Word: oars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Santa Catalina Island, Calif., Charlie Chaplin rowed away from his yacht Panacea to get a little exercise, lost an oar, failed to start his outboard motor, drifted aimlessly for two hours before being rescued...
...days after the Yale race, the varsity eight, with sophomore Jack Wilson replacing Bill Rowe at the vital stroke oar, sailed for England to compete in the Henley Royal Regatta. The varsity easily led London Rowing Club, Jesus College of Cambridge and Argonauts Rowing Club of Toronto in successive heats to win the great silver mug exactly 25 years after a Harvard junior varsity eight captained by Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, had captured...
Peter Goodwin '9, number four, had the same oar in the third Varsity, but this will be his first experience in the combination crew. Ewing Walker '42, number three, rowed number seven on the Fresh second; Edward Perkins '42, stroked the second crew; Reginald Fitz '42, bow, held the same position on the second crew of his Class...
Lanky Herrick Allen is at 2 with Fred Koenig, sculling champion of the University, manning the bow oar. Whitney Dalzell is again doing the steering...
Captain Dudley Talbot's rowing at three cannot be praised too highly. The only other Senior in the boat besides Bill Rowe, Captain Talbot is the hardest and most consistent worker. A veteran like Talbot, John Richards fills the two position with a powerful oar, which makes up for any lack of form...