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Parker, who replaced Harvey Love as the varsity coach after the latter's death in January, coached the freshman for the last two years, and at the age of 28, could be the youngest head coach of crew in the nation. A varsity oarsman at Penn for three years, Parker was twice national sculling champion, and represented the U.S. in the Olympic games at Rome...
...across Japan six years ago when Yonejiro Mori resigned as managing director of giant Mitsubishi Shipbuilding to take command of Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., a smaller shipyard that seemed to be limping toward bankruptcy. But to Mori, who at 63 still retains the spirit he developed as a college oarsman, Sasebo represented an irresistible "sporting challenge." Firing up Sasebo's workers with daily pep talks, he diversified the company into diesel engines, bridges and steel tanks. He capitalized aggressively on the demand for supertankers created by the 1956 Suez crisis. Last July, Sasebo launched the world's biggest...
...stroke position, Dick Masland, who stroked last year's freshman boat, is the only oarsman who has been in that position for a full season. "I feel sure that the people involved will make the effort to become a varsity stroke," said Love. "I'm not asking for another Boyden, only for a good stroke in his own right...
Captain Jim Miller is the only returning oarsman of last year's varsity, and so the freshmen from last year "will have to help." Though it wasn't an "outstanding" group, it won the Eastern championship, and should prove of some use. Coolidge will also be able to count on some members from...
...first time in his college career, captain Perry Boyden will not be stroking a crew. The highly acclaimed oarsman was moved into the six seat in a shakeup Wednesday that saw senior Dana Whitten stroking the varsity...