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...visitors were interested by her duplex bridge, with all the essential instruments of the enclosed lower portion duplicated on a hurricane bridge above. On the bridge no great spoked wheel governs the Oslofjord's, helm, but a modern button-control system-a button for port and one for starboard. To the suggestion that old-line Norse steersmen might prefer the traditional twirl of the wheel to this newfangled steering, weathered Captain Kjeld Irgens, commodore of the Norwegian America fleet, had a gruff answer. "Quartermasters," said he grimly, "shall learn to like...
...Stevens at number seven seat has come up from last year's Freshman eight and Middlesex combinations. One of the smoothest blades in the boat, the 20-year-old Sophomore is an efficient pace setter for the starboard side with a keen sense of timing and a lot of power behind his strokes. Doug Erickson, a Senior, at number six, has had long years of rowing experience and is a conscientious, dependable man behind Chace...
...officials removed the battered engines to their Cleveland shop, dismantled them. In the starboard engine they and Department of Commerce agents found a faulty master rod bearing and the crushed remnants of a link pin. That apparently accounted for the failure of one engine. Missing links to the disaster story were the failure of the other motor, and Pilot Brandon's failure to drop flares which would have shown him that the gully he crashed in was flanked by broad, roomy fields...
...four post is hotly contested between Alex Whitman '41 and Walt Reed '41. When Elbert Moffat broke his rib at number four on the Freshman Firsts, Reed moved in to take his place. After Moffat returned last week Reed was shifted to starboard where he became a throat to Whitman who has been rowing number three oar consistently all year. Because Moffat's position is practically assured, one of these other men will move down to the combination post...
...light breeze over the starboard bow and a still surface favored the Freshman race, but as the wind hauled around to eastward the water in the basin chopped up and make tough going for the Varsity. All Harvard crows finished at 36 and kept up an easy 30 for the greater part of the race