Word: boated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the moment when a still unidentified 'Punie loosened the bow oarlock of his rivals' boat, to the bitter assault on CRIMSON cox Michael Churchill after the contest, the 'Punies spared nothing in their efforts to interrupt the inevitable progress of the race...
...losing boat trailed the leaders through the centre span of the Western Avenue bridge, a group of 'Punie candidates combined knavery and imcompetence in a disastrous effort to bring victory to their Bow Street masters. Scuttling out on the bridge, they flung a coarse fishing net over the side to snare the shell passing below. The net, traditionally used to "spider" and swing new editors during their colorful initiations, unerringly fell on the 'Poon boat, almost capsizing its old friends...
...season time trials. In the Monday workout Coach Harvey Love pushed the crews through a grueling three and a half mile row at racing beat, which should have served to develop this power further. The rest of the week has been devoted to smoothing out bladework and boat balance, in order to establish a firm technical foundation upon which to apply the hoped-for power...
During the morning the weather was so adverse as to cause one boat to capsize and severely hamper the rest of the fleet. By the afternoon, however, the morning's light rain and high winds gave way to calmer weather...
...reason for the Crimson's relatively easy win was that Cornell had the same problem as Coolidge in choosing which boat was to row as varsity, but evidently chose wrong. The result was to make the junior varsity race a tight contest every foot...