Word: oars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Within a few seconds, his oar was stubbornly refusing to come out of the murky water on the recovery, and within another moment or two, his feet were becoming unusually wet. It was the Titanic disaster all over again. The proud new Joseph Burk shell, christened just three hours before, was sinking on its maiden voyage, and with it, any hope Pennsylvania had of spoiling Harvard's best afternoon in five years...
Harvard, with the pressure abruptly relieved, turned its attention to holding off inspired Navy for the final third of the race, and as Midshipman second-class Charles Munns strained mightily at his oar, Navy began to move on the Crimson shell. Then, Harvard cox Dave Weinberg called for power, and his boat responded with a smooth, explosive spring, that reopened the margin and won the Adams Cup Saturday--for the first time since 1968 by a little more than a length...
With a challenge from Kansas State's "Tuttle Creek Ten" out of the way at 800 meters when its six oar, Warren Rose, vaulted into the Charles, Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew swamped MIT and Princeton to grab its tenth straight Compton Cup and establish itself as the cautious favorite for Saturday's eastern showdown in the Adams...
...They're now turning sideways--their heads are bowed despondently,--the three man is perfunctorily dipping his oar in the briny...
...days ago, Scoggins climaxed a brilliant comeback by earning the number seven oar in the first boat after Art Cooper had injured his back. He had to beat out Paul Ramsey, and he did. Today he'll be at number five, "in the engine room...