Word: boated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...body of its builder was subsequently found on the shore at Scituate. Since then, two southwesters, a boat-hook, and a hatch-cover from the ill-fated launch have been discovered by searchers, making it apparent that the "Red Top" was capsized, either by a heavy head-wind or collision with some obstacle...
...Freshman, Norton was captain and stroke of one of the strongest first year eights that has been seen on the Charles River in recent years. His crew easily defeated an improvised Yale crew that spring. Last year he stroked the second University boat which lost to Yale at New London...
Lavish productions: Show Boat, A Connecticut Yankee, The Three Musketeers...
...mile and three-quarters handicap race Saturday afternoon marked the first official competition between the two University crews since Coach E. J. Brown '96 picked them last Monday. The eight stroked by Captain John Watts '28 showed exceptional power in this try-out by defeating the Second University boat with four lengths to spare, and leading a strong Ineligible combination by six lengths...
Before the initial quarter-mile sprint was over, the first crew, rowing 39 strokes to the minute, had overhauled the Junior boat and was gaining rapidly on the Ineligibles. From this point on, the race tightened, with all three boats stroking a steady 32-beat. In the closing half-mile straightaway, the Ineligibles failed to sprint in time to cover the determined rush started by Captain Watts and, had it not been for the clever steering of their coxswain, C. H. Pforzheimer '28, would have fallen more than a length behind. Open water still separated them from the Lawrence crew...