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...said that crew is the last masochistic sport left at Harvard. It is also about the only sport where prior experience in rowing is not a prerequisite to making the varsity. As a matter of fact, 75 per cent of Harvard rowers never touched an oar before coming here...
...here she was again of course, striding down to the deck on her long, gangly legs, carrying the slender red-and-white-tipped oar that towered above her, hoping this time wouldn't be the last. Her tangled, sandy light brown hair was pulled back carelessly into a pony tail, and her hands were protected as best they could be by bandages and gloves. Along with the three women who would be rowing with her in the four, she heaved the boat into the river, following the orders called out by the coxswain in a long, low shout. "Okay, hold...
Newell boathouse may well produce the most successful post-grad athletes as stroke Al Shealy will undoubtedly return to his oar on the National boat and Dick Cashin will follow suit. Both oarsmen will be in England next year--Shealy at Oxford, and Cashin at Cambridge--and the possibility of their returning in time for the Olympics is great. Greg Stone hopes to go the Olympic route sculling, and Tiff Wood will probably be aiming for the eight. And that's the wrap-up from the where-will-they-be-next-year department...
...four finds Ham Potter at four, Dave Calkins at three, Bruce Cranston holding down the two oar and Geoff Brooks balancing things out at bow. Julian Hatton is in control for the coxing duties...
Number seven Bob Leahey lost control of his oar and caught a wicked crab. The bar handle whipped back at Leahey, hitting him in the stomach, and before he could duck his head, catching him in the chin, flipping him clean out of the shell...