Word: aitkens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entire boat stopped rowing while the bowman, Paul Templeton, handed Gardiner's oar back to him. By the time Harvard got their shell back up to top gear, Brown had sliced the lead to one-quarter of a length. That was as close as the Bruins got. What George Aitken called "some of the best rowing we've done," 40 strokes perminute, stretched the lead quickly to one-half of a length, then to almost a full one by the finish line. Harvard's new winning streak stands...
...Aitken expressed surprise last night at the quality of the Bruin crew. "It was one of the few races in which we've pulled out in front by about half a length of open water and the other crew hasn't packed it in," he said...
Harvard had outdistanced Brown by two lengths in the San Diego Crew Classic on April 1, about the margin they would have had Saturday were it not for the crab. This does not mean that Harvard has not improved since then, for as Aitken emphasized, Brown was faster in Providence than they were in California. Gardiner also pointed out that rough conditions in general tend to cut down victory margins...
...George Aitken...
Besides those two and last year's number six and four men. George Aitken and Warren Perkins, senior Jim Kenary and members of last year's J.V. are competing for seats on the port side. Kenary the surprise of the 1978 rowers, returned to Newell this year for the first time since leaving as a freshman...