Word: coxswain
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...freshman crew, substitutes, and coxswain, yesterday occupied their training table at Memoriai...
...coxswain of the '88 crew lost two screws from his steering geer, between the boat-house and the starting point yesterday. It was proposed to delay the race until this damage could be repaired, but this was forbidden by the referee. Knowles was obliged therefore to use a paddle...
...Latham; 2, Brown ; 3, Dewey; 4, Codman; 5, Hamlin; stroke, Harris. The next crew to come to the line was the '85 crew, followed by '87 and '88. No sooner had the freshmen come to the line than it became apparent that they, too, were in trouble, for the coxswain was holding in his hand the rudder, which had torn free from its fastenings. Finding that another half-hour's delay would ensue if this damage were to be repaired, it was decided that the race should be rowed at once, and the freshman coxswain was accordingly provided with...
...referee will say, "Gentlemen, are you ready? " and getting no reply, and seeing no coxswain hold up his hand as a signal that his crew is not ready, the referee will fire a shot gun, after an interval of from two to four seconds, as a signal...
...Coxswain. T. Browne...