Word: coxswains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...electronic gizmo used by the University of Pennsylvania crew brings to mind a device developed by the Yale crew of 1947, on which I was coxswain...
...even hide there any more, pal - at least not at the University of Pennsylvania. John McGinn, an old Penn coxswain and now a scientist in General Electric's laboratories at Valley Forge, Pa., has invented an electronic gizmo that enables Penn Coach Joseph Burk to tell at a glance in practice which of his oarsmen are pulling their weight - and which aren't. Attached to the oarlocks, miniature dynamometers measure the pull on each oar, flash the results on a board of 32 lights - four for each crewman. If all four lights flash on, the oarsman is exerting...
Princeton upset Harvard's junior varsity in the most exciting race on the Charles Saturday afternoon. The Tigers led the entire way, establishing almost a length over the Crimson in the last 30 strokes of the race. But as coxswain Al Bartlett called the stroke up to a 39. Harvard surged forward and, seat by seat, pulled so close that it was several minutes before the judges decided that Princeton had won by a margin of four-tenths of a second. Yale crossed the finish line eight length behind...
...windswept Thames River. Forced to find a substitute boat after their No. 1 shell collided with a buoy and sank during practice, the Cambridge rowers battled the favored Dark Blues bow-to-bow for 3 mi. of the 4-mi., 374-yd. race. Then, at the last bend, Oxford Coxswain James Rogers steered straight across the Cambridge bow, forcing the Light Blues to check as Oxford pulled away...
...Talent. Parker's crew is essentially the same one that was unbeaten last year until its loss to Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club in the Olympic trials. Now the Crimson is stronger, more mature, more confident. They average 6 ft. 3 in. and 180 lb.-including Coxswain John Unkovic, who stands 5 ft. 6 in. and weighs 120 lb. after dinner. Four of them-Captain and No. 6 Oar Paul Gunderson, Stroke Geoff Picard, No. 3 Oar Tom Pollock, No. 2 Oar Bob Schwarz-have been in the same boat since their freshman year at Harvard...