Word: oarsmanship
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...mammoth regal barges were restored, at a cost of $3.5 million, to transport King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 54, ninth of his line, and his entourage along the Chao Phraya River. For months, 2,180 cadets and officers of the Thai navy had worked strenuously to perfect their oarsmanship. Their main worry: the barges are notoriously unstable, and the slightest mistake could have resulted in a regal dunking...
...master of perfection in rowing form, Love played a very big part in Bolles spectacular record. If Bolles didn't concentrate on the mechanics of oarsmanship, it was because Love, as freshman coach, had already drilled the rowers to near perfection before they became upperclassmen. Even when the Harvard crews didn't win they were beautiful to watch...
...record the varsity has other assets which will weigh heavily in the balance of its decision to compete against this competition. A Harvard eight has never before represented the United States in the Olympics, a fact which gives the oarsmen a natural desire to further the name of local oarsmanship...
...polished oarsmanship of Elephant stroke Mike Shally and the men behind him, plus the coaching of James Ducy, assistant dean of admissions, have placed Eliot along side Kirkland in the ranks of serious Straus Trophy contenders. No official time was recorded...
Next year's captain is Ted Lyman, who rowed the third Varsity race of his career Saturday. Lyman, who prepared at Noble and Greenough, seemed slated for more fame via his gridiron achievements than through his oarsmanship when he came to college. He was captain of the 1942 undefeated Freshman football team, which boasted such luminaries as Spreyer, Lee, Peabody, Gardiner, Miller, Ayres, and a host of others but during his Sophomore fall he played on the Jayvees, and emerged into prominence last fall only in the Brown game as a third string blocking back, where his work was deemed...