Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Holworthy, - Six-oar, Bull, '77, bow; Hitchcock, '77, 2; Woodward, S. S., 3; Hooper, '80, 4; Harriman, '77, 5; and Loring, '78, stroke. Foster, '80, is coxswain. Four oar, Guild, '80, bow; Russell, '77, 2; Taussig, '79, 3; and Seligman, L. S., stroke...
Holyoke. - Six-oar, Donaldson, '79, bow; Hastings, '78, 2; J. A. Stiles, '77, 3; Willison, '77, 4; J. Parker, '78, 5; and Brewster, '79, stroke. Herrick, '77, is coxswain. Four-oar, Jacob, '78, bow; Taggart, '78, 2; Thomas, '79, 3; and Watson, '79, stroke...
Matthews. - Six-oar, Brett, '77, bow; Skinner, '80, 2; A. H. Brown, '78, 3; Owen, S. S., 4; Keyes, '79, 5; and B. F. Harding, '78, stroke. Cushing, '77, is coxswain. Four-oar, Boutelle, '78, bow; Hubbard, '79, 2; Ware, '80, 3; and Meyer, '79, stroke. Cowdin, '79, is coxswain...
...well to slow down and brace one's self just before coming to the full reach; but no hang or pause should occur. The shoot of the arms should be smoother, lighter, and easier, and more uniform in the motion. Neither the stroke, nor the feather, nor the recover should have any jerking, harsh motion or hanging about them in any part. Let each man in the crew grab firmly all he can hold (and no more) and row well home without jerking. More ease and uniformity in all parts of the stroke and a better control of the various...
...present the chief aim should be form; the strength, of which the crew has abundance, can follow later, and with better results. Form, form, is what is needed now. Each member of the crew should endeavor to row every stroke as evenly as possible, and should never row one carelessly. The men still fail to realize the necessity of constant attention while at work. Not only when being coached, but from the time the boat is taken from the rests till it is replaced, must their earnest attention be fixed on what they are doing...