Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Heavies race, described by Coach Harvey Love as "pretty much of a water fight" over the short distance of three-quarters of a mile, proved the old fall rowing axiom, "The highest stroking boat wins...
...never settled after the start," is the way Ted Odell explained his boat's victory. Rowing at the high tempo of 36 strokes a minute after the start, Odell's shell staved off a strong drive by Perry Boyden's powerfully rowing eight despite two crabs near the finish...
...lightweight race over the longer Henley distance told a different story, however, as the low stroking boat of Sam Putnam captured the traditional Hacker...
Race summary: Heavy winner; Odell (4:00 min.); 2nd, Boyden; 3rd, Nuzum; 4th, Lawrence; two Union Boat Club crews finished fifth and sixth. Lightweight winner, Putnam; 2nd, Lynch; 3rd, McKeeman; 4th, Hoffman...
...kinds of noise, from the river boat of Louis Armstrong to the leaky boat of Les Brown and his Band of Renown; among those loitering between the extremes: Lionel Hampton, Hoagy Carmichael, Gene Krupa, Bob Crosby...