Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coach Tom Bolles, hoping to maintain a record marred by only three defeats in nine years of guiding Crimson oarsmen, yesterday afternoon put his Varsity through a short workout in preparation for today's inaugural. "They look pretty good," he said. "In their last trial, the Varsity eight registered their best time of the season, but they are still a green crew...
...customers moved to the newly paned windows (ten times shattered by bombs), watched Oxford sweep across the line three lengths ahead, in the passably good time of 19 mins. 54 sec. (record: 18:03). Not one of Oxford's crew showed the exhaustion that Cambridge's heavier oarsmen did. It was Oxford's 43rd win (to 48 for Cambridge...
...exuberant spirit. The boys made their own beds, waited on tables, worked in the kitchen, did practically all the physical work of the school. This "Kent system" became famed in the secondary-school world and was aped, in varying degrees, by many another school. Kent's oarsmen, coached by Pater himself (an ex-coxswain at Columbia), rowed at many a famed Henley regatta in England...
Tabor Academy took the measure Saturday of an informal civilian crew which traveled to Marion, Connecticut, to compete over a one-mile course. A rough day contributed to the three-quarter length margin of defeat for the Crimson oarsmen, who included W. M. Pickles at bow; W. L. Sprout, 2; Polhemus, 3; H. P. Hall, 4; T. R. Morse, Jr., 5; W. L. Saltonstall, 6; T. A. Haymond, 7; R. A. Pellaton, Jr., 8; and D. R. Foster, coxswain...
...M.I.T. oarsmen probable favorites in the regatta, defeated the Crimson Varsity a little over two months ago on the Charles, winning by just three feet on choppy waters. In the last formal race between the two Charles River colleges in April, 1943, the Crimsonmen beat their rivals by a last-minute pull that put them half a length ahead at the finish...