Word: oarlocks
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...Shove off at seven exactly. A few short commands from the cox, and your arms, legs and hands snap into their accustomed roles, pulling the blade smoothly back and forth through the water on the paddle. The only sound is the slosh of the water, the knocking in the oarlock, and the creaking of slides on their tracks. You aren't winded yet, and allow your muscles to pull with exquisite control and power. You begin to heat up, and sweat forms cold spots on your back and under your arms...
...lightweight freshmen did not fare so well. Sailing smoothly along with a few seat margin before 1000 meters, their seven-man, MacMillan, pulled a devastating crab--his oar banged against and broke his oarlock and he had to sit watching his teammates row and other boats pass by as the seven-manpower machine slipped into fifth place, 18 seconds behind victor Dartmouth; an unfortunate end to an otherwise unblemished season for the freshman and first-year coach Jon Brock...
Quincy edged Currier for third place, while Lowell finished fifth. Winthrop House suffered a broken oarlock in the 15th stroke of the contest, but the referee did not call the race back, costing them a shot at the title and leaving them seventh...
From the moment when a still unidentified 'Punie loosened the bow oarlock of his rivals' boat, to the bitter assault on CRIMSON cox Michael Churchill after the contest, the 'Punies spared nothing in their efforts to interrupt the inevitable progress of the race...
...fast start against Penn, M.I.T., and Cornell in the Quadrangular Regatta, rough water had postponed the race for three hours. The Cantab and Penn Crew soon left the others far behind. Matching stroke for stroke they swept down the Charles, but Harvard took advantage of a snapped oarlock in the Quaker shell to win a thrilling victory...