Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cambridge, and that they had more hyphens and initials among them than ordinary folk. There was P. W. Murray-Threipland, for instance, an old Etonian in the bow of the Oxford shell, and M. F. A. Kean, an old Haileyburian, in the Cambridge bow. The stalwart on the Cambridge stroke-thwart was E. C. Hamilton-Russell. The bird-like little coxswain before him had a plain name, J. A. Brown, but J. A. Brown was impressive enough for the Oxonians. J. A. Brown had already steered two Cantab crews to victory in as many years and Sir James Croft...
Barrett Scudder '27, who a month ago was not a member of the University crew squad, was promoted to the stroke seat of the Junior eight yesterday afternoon. He supplanted P. H. Nitze '28, who stroked the third crew yesterday...
...advance to the second complicates the stroking situation. It is understood that Watts, who is now stroking the first crew, is doing so mainly for the purpose of giving Captain Winthrop practice at rowing behind somebody. When the faults in Winthrop's recovery are eradicated, it is expected that he will return to the stroke seat. This will mean that there will be four strokes for three crews, and there is a likelihood of one of them being moved from the pace-setter's place to a position nearer the bow of the boat...
...first crew rowed very strongly for so early in the season, and opened up a lead of six or seven lengths over the junior combination. Watts set a smooth stroke and gave further evidence that the chances of Captain Winthrop returning to the stroke seat are not great...
...letter from G. Bernard Shaw is given in the preface. He praises the last encounter of Don Juan and his gypsy, calls it "a stroke of genius." But he also says: "For Heaven's sake remember that there are plenty of geniuses about, and that the real difficulty is to find writers who are sober, honest and industrious and have been for many years in their last situation." Flecker's qualifications were sustained in 1923 when his poetic drama Hassan began a long run at His Majesty's Theatre, London, later appearing...