Word: crews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remain in range for a time long enough (in the umpire's opinion) for the Pennsylvania to have sunk her in actual warfare. In the third place, the big guns are not actually fired. Every big turret gun has mounted upon it a small "subcalibre" gun. The gun crew goes through all the motions of loading, aiming, firing the big guns, but only the blank cartridges in the little gun actually go off. In the same way a submarine, popping up beside a battleship, need not actually discharge a torpedo but may merely indicate its presence with, for instance...
Five years ago, Edward O. Leader came from the University of Washington to coach rowing at Yale. It would be mild to say that he revolutionized the sport in the East. He brought more men out for crew than for football; he gave Yale an unbroken record of victories, including the Olympic Championship in 1924; he influenced rowing methods at many another university...
Last week he saw a Yale varsity crew meet its first defeat under his coaching. Princeton, after five years of unimpressive rowing, conquered Mr. Leader's men by taking the lead soon after the start and keeping it. Just before the last quarter-mile of the race a Yale spurt gained, but Princeton reached the finish line with a quarter of a length to spare...
...shores of Lake Carnegie there were few more happy than Princeton Coach Charles ("Chuck") Logg, who rowed on the famed Washington crew which Mr. Leader coached...
...third university crew faces eights from Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania. None of the crews have any racing records, and any prediction as to the outcome is impossible. The Harvard boat, however, did not impress in its workouts on the Charles, trailing an informal combination class eight in practice, and it will be a surprise if the Crimson boat leads the way over the Schuylkill course...