Word: boated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nothing but explosive contempt for "muscleheads" who insist on fishing for saltwater monsters with "rope." He explains, between oaths: "Most fishermen aren't strong enough to handle 39-thread (130-lb. test line) and keep pressure on a fish. I've seen them taken off the boat dead or go back home and die of a heart attack. Secondly, rope doesn't give the fish a fair chance. If you can't fish for fun, then you haven't any business fishing. These guys out after publicity give me a pain in the neck...
Potbellied Boat. When he was a five-year-old kid in Long Branch, N.J., Tom Gifford's father had to tie him up with sash cord to keep him from going fishing. "There wasn't a seafaring man in the family," he recalls, "and I collected blisters on my bottom because I wouldn't stay away from the water." After a stretch in the Navy during World War I, "Mom wanted me to be President and the old man wanted me to be an admiral. Me, I wanted to be a charter boatman. I bought a backyard...
...regatta will have qualifying heats in the morning for the varsity, J.V. and freshman events. The three six-boat finals and the consolation races will be run in the afternoon...
...Crimson stands a chance for taking the Row Cup, which goes to the college getting the most points in the varsity, J.V. and Freshman races. Since the J.V. came in third last week, Love has shifted the lineup, bring Tom Nuzum up to stroke. He thinks that the boat has decidedly improved during the week...
...Pennsylvania boat, which was slightly ahead of the Crimson for the first mile, finished the race with only seven oarsmen. Having less than half a mile to go, the number six man blacked out, caught a crab, and was thrown out of the boat...