Word: coxswains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fifty years ago the King-Emperor was a small and mischievous midshipman, known as "Sprats"* to the ship's company aboard Her Majesty's Ironclad Bac chante. The coxswain of the captain's gig was rollicking Bill King, who wore a big straw hat with ribbons down the back and was a great favorite with the middies. Last week rollicking Bill the sailor, now a little old gentleman of 75, stumped up the gravel drive of Craigwell House, Bognor, to call on King George, with worn logbook in his arms. His Majesty was delighted. For 15 minutes...
...task which confronts Coach Brown at present is that of developing a stroke and a coxswain to take the places of John Watts '28 and C. H. Pforzheimer '28 who graduated last June. While the remainder of the men at present row on the same crew each day the strokes and coxswains are shifted continually in order to try their ability. At present it seems that the leading stroke candidates are R. I. McKesson '31, Stanley Swaim '31, P. H. Watts '31, C. N. Comstock '30, J. S. Wintringham '30, James Lawrence '29, C. McK. Norton '29, R. C. Timpson...
Five men seem to have the lead at present in the competition for coxswain: E. L.Belisle '31, coxswain on last year's Freshman crew, F. S. Holmes '31, M. T. Nichols '31, Irving Neiman '29, and L. L. Wadsworth...
...present it is the task of filling the stroke and coxswain positions that is Coach Brown's chief problem. These positions were made vacant by the graduation of John Watts '28 and C. H. Pforzheimer '28 last June...
...mixed crew in addition to one from both the Senior and Junior classes. Coach Brown said that this arrangement would be followed until after the Spring recess when the University and Second University crews would be picked. He plans to shift the candidates for the stroke and coxswain berths continually in order to get the best men for these positions which are left vacant by the graduation of John Watts '28 and C. H. Pforzheimer '28, stroke and coxswain respectively on last year's eight...