Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Oarsman's Best Year His Second...
Hard hit by the loss of Pete Roll, ace oarsman, the Crimson eight succumbed Tech and Cornell in the second race the 1945 racing season on the Charles River last Saturday. A strong cross current which threw the Crimson off a eight course, was also a major factor the defeat...
...Glory. Even before it had been released, and had given the moguls a chance to feel the public pulse, Peck had achieved something virtually unheard of in Hollywood: he was signed to star in something like a dozen major productions. (Because of a spinal injury incurred as a college oarsman, he is unlikely to be drafted.) At present he is probably the most drawn-&-quartered property in cinema. His contracts call for one film a year for Fox, one for M.G.M., two each, over a four-year period, for Casey Robinson, Selznick and RKO. He has already finished Selznick...
...general excitement one stalwart oarsman forget himself and put a large and capable foot through the paper-thin bottom of the shell. Everyone was disturbed, but there were lots of other shells. So they got in another and rowed off. Coming upstream, the little cox didn't see a cake of ice, and suddenly the boat was split from bow to stern, and sank unceremoniously...
Swimming vigorously to escape the whirling propellers, the Harvard oarsman barely missed mincing, but his shell was split in half by the impact, and the parts only brought to shore with difficulty. The entire accident happened so quickly that passengers were at first unaware of the disaster, until the shouts of onlookers and the shattered wreckage drew their attention to the collision...