Word: boated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Heavy Boat Includes Veterans...
...included all the H men from last year's varsity shell except Captain Clark, who at present is holding a first string tackle berth on the University eleven; and Guy Murchie '29 who is running cross country. Besides these men, there are the oarsmen from last year's Freshman boat, only one of whom is at present ineligible because of scholastic difficulties. Five of the men from last year's championship class crew also were out regularly. The rest of the squad was composed of other class and dormitory crew men. For the first time in several years, there were...
Coach Brown followed his usual policy of rowing men on both sides of the boat thereby creating a facility in handling either a port or a starboard oar, which facility doubles the man's chance to find a place in one of the varsity boats. In addition to this shifting, the head coach adhered to his policy of rotating various men in the stroke position and also in the coxswain's seat. As in the past under Coach Brown, the ultimate choice of a cox will rest with the oarsmen themselves...
That return journey last week was terrific for the airship's crew. East of Newfoundland they headed into a gale. It threatened to crack up the boat. Dr. Hugo Eckener headed into the wind and slowed his motors. The wind blew him backwards at the rate of 32½ ft. a second...
...melodrama filmed on a train. A variation between the race between the car and the train is one between train and airplane. In sound, Comedian Tommy Dugan is the screen's first stammerer. Best shot: the line of taxicabs bringing Antonio Moreno's Scotch up from the boat. Best loud-line (Dugan) : "I was in jail but I got pppp ... I got pppp . . . par . . . they let me out for a while. . . ." Best criticism (Variety) "Can go into any wired house for a week...