Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...next race was the four-oars, the boats and men taking the following positions: Holworthy, Harriman (stroke), Bull (3), A. Hooper (2), Woodward (bow); Weld, Littauer (stroke), Simmons (3), W. Trimble (2), F. M. Ware (bow); Holyoke, LeMoyne (stroke), Danforth (3), Brewster (2), Stiles (bow); Matthews, Jacobs (stroke), Smith (3), Parker (2), Shillito...
...last event was the six-oar race, in which Holyoke drew first position, Holworthy second, Matthews third, and Weld fourth. The Holyoke boat was made up of, Jones (bow), Stiles (2), Hastings (3), Danforth (4), Smith (5), LeMoyne (stroke); Holworthy, Bull (bow), Meyer (2), Woodward (3), A. Hooper (4), R. Trimble (5), Schwarz (stroke); Matthews, Cowdin (bow), Hitchcock (2), W. Trimble (3), Brewster (4), Harriman (5), Jacobs (stroke); Weld, P. Tuckerman (bow), F. M. Ware (2), Shillito (3), Kessler (4), Simmons (5), Littauer (stroke). The time made was: Holyoke, 5 minutes 58 seconds; Matthews, 6 minutes 1 second; Weld...
Weld. - Six-oar, P. Tuckerman, '78, bow; Ives, '79, 2; Raymer, '78, 3; Lombard, '78, 4; Trimble, '79, 5; and Sheafe, '79' stroke. J. T. Coolidge, '79, is coxswain. Four-oar, Townsend, '80, bow; Weston, '79, 2; Lee, 79, 3; and Burr, '79, stroke...
...most noticeable and dangerous fault at present is the universal tendency to slight the end of the stroke. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 particularly fail to bring their hands clear in to their bodies before dropping them. No. 6 is inclined to turn his oar before it is out of the water, and Bow to do the same. Bow feathers a little high and, in the middle of the stroke, dips a little deep. No. 2 feathers too high on the full reach, clips, dips too deep in the middle, and gets his oar out of the water...
There is a pause before the catch, commencing with No. 6. In trying to get the hard catch, the crew, as was pointed out in the last Crimson, are apt to expend all their strength in banging the water at the beginning of the stroke, and then make a weak and slovenly finish. The firm grip on the water, instantly got on the full reach, should be followed clear through by a good, vigorous, even stroke. The hardest part of this stroke, unless the man makes a jerk in the middle, must be at the beginning, because there the greatest...