Word: coxswaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knots and coach the lifeboat crew; Charles Coburn to improve their characters, and young Mickey Rooney to act as head prefect. To Geoffrey, the routine lacks excitement. It is not until he has insulted the headmaster's wife, tried to run away, been put in coventry, acted as coxswain of the crew and finally been offered a job on the Queen Mary that his appreciation of Russell-Cotes's advantages becomes complete. By this time, in addition to the familiar sight of Master Freddie keeping a stiff upper lip without letting it interfere with the clipped precision...
...Cambridge by two lengths in choppy water; in the goth meeting of the two universities; over 4 1/4 twisting miles of the Thames from Putney Bridge to Mortlake Brewery. It was Oxford's second successive victory after 13 successive losses. Only Americans in the race were the Cambridge coxswain, Harvardman Thomas Harrison Hunter, who walks with crutches ashore, and the strongest Cambridge oar Gordon Keppel, Princeton's 1935-36 crew captain...
Some unusual combinations were the results. Chace's boat seems to pack most of the power, but whether or not it will be edged out by some of the other combinations with more sprinting ability is a difficult question. The lineups follow: reading from coxswain...
Back at Newell boathouse, capable attendants predicted that the historic ship could and would be repaired in short order. Said coxswain Henry D. Oyen '41: "I thought I had plenty of room...
...thousands of spectators watched from the shore what has become the harbor's native sporting event, the Conte di Savoia's long-keeled boat paced the W. C. Teagle's two nautical miles over the grey harbor swell, came in in 22 min. 2 sec. As coxswain, the Conte di Savoia's First Officer Pietro Passano joyously received the kisses of his crew, then for good measure kissed the cup he got from the hands of Chairman Kennedy. The eight oarsmen each got an individual silver...