Word: strokings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Elis are also a notoriously strong short-distance crew, and despite the fact they have abandoned their pinwheel stroke they still row a high and effective beat in the sprint...
...really cause the Crimson trouble if conditions are rough enough to force the race onto a special three-quarter mile "foul-weather course," which the regatta committee had laid out for the occasion. Harvard has had little or no experience at short distances, and Bill Curwen's normally low stroke is not suited to this kind of race...
...move his craft not only with power, but in such a way that all motion other than forward and in a straight line is eliminated. it is this process that takes months of training, as well as natural ability. Any number of things can go wrong during a stroke, because every pull involves the use of the entire body in a precise sequence that must not vary if that all-important smoothness is to be maintained...
...instance, at the beginning of each stroke, the oarsman must flip his writs to turn the oar so that it enters the water absolutely perpendicularly. The slightest variation from a 90 degree angle will cause the oar to "knife in" and dig too deeply into the water. When this happens, the handle of the oar is apt to come up suddenly and hit the unsuspecting rower in the stomach, often lifting him unceremoniously out of the boat and depositing him in the river...
...worse than death, especially if it occurs during a race. Many time the effect of knifing in is not so devastating as described above, but even the slightest tendency toward this mistake will unbalance the boat and cause the oarsmen on the opposite side to "wash out," finishing their stroke with oars partly out of the water...