Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University was induced to use his authority, reprived Harvard of Mr. Bancroft's services as coach. In 1885, apparently without taking to heart the object lesson given by Yale in 1882-83, in experimenting with a professional stroke and coach, Harvard enlisted the services of Faulkner, a professional oarsman. The victory of 1885 was the dearest Harvard ever won; five defeats by Yale during that number of years following is proof enough of this...
Besides this crew, which is stroked by Norton, a former St. Paul's oarsman, there are two other 1929 crews already picked, the second being stroked by Cole, last year Captain at Browne and Nichols. Coach Haines will hand over these three crews to his assistants, Heard and A. L. Hobson 2L, while he himself takes charge of the inexperienced men on the machines. He expects to have at least half of the candidates boated in the Leviathan by a week from Tuesday, and to have 20 crews on the river by November. The first three Freshman crews will...
Oxford was weak. Grip had come upon her crew, afflicted man after man with grievous coughs, so that, on the day of the race, an oarsman who had been in training only seven days had to he substituted at bow. Cambridge was not strong. Her eight sturdy rowers pulled strongly, smoothly; but there was in that boat a weakness in which, Oxford thought, Fortune might insert a wedge. That weakness was A. G. Wansborough, stroke. Thrice in the preceding week he had "caught a crab...
Richard Jones 3rd '26 is rowing at bow in the first boat. Jones was the manager of the Smith Halls crew during his Freshman year, and first came into prominence as an oarsman last year at Red Top, when he stroked the Crimson waiters eight to a ten-length victory over the Yale waiters crew in a thrilling quarter-mile race on the Thames...
Rowing is progressing rapidly at Yale this year, with Coach Leader supervising personally the four boats which comprise the first squad at present. Lineups thus far are tentative, although practically every experienced oarsman except the veteran Prudhomme is included in one of the first two boats...