Word: crews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Courtney was a remarkable crew coach because he knew a racing shell from bow to stern and his men from head to heels...
...hail to Yale and the best of luck to Ed. Leader, if his crew goes to the Olympics this summer, but haven't you overlooked Chas. E. Courtney's record at Cornell 1885-1920 when you state in your May 14 issue that "no other coach has turned out as consistently fine crews as Leader...
Courtney's crews were not only consistently fine but I think still hold all of the records for all classes of college racing and for all distances, which casts somewhat of a shadow on your statement. Some of Courtney's crews of our time or near it, deserve special mention because they rank among the great athletic teams of all times. The 1901 Varsity took advantage of unusually favorable water conditions at Poughkeepsie to establish a world's record of 18 minutes 53½ seconds for 4 miles. Bert Coffin's 1903 boat load of giants...
...Evening Porno-Graphic. She was an adventuress, she said, and had without any persuasion from seamen clambered on the Sands from the port of New Orleans, because she was "crazy for adventure." She was in New York to testify to the innocence of the Sands' crew; she said the other four girl stowaways who were found on navy vessels had probably, like herself, been led only by their own inclination to such extravagant behavior...
Third University Crew Stroke, J. L. Batchelder '30; 7, D. R. Kroell '29; 6, R. A. Page '30; 5, C. N. Comstock '30; 4, Roger Donaldson '30; 3, Amyas Ames '28; 2, E. H. Wilson '30: bow: J. S. Wintringham '30; cox., D. F. Baum...