Word: oarsman
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...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...
...guip a glass of orange juice, and take a workout south toward New London which piles up more than eight miles. At 8:45 a.m., they breakfast. Fifteen minutes later, those that have exams write them under the eye of a proctor. If an oarsman has no scholastic obligation, he can sleep or dabble around the croquet and horseshoe courts. These are the only sports other than rowing permitted at Red Top because they are the only athletic diversions not likely to injure the participant...
...steady oarsman, Allen started rowing the spring of his freshman year...