Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third time since Bert Haines retired in 1952 there is a new varsity 150-pound-crew coach at Newell Boat House...
...coach, second year Law School Student Derrick, Wilde '54, is matched by an untried squad; only two veterans of the 1954 season will be in the first boat against MIT next Saturday...
Wilde has had no previous experience but has been a jack-of-all trades as as oarsmen. In his sophomore year he rowed on the next-to-last of Haines' thirty-one crews and also won the University 150-1b. single sculls championship. Switching to Weld Boat House in 1952, Wilde concentrated solely on single sculling and monopolized the University championships for the following two years...
...smattering of junior varsity oarsmen combine with two veterans and a pair of sophomores from 1954's undefeated Yardlings to fill the boat Wilde hopes will stop Tech this Saturday. But in spite of the varsity's rag-taggle composition and Tech's veterans, stroke Larry Cabot has led the Crimson through creditable and improving time trials. Though only a sophomore, Cabot is a skilled oarsmen and can hold a high stroke with clock-like precision...
There is no doubting the varsity's power, particularly from Captain Bill Coughlin at four through Bob Volpe at seven. Coughlin and Volpe are Wilde's veterans, and Volpe has done a remarkable job at picking up Cabot's timing and transferring it to the rest of the boat...