Word: crew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although superior in rowing technique than the 1937 crew at this time, Bolles still looks forward to sharpening up the catch and smoothing out an imperceptible check. Probably the race today will prove a splendid opportunity for ironing out the rough spots...
Given a one length advantage, the powerful Yardling crew was able to maintain its lead over the Varsity eight in a time trial over the Henley distance yesterday afternoon...
Placing a very poor fifth with 19 points after the first day's racing, with Tech and Brown tied for second, the Harvard crews, consisting of James A. Ronsmaniere '40, skipper, John H. Cunningham, Jr. '39, crew, and John N. Fulham, Jr. '40, skipper, and Thomas Bullfinch '40, crew, made a comeback in the next nine races, nearly overtaking Princeton, which had 101 points. They slipped to sixth when the Tech-Brown tie was broken...
...Actions, he has stood well in studies, has courted popularity but not publicity. Among intimates he calls his father "the old man." Last week he completed arrangements for two broadcasts-one this week, when, as an ex-Harvard oarsman, he will help Ted Husing comment on the Columbia-Navy crew race on New York's Harlem River from a bus top; the other next week as guest of Vitalis ("Just think of the word vital and add i-s") hair preparation, when he will tell how it feels to be a President's son, a du Font...
...University of Washington oarsmen: a clean sweep over the University of California crews (varsity, junior varsity, freshman) in the No. 1 regatta of the Pacific Coast; for the fourth year in a row; on Lake Washington, Seattle. For the varsity crew, U. S. and Olympic champions, it was the 19th consecutive major victory in three years...