Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whiteside will be shown over the Harvard naval base, probably this afternoon, by various coaches and undergraduate oarsmen. There will be no formal meeting of crew men, however, inasmuch as the sport will not be formally organized until after the mid-year examination period...
...most highly developed system of coaching exists. The best oars in the college boat club divide up the various crews among them and each carries, insofar as is possible, the same boat through the particular training period in question. On the whole the system works very well. The veteran oarsmen usually know the fundamentals of rowing, as traditionally taught in their college, pretty thoroughly and attain a large measure of success in imparting them to their charges. I should even venture to say that a fourth college crew here fares rather better under the full time guidance of a veteran...
...University squad, working under Bert Haines, comprised four crews made up largely of oarsmen who have had experience on minor crews at Red Top. Only two members of last year's first crew were not in the graduating class: Captain Lawrence Dickey '30 and M., M. Johnson '31; who rowed three and five respectively against Yale last June. M. R. Brownell '30, jayvee captain last season, and C. C. Mason, Jr. '30 of the 1928 first crew were the only other "H" men on the squad...
...practicing on the Charles River for the past two days will soon be augmented by a number of boats manned by Freshmen having their first crew experience this fall. The Leviathan has been taking several trips each afternoon under the direction of Coach H. H. Haines and the green oarsmen will be shipped in shells as soon as they have mastered the fundamentals...
There are eight class crews working out, four under the direction of Coach Haines and four under the guidance of Coach E. J. Brown '96. These crews are made up of all the heavy oarsmen who will be candidates for the University crew in the spring. There are also six lightweight eights being tutored by F. R. Sullivan...