Word: crew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...editor who wrote your story of Emden (TIME, Oct. 16) drew freely on his imagination, particularly in respect to the escape of the crew on board the Ayesha. Lieut. Capt. Helmuth von Mikke's account in his book Ayesha relates that the landing force of approximately 56 men, sent ashore by Capt. Miller to destroy the wireless station on Keeling Island (English), did just that and was caught ashore when the cruiser Sidney engaged and sank the Emden. Contrary to your romantic "jungle hiding," the landing party which was, of course, now in command of the island, outfitted...
...reflection cast by this race and that is the question of form. It was not too hard a race for the Juniors, and they won decisively, but their form was almost ragged at times. The catching was not good, and all in all they were anything but a polished crew. Not only that, but they were paced by a relatively inexperienced stroke. Meanwhile the Senior boat pulled through evenly and showed excellent form, but they were left in the lunch...
...another time Tom Bolles pitted three class crews against each other. In this race the 1941 crew won, but once again it would almost have been called obvious from a quick glance at the boatings. Stroked by Sherm Gray, the Junior boat was made up with a good many members of last year's varsity. In addition the eight was enhanced by the presence of Behn Riggs who felt that he was unable to row last year what with the press of scholastic work...
...indefiniteness of the Bolles findings brings to mind the statement made by Mr. Meikleham who was for many years a race official at New London. He said that the choice of any one type of crew man for a boat was almost entirely a matter of contemporary style, and that the best crew man did not necessarily have to confine himself to any particular build. His knowledge was based not only on his long association with crew but upon the fact that while he was a Captain of the Columbia crew he helped to nurse the sport...
...Coach Fred Spuhn has been mixing them up a little. The almost entirely unimpressive showing of the Tiger eight last year would ordinarily allow little hope for the coming season, but the Bengals still think they have a trick or two up their sleeves mainly because a Tiger cub crew last year, unimpressive in itself, laid claim to some excellent material...