Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fail of advantageous results. The boating outlook cannot be said to be promising, but judicious management and conscientious work may compensate for lack of material and experience. Of last year's crew there are now in college Cowles, Peters and Paton. Appleton, '86, substitute last year, is a finished oarsman, and will, undoubtedly, have a seat in the next boat. Vernon and Furrington, also substitutes, are available...
...coached the crew that went to England; Latham G. Reed, who was in Columbia in the class of '76, and afterward was graduated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, when he acted as coach to the Cambridge crew; and A. B. Simonds, '73, an old oarsman and one of the university crew of that year...
...taken this year to avoid a repetition of the fiasco of last year, when the signals were misunderstood, and three of the crews started off in succession before the word was given. Printed directions for starting, which are given below, have been distributed among the crews, so that each oarsman will know what signals to expect before the crews get into line...
...defeat of Hanlan, the oarsman by Beach of Australia, last Saturday, was a great surprise to the ex-champion's friends...
According to Bells' Life, the English Sporting Journal, John Teemer the oarsman, has been devoting his time to coaching the Oxford and Cambridge crews. Exactly how he has been able to do all this, as he has been at home in Pennsylvania all winter, is not explained...