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Henshaw, once captain of the 'varsity, is at Hot Springs recovering from a stroke of paralysis...
...time. Baker, the coxswain, seemed to be a mascot; for every boat that he was in came in first. As there were nine crews entered the races were rowed in three heats. In the first heat were crews number 2, 3, and 4. Crew 2 consisting of Wheetland, stroke; Shreve, 3; Hayward 2; and Kilbreth, bow, woe; crew 3 was second...
...second heat were crews 5, 6, and 8. The winning crew, number 8. consisted o Dodge, stroke; Stone, 3; Purdon. 2; and Johnson, bow. It was a race between the other two crews...
...third heat crew 9 won easily over crews 7 and 1. Crew 9 was made up of Lund, stroke; Brooks, 3; Harrison...
...them. All of them did everything that men could do physically. But Captain Perkins put mind as well as body into the work; and he solved the knotty questions in Harvard boating. He introduced system into the work of the crew; he worked out the problem of an effective stroke; he found exactly the right man for coach and he had the sense to know it and have faith in him. Altogether his services to boating here cannot be overestimated, and it is no wonder the college hates to see him retire from active service. There is but one consolation...