Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon the first combination paddled over the full four miles at a very low stroke of about 23 or 24. The crew made the distance without a stop and then turned and rowed back without any let up, finishing at a stroke of 42. There will be no more time trials for any of the crews except the Freshmen, who may be tested over the two mile distance tomorrow...
...last few days will be spent in smoothing out, the rough spots in the crews, and in trying to give the combinations more finish. Coach E. J. Brown '96 has been working especially hard on getting his oarsmen to get a lot of snap in the finish of their strokes, having the crew do most of its hard pulling aft of the outriggers. The style of Leader's crews is just the opposite with the shell getting most of its drive on the catch of the stroke...
...Freshman and Combination outfits also practiced in the afternoon rowing down over the two mile stretch again. The trip, however, was made in stretches, and Coach H. H. Haines had his oarsmen keep the stroke low except for a number of trial racing starts...
...Freshman Stroke, S. W. Swaim '31; 7, A. N. Webster '31; 6, N. F. Parkinson '31; 5, A. B. Rood '31; 4, E. F. Whitman '31, 3, Frederic Ayer '31; 2, P. H. Watts '31; bow, R. I. McKesson '31; cox, E. L. Belisle...
Combination Stroke, J. F. Lawrence '31; 7, D. R. Kroell '29; 6, E. L. Millard '31; 5, C. N. Comstock '30; 4, Rogers Donaldson '30; 3, Lawrence Grinnell '31; 2, Edward Hamlen, Jr. '29; bow, J. S. Wintringham '30, cox., Richard Kimball...