt -- the kind that took the heart out of the Cornell Freshmen and, a week ago, defeated the Second University. Gradually they slipped up, seemingly irresistable, until their number six was opposite the stern of the first boat. Beyond that there...
...racing starts preparatory to the final fast four-mile row which the coaches plan to put the first crew through tomorrow, probably in the morning. University A started off the day with a row over the first mile of the course, being coached to keep much the same stroke as Appleton will be expected to hold to in the Yale race. After this, a long paddle followed, interspersed with frequent racing starts. The afternoon's workout consisted in more racing starts and an easy four-mile paddle...
...June 14.--Today was marked by excellent work on the part of all the crews. The first University crew went over the four-mile course paddling with the stroke never above thirty except for the final spurt. About every half-mile the stroke was alternated, being kept down to twenty-six for the first half-mile, then being raised to twenty-nine and so on. The crew was paced for the entire distance by the Crimson seconds, who kept even with the first boat, with a stroke about two points higher. The weather conditions were rather unfavorable, for although there...