Word: strokes
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FOLLOWING are the names of the men who are training for the Freshman Crew. First eight: Hammond (stroke); Kip, 7; Curtis (Capt.) 6; Cabot, E. T., 5; Burch, 4; Chapman, 3; Richmond, 2; Belshaw (bow). Second eight: Rand (stroke); Baxter, 7; Rice, 6; Sawyer, 5; Lathrop, 4; Lane, 3; Cary, 2; Endicott (bow). H. G. Chapman, Secretary; W. A. Aspinwall, Treasurer...
...Yale crew hope to beat Harvard next year by a new stroke, which is pronounced by some who have seen it to be the first practical stroke Yale has ever adopted. The old hang at the end of the stroke is abolished, and several crooked little points are also done away with. In the new stroke, the reach is shorter than heretofore, to insure a strong and steady grip of the water, and to save the additional exertion formerly used in putting the blade back. In feathering, the blade will be horizontal instead of at an angle of forty-five...
...will be remembered that last May, '81 beat '80 by about eighteen seconds; but changes have been made in the latter crew, whereby it is much strengthened, and its chances of success are very good. The addition of Trimble, as stroke, is naturally the most important feature; his rowing seems to have lost none of its gracefulness in this new position; while Brigham, at No. 6, brings the experience of several University races. Of the other changes not so much need be said, save that, in the main, the crew is heavier than the old one, and is rowing fairly...
Taylor, bow; Townsend, 2; Hatch, 3; Welling, 4; Hooper, 5; Brigham, 6; Simmons, 7; Trimble, stroke; F. H. Allen, coxswain...
Hammond, bow; Swan, 2; Atkinson, 3; Hemenway, 4; Otis, 5; Freeland, 6; Howard, 7; Brandegee, stroke; H. R. W. Browne, coxswain...