Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the tide against them and the water unfavorably rought, the oarsmen settled down after the opening burst of speed to a beat of 30 which was maintained up to the three mile mark. From this point on, Captain John Watts '28 lifted the stroke to 35, quickening it gradually to 38, and as the shell neared the finish to a fast sprinting...
...London, Conn., June 7--Undervery favorable weather conditions, the Harvard University eight had its first time time trial over the four-mile course here today, and finished after 21 minutes 19 seconds of steady rowing. Captain Watts set an easy beat of 27 strokes to the minute for three quarters of the distance, the jayvee eight accompanying the first boat this far and then stopping. Swimming into the last mile, the first crew raised its beat to 36, and in the closing 300 yards the stroke went up and up until a racing pitch of 43 was reached. Such...
...Stroke S. W. Swaim '31; 7. A. N. Webster '31; 6. E. E. Whitman '31; 5. A. B. Rood '31; 4. E. L. Millard '31; 3. Frederick Ayer '31; 2. P. H. Watts '31, bow, R. I. McKesson '31; cox, F. I. Belisle...
...Crew A--Stroke, John Watts '28; 7, Guy Murchie '29; 6, F. A. Clark '29; 5, W. G. Saltonstall '28; 4, C. E. Mason '30; 3, W. T. Emmet '29; 2, L. W. Dickey '30; bow, J. deW. Hubbard '29; cox., C. H. Pforzheimer...
...Crew B--Stroke, James Lawrence '29; 7, Allerton Cushman '29; 6, B. J. Harrison '29; 5, A. A. Campbell '30; 4, C. McK. Norton '29; 3, M. R. Brownell '30; 2, D. S. M. Lanier '28; bow, A. T. Gray '30; cox., R. W. Herr...