Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Haines, not satisfied with last week's open-water loss to the strong Tigers, has replaced stroke Jack Smith with Jerry Wells, jayvee stroke and stroke on last year's championship freshman 150's. "We couldn't win with the other combination, and we'll see what happens this time," says Haines...
...sight. Chief among these is that the published accounts of a race have little, if anything, to do with its actual conduct. Last Saturday the scribes huddled on the way down to the starting line and selected a cleancut Annapolis second classman as official Recorder of The Stroke. This gentleman stepped to the poop deck of the lobster boat that the HAA had thoughtfully hired, cleared his throat, and made the following announcement...
...keep the leader's stroke. Intended to follow Navy anyhow. Can you hear me from up here?" (This last in a frightening bellow...
...strength and dropped back out of the money in the final half-mile, however, leaving Navy and Penn to stage a close and thrilling fight for second. Both these crews were rowing a 36 for the latter part of the race, with the Red and Blue pushing the stroke up to 38 at the end to finish a bare second ahead of the Middies...
...Rouner managed to keep the Crimson shell out in front all the way, but second place changed hands several times as the stroke went up to 38 nearing the finish. Penn's sprint failed, however, and the Sailors coasted in a deck-length back of Harvard and a third of a length in front of the Red and Blue...