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...Stroke, W. S. H. Lothrop, Beverly...
...Stroke, N. Longworth, jr., Cincinnati...
...freshman crew is now rowing in the following order: Stroke, Neison; 7, Davis; 6, Earle; 5, Kehon; 4, Vail; 3, Hathaway; 2, Miller; bow, Burgess. Keyes with be unable to row for several days on account of a lame hand...
...Bass Fishing on Rideau Lake," by J. W. Longley. But the article chiefly interesting to Harvard men is one by F. A. Stevenson, captain of the Yale crew in 1888, on "Yale and her Victories on the Water." The writer says much in favor of the Cook stroke, and describes its development from 1886 to 1889. Much has been said about "form" and "skill" in rowing. Mr. Stevenson thinks skill to be the essential thing for a fast crew, but the best way to bring a crew up to a degree of skill is by means of form. He thinks...
...Yale crews for the last four years have won by studying out and perfecting the motions of the "recover" in order that the boat shall stop as little as possible between the strokes. In 1886 "Harvard seemed scarcely to get a good hold on the water until the stroke was partially pulled through, while Yale 'caught' the water right at the beginning. In the recover there was also a marked difference, Yale taking it so slowly on their slides as to give the observer the impression that there was a 'hang.' Harvard, on the other hand, made a quick recover...