Word: coxswain
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...than ordinary folk. There was P. W. Murray-Threipland, for instance, an old Etonian in the bow of the Oxford shell, and M. F. A. Kean, an old Haileyburian, in the Cambridge bow. The stalwart on the Cambridge stroke-thwart was E. C. Hamilton-Russell. The bird-like little coxswain before him had a plain name, J. A. Brown, but J. A. Brown was impressive enough for the Oxonians. J. A. Brown had already steered two Cantab crews to victory in as many years and Sir James Croft, the mouse-eyed little man in the Oxford stern, peeked over...
...first group of oarsmen to usher in the 1926 season was composed of 18 freshmen on the Leviathan. Assistant Coaches A. L. Hobson '24 and C. S. Heard '25 were in the two bow seats, while at the coxswain's post was a moving picture camera. Moving picture men also crowded on the Newell float, filming all the crews that went out. The scene was completed by an aeroplane which hovered over the river for some time...
...days the only crew rowing on the river has been the first Freshman eight, picked by Coach Haines from the experienced oarsmen among his candidates. The day before yesterday Coach Haines accompanied this crew in the launch, and yesterday C. S. Heard '25, coxswain of the University crew last year, did the coaching...
...head Freshman coach will be H. H. Haines. His assistants will be A. L. Hobson 3b., a member of the 1924 University crew, and C. S. Heard Jr. 1 G.R. coxswain of last year's University crew...
Last year a Crimson waiters eight defeated the Eli bus boys by nearly ten lengths in a quarter mile race. This overwhelming defeat was inflicted on the Blue shell in spite of a flagrant violation in crew etiquette on the part of the Yale coxswain, who in addition to steering his boat its somewhat zigzag course down the Thames, assisted the progress of his shell by using a canoe paddle. It is reported that both camps intend to take the Waiters race seriously this year...