Word: curwen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first boat of the day before yesterday, which may or may not be the first boat of tomorrow or next week, is distinguished by having three men amidships who have yet to row in competition here. Frank Strong, Bull Curwen, (brother of '42 stroke Bus), and Jud Gale are the newcomers to the Bolles fold and are sitting in slides numbered six, five, and three respectively. Frank Cunningham, erstwhile 150 pound ear, has been stroking the Varsity, while Paul Knaplund, as seven, Bob Stone at four, Stew Clark at two, and Mike Scully at bow fill out the rest...
...losing to Yale. The boys proved very good guests wherever they went, simply refusing to win on an opponent's court. They split two games with Yale, so the old grads were pretty lukewarm about it all. Hal Ulen had a good swimming team until Bill Drucker and Bus Curwen were graduated, and even after that things weren't bad. The boys upset Dartmouth one March afternoon, and Yale, in winning its usual tremendous victory, didn't look quite as good as its advance notices...
Still feeling the loss of Bill Drucker and Bus Curwen, the Ulenmen fell behind in the first event, the 300 yard medley relay, and dropped back still further when the Cadets' Bill Glynn outswam Dave Barnes and George Christman in the 220 yard free style. It was the first Crimson home meet of the year in which Barnes and Christman failed to finish one-two in this event...
Eusden was the star of the trip, picking up 20 points. Without Drucker and Curwen though, the Crimson was without two of its aces. It was an entirely different story from the Columbia meet at Annapolis, the Navy having a far too well balanced squad...
Coach Hal Ulen has been hampered by the loss of Captain Bill Drucker and breast-stroker Bus Curwen, who graduated, and Freshman Frank Padgett, now in the Air Corps. Ulen's son Don, will be advanced to the post of first man on the breast stroke, replacing Curwen while Freshman Johnny Loos has been promoted to the Varsity from the Jayvees...