Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prout of the Harvard University Health Services has made an updated study and reports his findings in the current A.M.A. Journal. Prout selected 172 graduates of Harvard and Yale, all of whom had rowed at least once in the four-mile varsity race between 1882 and 1902; for each oarsman, a classmate was picked at random for comparison. Prout agrees that oarsmen seem to develop slow-beating "athlete's heart." But the oarsmen lived, on the average, at least six years longer. The 90 Harvard crewmen lived to an average age of 67.79 years, as against 61.54 for their...
...Really, though, it wouldn't have been practical for Harry to resort to nepotism," says one prominent Eastern freshman coach. "His reputation, as well as the concept of a national team, will be at stake this summer. It just wouldn't make sense for him to ignore a star oarsman from another club or college in favor of his own men. He's interested in putting together the fastest boat possible. If he has to use six Harvard men to do to, that's a tribute to the kind of a coaching job he's done at Cambridge...
Fortunately, Parker will have several instruments at his disposal at the Hanover camp that may make the selection process not only easier, but perhaps more accurate. There will be two ergometers--magical little contraptions that can indicate as closely as possible what an oarsman will do in a shell under actual rowing conditions. Harvard has used them for several years now, especially during the winter months, when the seem to be definite aids in separating a varsity oarsman from a spare. A number of coaches credit the ergometer--which resembles a rowing machine linked to a gearbox--with having created...
Parker will also have a portable closed-circuit video tape system available for a more visual appraisal of an oarsman's style. In all, one gets the impression that with ergometers, instant replay and Parker's practiced eye, the eventual American entries should be as close to an impartial, representative group as one could wish...
Mitchell, a senior and three-year varsity oarsman, is also well equipped, both in talent and experience. Last summer he rowed on the National Eight that competed in the Pan American games. Mitchell has been rowing for four years, and last fall, paired with Sawyier to sweep the pairs competition in the Head of the Charles...