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Bolles uses a variation of the Conibear-Washington style of rowing. It depends on a low stroke rate with a maximum of power. In fact, Bill Curwen, Harvard's stroke, maintains the lowest rate in the east today, varying it very little from 31 except at the racing start of the race and the sprint at the finish...
Bolles has the best varsity crew of his career, and his varsity, jayvee, and freshman boats are all undisputed champions of the East. Bill Curwen, who missed the Cornell race due to illness, is now back at stroke, and within a few days he should be in top condition once more. This would seem to indicate that only sudden plague, an accident during the race itself, or some other act of God can cause the upset Walz so blandly expects...
Neither Crimson crew had much trouble registering this first Bolles-engineered Ithaca victory, despite the extensive lineup changes which took place last week. Art Rouner, stroking the varsity in ailing Bill Curwen's stead, rowed a typical Curwen race, keeping the stroke low all the way and only raising it to a 34 for the finishing sprint...
Iselin will be back in the lineup for tomorrow's race, but Curwen is still confined to the Infirmary. Sophomore Art Rouner, the regular jayvee stroke who gave him a battle for the varsity berth earlier this year, will be stroking today. John Hutchinson has moved up from the third boat to take over stroke in the Jayvees...
Since Rouner has already put in some time in the varsity boat, and since Iselin rowed behind him last year, the Crimson should not be too hampered by Curwen's loss, provided Iselin is back at normal strength. In fact, the loss of a key man may even act as a psychological boost to the Harvard boat, which might have run into the problem of overconfidence had they faced Cornell at full strength...