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That fall he went to Yale, where he rowed No. 7 on the frosh crew. Says Acheson, archly: "Those who row No. 7 say it is the most important place." He never put on enough weight to row on the varsity, but another old Groton boy and Yale oarsman, Averell Harriman, admiringly remembers the Dean of those days. Says Harriman, with the air of a man making a lasting character judgment: "He was a good...
Unless winter decided to show up again, Coach Tom Bolles will launch the varsity crew onto the chilly waters of the Charles this afternoon, in one of the earliest starts to a rowing season that this area has ever seen. Last year the river remained frozen until March...
...early thaw has caught even Bolles unprepared, since the crew has been in training for less than two weeks in the Newell tanks. The coach is still in the early stages of experimentation with combinations to fill three gaps in his 1948 boat. However, he has a strong nucleus in five returning veterans of his near-Olympic crew last year: stroke Bill Carwen, Captain Frank Strong, Ted Reynolds, Don Felt, and Mike Scully are all on hand. Several contenders from the Jayvees are in the running for the empty slides...
...scheduling of 18 crew races and 25 baseball games was released by the HAA earlier this month. TRACK April 16 Boston College 23 Rhode Island State 30 Holy Cross, Boston University May 7 At Dartmouth 14 Heptagonals at Philadelphia 21 At Yale 28-29 IC4A at New York LACROSSE April 4 At Pennsylvania 6 At Navy 8 At Maryland 9 At Stevens Institute 16 Boston Lacrosse Club May 4 MIT 7 Dartmouth 9 University of New Hampshire 11 At Tufts 14 At Springfield 18 Williams 21 Yale GOLF April 5 At University of North Carolina 6 At Virginia Tech...
...American Independent Oil Co., which last year won the oil concession to Sheik Ahmad's half of the neutral zone (TIME, July 19), sent him a token of gratitude: a 195-foot diesel yacht, complete with 25-man crew, dishes, linen, and a sheep pen on the upper deck. "There's nothing elaborate about it," said American Independent's President Ralph Davies. "It's merely in good taste, and appropriate. He's the ruler of a country; he can't be expected to ride in a rowboat...