Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Margaret Morris will never launch a thousand ships in ancient Greece. She probably thinks ancient Greece can be removed by dry cleaning anyway. But many is the row boat would put to sea to see ankles like hers. The producers of "That's My Baby" knew that too well. They counted the row boats and called for Douglas MacLean to take command. But ankles are after all, especially Miss Morris' very slender supports for a feature film. Aud thus cometh comedy in the guise of a child who attaches himself to Douglas on land, on sea, on foam, and makes...
...thrown out on his ear. Nothing daunted, he proceeds to "pick up" the pretty daughter of a professor. The following spring, the night before the boat races at New London, he gets stewed, although he is substitute stroke on the freshman crew and is called upon to row the race, which he loses. Finally, with his help, Harvard licks Yale at football ten to three. Is it necessary to go on? You may not know much about Harvard, but believe me, such things just don't happen there...
...change in rigging recalls a similar shift made four years ago, when Captain Appleton a starboard oar, was placed at stroke in mid-season with the shell's rigging being changed accordingly. Although the second crew rowed in an old boat yesterday, their regular shell is having its rigging changed and they will probably row in it today...
...latter, however, retaliated going under the bridge and gradually pushed to the front again. With a third of a mile left to row Captain Winthrop put the Crimson stroke up to 40 and the University shell began to gain. But the leaders were not to be denied their victory, and Penn fighting off the Crimson spurt swept across the finish line with Tech still hanging on a bare half length behind...
Today's program for the regatta will not be followed precisely. The dorminory crews will race at 4.30 o'clock. Three 150 pound crews are scheduled to row together at 5 o'clock, but the race for class crews, which is also on the program, was held last week...