Word: coaches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kent has maintained the healthy characteristics of a small school chiefly because of Father Frederick H. Sill, who is headmaster, religious guide, crew coach, pater familias. He is an Episcopalian and so are most of his boys, but he does not proselyte. If the school has a sanctum, it is Father Sill's study with low, slanting roof, often-disturbed shelves of books, a littered desk and several leather chairs. The conversations of this room are the unwritten and authentic chronicle of Kent. Many-times-famed have been the crews of Kent...
...Coach Brown was close astern in a launch and watched his men closely as they sped down the course. There was very little splashing and the boat rode with remarkable smoothness. A 36 beat was registered at the start, then John Watts '28, University stroke, lowered the beat to 32, maintaining that gait until close to the finish, when he raised it again...
...London, Conn., June 12--After their fast time trial yesterday afternoon on the Thames, Coach E. J. Brown '96 gave the University eight a respite today, permitting the squad to accept the invitation of J. Pierpont Morgan '89 to spend the day aboard his palatial steam yacht, Corsair. Yale's first and second crews are also inactive, taking an excursion as the guests of General W. W. Skiddy on his trim power cruiser, Runabout...
...oarsmen appeared to be in good condition when the test ended. They were bundled into blankets after a short rest and taken back to the boat-house in two coaching launches, the shell being towed by one of them. In the launch with Coach Brown were W. J. Bingham '16, the University's Athletic Director, and R. F. Herrick '90, for many years head of the University's rowing committee...
...Donaghy '29 will cover shortstop and that W. P. Elison '27 will roam right field, since this combination offers the strongest hitting attack. In late games especially against southpaws. Donaghy has gone to right and R. C. Sullivan '27 has played short, and a last minute shift by Coach F. G. Mitchell may send this combination into the field