Word: coxswains
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...that serious about the race, I'm afraid," coxswain Bruce Larson said yesterday, "but we really don't expect much from Brown and just a little from UMass...
...varsity also suffered from a sloppy start, but was still able to gain seats on the hapless Lions. Reynolds settled the boat at a cadence of 34 strokes per minute. Coxswain Burt Levitch was pleased with the last half of the race...
...UMass varsity, Radcliffe coach John Baker has set a boat with Diane Hickman at stroke, Allison Hill at seven, Hannah Shore at six, Karen Oberhauser at five, Gall Rasmussen at four, Marie Adams at three, Katie Moss at two, Robin Lothrop at bow, and Nancy Hadley handling the coxswain chores...
...oftentimes, fishermen would cast a line into the canal, although only disease-ridden carp could still live in it. Once, during a race, a fisherman cast his line clear over a boat and while he was still within shouting distance the air was full of invectives between the coxswain and the fisherman. In another race an oarsman was hit in the forehead by a stone cast by some malicious hooligan; it's a great West Side legend that he did not stop rowing...
...women's singles, Radcliffe's Wiki Royden and Marie Adams will challenge past Head champ Gail Pearson. Later in the day, Harvard House boats will suffer down the course for the intermediate eights title, which is bound to be more a test of endurance and a bout of coxswain's roulette than a rowing tiff...