Word: boated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Same Legal Boat...
...reputation, as well as the concept of a national team, will be at stake this summer. It just wouldn't make sense for him to ignore a star oarsman from another club or college in favor of his own men. He's interested in putting together the fastest boat possible. If he has to use six Harvard men to do to, that's a tribute to the kind of a coaching job he's done at Cambridge...
That leaves only three non-Harvard athletes in the eight--Pennsylvania captain Gene Clapp at No. 4, Pete Raymond, Princeton '68 at 3, and Wisconsin's Tim Mickelson in the 7 seat. It's an experienced boat, seasoned by international competition. Each of them has represented the U.S. in eight-oared shells at either the Olympic, World or Pan American championships during the past four years...
...drink. Relief supplies were arriving in such abundance that one Wilkes-Barre worker gazed at the tons of material and said: "It will take three months to sort this stuff, let alone get it to the victims." Little looting was reported-but one Pennsylvania thief fell out of his boat while looting and drowned...
Apocryphal or not, the story makes a solid point. Beyond working the swing shift down at the jute mill or flaying the catch on a tuna factory boat, there are few jobs around as demanding and punishing as that of major-league catcher. But the thought of their own flesh and blood earning a living in a metal-grille mask, sturdy chest protector and plated shin guards doesn't seem to bother Ted and Katie Bench-or even Grandma Pearl. Nearly every day the Cincinnati Reds are in town, at least one of the three treks out to Riverfront...