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Stroke Pete Hewitt's sweepswingers--although the lighter of the two boats by as much as 12 pounds per man--defeated John Carlson's heavies by a little more than a length in 3 minutes 9 seconds. Both crews were classified by Haines as "inexperienced...
...Hewitt and his aides, Hoyt Ecker 48 and Daniel C. Gerould, were sure that the solid beat of the washboards could make love easy even at Wellesley. "If the UN had only known of us, things might be different," were Ecker's words as he swung into his Marmon. With a hand on the throttle, he added cryptically, "Jelly Roll has that something that Wellesley needs...
Wellesley's dark paths, hosts to many goodwill missions, were invaded last night by one of the strangest expeditions that ever left the Square. Equipped with washboards, a piano, and a set of drums, Peter Hewitt '48 and his "Pair of Dirty Stockings" were trying to prove to the Wellesley Institute of Foreign Students that early American jazz--New Orleans style at least--had never died...
...Hewitt expects his father's horse to win but warned local track fanciers before he left for Kentucky that Phalanx could easily get pocketed on the first turn if he didn't improve his slow starting form. Discouraged by the short odds and Hewitt's advice, his roommates gave him only two dollars and their good wishes to take along to the green grass country...
...Hewitt is 6 feet 5 inches tall, or 21 hands, and usually leaves the jockey chores to Eddie Arcaro, who is somewhat smaller, but he is quite familiar with the sport of kings. In one outing at Suffolk Downs Hewitt picked 15 horses in the money out of 16 races...