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First crew--stroke, John Watts '28; 7, Guy Murchie '29; 6, F. A. Clark '29; 5, R. W. Ladd '27; 4, W. G. Saltonstsll '28; 3, W. T. Emmet '29; 2, Edwin Farnham '27; bow, Oliver Ames ocC; coxswain, F. R. Sullivan...
...Mortlake, England, J. A. Brown stepped from a slender shell, grinned with gratification. Coxswain of the Cambridge University crew for four years, he had just participated in his fourth straight triumph over dark blue rivals from Oxford. The Oxford eight, conceded little chance to win, was kept in the 4¼-mile race mainly through the heroic efforts of Howard T. ("Ox") Kingsbury Jr. This gentleman, captain of last year's undefeated Yale crew, pulled a mighty oar, shouted encouragement to his wilting shell-mates, kept the winners' margin to an honorable three lengths. The Cambridge time...
...winning crew, which has consistently pulled away from all opponents for the past three weeks was seated as follows: Stroke, Hall; 7, Ladd; 6, Farnham; 5, Olmstead; 4, Lanier; 3, Saltonstall; 2, Sutherland; bow, Bancroft; coxswain, Herr. Norton stroked Crew Z and Watts stroked Crew...
...winning crew, which has consistency pulled away from all opponents for the last two weeks, was seated as follows; Stroke, Perkins; 7, Ladd; 6, Farnham; 5, Olmstead; 4, Lamer; 3, Saltonstall; 2, Sutherland; bow, Bancroft; coxswain, Herr...
...crew made up of eight young young ladies from Cambridge in a half-mile race against time on the Isis River, England. In spite of some secrecy, an unwelcomed male cheering section of 5,000 was on hand and saw the Oxford ladies, urged by a fair coxswain wearing a corsage of violets, triumph over their Cambridge rivals. U. S. headline writers derived great inspiration from the announcement that the winning crew wore skirts; the losers, pants...