Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard interloper will intrude on the unspeakably traditional Oxford-Cambridge crew race on March 29 in the person of Kenneth Kenniston '51, former varsity oarsman, who will be at No. 6 for Oxford. Kenniston, in England on a Rhodes Scholarship, rowed for the Crimson when it won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley in England two years...
...three Harvard crews won six races in one day against 30 crews at Syracuse, an unequalled record. But Bolles said he had never had a crew that had rowed as hard as the '48 boat--five races in eight days. Frank Strong--a great oarsman--lost 20 pounds, but the Crimson still lost the Olympic tryouts because it was so tired...
...onetime boy wonder is still trim as a college oarsman, and the father of two grown sons-one a senior at Harvard, the other a reporter on the Boston Herald with two daughters of his own. They are an affectionate, companionable family, and father & sons love to get together on weekends to construct, amidst fierce debates, intricate and massive dams across the stream that flows through the Lodge property. Lodge seldom takes a drink, and quit smoking in 1946 so as "to be in the best possible condition." A man of relaxed charm, he works hard at being modest...
Dennison is cagey about Hart's chances this weekend. He calls Hart "a strong rower," but says that it takes four years of training to make a "top-notch oarsman," and Hart has only been at the game seriously since this spring...
Before the trial, Coach Tom Bolles decided the bout for the number four spot in the varsity shell in favor of Link Boyden over Jim Slocum. While Slocum is the more powerful oarsman, Boyden provided the necessary smoothness. Slocum, a veteran first boat man, joined other varsity men, Clancy Asp and Ted Anderson in the experienced, first class J.V. shell...