Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Francis Lee Higginson, Jr., 1900, No. 4, entered college from Groton where he captained one of the school crews. He was captain of his Freshman crew last year, rowing No. 6, and this year stroked the winning Sophomore boat in the class races. He was tried at stroke on the 'Varsity directly after the class races. Age 20, height 6 ft. 1 in., weight 164 pounds...
...crew is a light one, and certainly not so smooth as either Yale or Cornell, but for all that they have shown that they are not to be disregarded. There can be no doubt of the men's ability to last, and they have in Dobyns a tried stroke, who is never beaten until the finish. Since they have been at New London they have smoothed off wonderfully and in trials have done very fast work...
...Harvard crew will row in the following order: Stroke, F. Dobyns; 7, N. Biddle; 6, J. H. Perkins; 5, C. L. Harding; 4, F. L. Higginson; 3, Eliot Wadsworth; 2, J. D. Kernan; bow, G. S. Derby; cox., G. P. Orton...
...Cornell-Stroke, F. A. Briggs, 138; 7, E. J. Savage, 170; 6, R. W. Beardslee, 155; 5, C. S. Moore, 169; 4, T. L. Bailey, 169; 3, L. W. Wakeman, 168; 2, W. Bentley, 160; bow, W. C. Dalzell, 160; cox., F. D. Colson...
...Yale-Stroke, W. B. Williams, 157 1-2; 7, J. C. Greenleaf, 170; 6, F. W. Allen, 181; 5, J. H. Niedecken, 170; 4, R. P. Flint, 167; 3, J. P. Brock, 183; 2, H. P. Wickes, 168; bow, Payne Whitney, 164; cox., H. O. Walton...