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...Coxwain Fox started to yell to the power in the waist of the boat, and though the stroke didn't go up then, the power went on and the unbelievably smooth boat pulled away, opening up a lead they climaxed in a beautiful closing sprint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Varsity and Jayvee Crews Defeat Princeton in Compton Race | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

Thomas H. Hunter '35 was coxwain on the Cambridge crew which was defeated yesterday by Oxford on the Thames. Hunter, when at Harvard, was on the Freshman and Jayvee crews. He went to Cambridge on a Henry Fellowship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimsonite Coxes Cambridge | 3/25/1937 | See Source »

Four members of the Varsity squad are planning to enter a four in the Olympic trials at Princeton this summer. Stroked by Robert Cutler '85, captain and stroke of last year's Jayves, the boat includes Edward H. Bennett '87 as coxwain J. Paul Austin '87, Roger W. Cutler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Townsend Is Crew manager and Jones His Assistant | 5/21/1936 | See Source »

...last two miles, when they pulled ahead to win. If Yale gets behind tomorrow, they will find it difficult to catch up. Stroke John Watts '28, once his crew gets the lead, keeps his eye on the rival boat, matches every sprint, and strives to catch the oppoing coxwain napping. But if Yale gets a distinct lead at the start, the heady Laughlin should manage to keep ahead, for although the Harvard crew is gigantically powerful, the Yale oarsmen are no weaklings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew's Chances of Victory Over Eli Are Brightest Since 1920 | 6/23/1927 | See Source »

...river for the last two or three days. In fact, P. M. Moffet '28, rowing number two in the new boat broke the blade of his oar when he hit a small log which was submerged in such a way that it could not be seen by the coxwain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THIRD NEW SHELL IN ONE YEAR LAUNCHED YESTERDAY | 3/17/1927 | See Source »

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