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...weather-beaten skiff pulled alongside the shiny government towboat Mark Twain aboard which Secretary of War Patrick Jay Hurley was inspecting inland waterways. Aboard the skiff was its owner, William ("Steamboat Bill") Hechmann, old-time river pilot. Observing an enormous fish lashing about at the end of a line astern the skiff, the Secretary shouted...
...smoothly swinging Junior class boat stroked by A.H. Parker '32 left the Sophomore and Senior crews in the wash in the Charles River Basin, the race being rowed over the mile and three-quarters course. The winning oarsmen left the Seniors over a length and a half astern as they crossed the finish line, while the crew representing 1933 was to be seen nearly seven lengths to the rear...
...pilot of India's Ship of State, Viceroy Baron Irwin went in a single day last week from Full Speed Ahead to Full Speed Astern...
...still ahead at the third mark, but here Capt. Charley Johnson, sailing Thebaud because Capt. Ben Pine was sick, showed seamanship that baffled Capt. Angus Walters on Bluenose. With a windward tack ahead, Capt. Walters did what any sailor might do-he close-hauled to port. Thebaud came up astern and after trimming sheets stood off to westward...
...rival out of the wind and at a disadvantage as a hawk follows a pigeon. Unable to shake off the defender, outraced, outmaneuvred, Shamrock V trailed nearly 6 min. behind at the first marker. At the end of the reach on the second leg she was 10 min. astern the more smartly handled Enterprise. Again the winner, Skipper Vanderbilt sailed his tall white sloop across the finish line 9 min. 49 sec. in front of less resourceful Capt. Ted Heard...