Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Brown took the University boat out in the morning and had them go through a short workout at a low stroke. While the first string oarsmen were taking things comparatively easily the other crews worked out over a longer course. Observers were impressed with the strength the University sweepswingers displayed rowing at a low beat. James Lawrence '29 seems to be ironing out the few little errors which have been somewhat of an impairment to his form and gives promise of giving a fine exhibition next week as pace setter for the Crimson eight...
Although the Yale crew has displayed consistently better form and display-pressive times in their trials during the past week the Harvard stroke has steadily improved throughout the week's practice. The long steady beat of the Crimson crew will be at its best in the four mile grind where the length and extent of the competition tends to favor the slower, more powerful stroke that has been set by the Crimson sweepswingers. The stroke employed by Brown, while at a great disadvantage in the shorter races against Tech, Cornell and Pennsylvania earlier in the season, will unquestionably show...
...Yale stroke, set at a much higher beat, makes little use of the long lay-back favored by the Harvard oarsmen, with the result that the Blue tipped oars, while at a higher clip, do not pull the length of water handled by the Crimson sweeps...
...With the stroke situation steadily improving, the former weakness of the Harvard crew in failing to raise the stroke at the finish of the race may be overcome; and should the stroke be raised even to a beat at 35 or 36 at the end of the race, the long rythmic stroke of the Crimson eight may serve to avoid such a procession as featured the 1928 race...
...afternoon the University eight went out for a longer paddle with Coach Brown working on racing starts. During this time the shell looked better than it has since its arrival here. There was no catch at the end of the stroke and the eight men were working well together. There was a slight delay in getting the boat into the water due to the fact that the float, which started leaking in the afternoon sank to the bottom of the river before it could be saved. This mishap made it necessary for the crew to launch the boat from...