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Word: stroking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...miles of the race on the same course were only a few seconds behind this record, 18-57-1/5. They rowed the last two miles eleven seconds faster than the first two miles. Quite unusual I think! Their nearest competitor was ⅛ of a mile behind and their stroke was held to 28 to the minute throughout the four miles. It is hard for me to conceive of a racing shell moving faster than theirs, yet Ed Foote's 1905 crew rowed one time trial at Poughkeepsie in 18 minutes 33 seconds and another one up stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 28, 1928 | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...pound Crew A--Stroke, James de Normandie '29; 7, H. W. Bragdon '28: 6, W. I. Gregg '29; 5, R. D. Bolster '28; 4, F. E. Farnsworth '29; 3, F. B. Lee '29; 2, J. A. Swords '29; bow, O. S. Staples '30; cox., L. L. Wadsworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CREWS LEAVE FOR AMERICAN HENLEY | 5/25/1928 | See Source »

Third University Crew Stroke, J. L. Batchelder '30; 7, D. R. Kroell '29; 6, R. A. Page '30; 5, C. N. Comstock '30; 4, Roger Donaldson '30; 3, Amyas Ames '28; 2, E. H. Wilson '30: bow: J. S. Wintringham '30; cox., D. F. Baum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CREWS LEAVE FOR AMERICAN HENLEY | 5/25/1928 | See Source »

...schoolboys set a high stroke over the half mile course, finishing in two minutes, 46 seconds, to beat the heavy, put less coordinated Freshman dormitory craft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDDLESEX BEATS 1931 CREW | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

...Stroke, J. L. Batchelder '30; 7, D. R. Kroell '29; 6, R. A. Page '30; 5, C. N. Comstock '30: 4, Roger Donaldson '30; 3, Amyas Ames '28; 2, E. H. Wilson '30; bow, J. S. Wintringham '30; Cox, D. F. Baum '30. The two substitutes that will make the trip are, R. S. Mitchell '30, and Edward Hamlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THIRD UNIVERSITY CREW PICKED FOR HENLEY RACE | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

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