Word: crew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mortlake, England, J. A. Brown stepped from a slender shell, grinned with gratification. Coxswain of the Cambridge University crew for four years, he had just participated in his fourth straight triumph over dark blue rivals from Oxford. The Oxford eight, conceded little chance to win, was kept in the 4¼-mile race mainly through the heroic efforts of Howard T. ("Ox") Kingsbury Jr. This gentleman, captain of last year's undefeated Yale crew, pulled a mighty oar, shouted encouragement to his wilting shell-mates, kept the winners' margin to an honorable three lengths. The Cambridge time...
...fourth consecutive time in as many races, Crew X led its opponents, Crews Y and Z, in a one and seven-eighths miles downstream race in the basin yesterday. The time made by the winning crew was unusually fast for this early stage in the oarsmen's development...
...first half mile, the race between Crew X and Crew Z was very close, and it was only within the last quarter mile that the winner became evident. At the finish, Crew Z was a length and a quarter behind Crew X. Crew Y, starting four lengths, or an equivalent of 16 seconds ahead of the other two crews, was soon overcome by both, and finished one-half length behind Crew...
...race was somewhat marred by rough water during the last half mile of racing, and by the accidental breaking of an oar by R. W. Ladd '28, of the winning crew, six or eight lengths from the finish...
...winning crew, which has consistently pulled away from all opponents for the past three weeks was seated as follows: Stroke, Hall; 7, Ladd; 6, Farnham; 5, Olmstead; 4, Lanier; 3, Saltonstall; 2, Sutherland; bow, Bancroft; coxswain, Herr. Norton stroked Crew Z and Watts stroked Crew...