Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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60 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL Photograph by F. O. Reed THE. TWO COACHES was an exceptionally good one. NVith favorable weather conditions, a slight following wind, and an over- cast sky, the winning Birch crew covered the three quarter mile course in four minutes and twenty seconds. Davis rowed a beautiful race, keeping the stroke at about thirty or thirty-one almost all the way. The crew as a whole had a long swinging stroke, and excellent slide work gave them an uncanny run between strokes. It was chieHy superior slide work that beat the Dana Crew. The latter became a bit excited and lost control of their - 1 'anne -P...--A un- .f ann.:-1-savanna..-s.nuuunuh1hbila9 . -lvuiauusunngpa,-1 ro-spa. -.Q-.-lunch... slides, while the former got the swing and Br-ovvnell was forced to row a higher str-oke in order to stay within threatening distance. Two lengths behind with a quarter of a mile to go, he sprinted gamely, lift- ing the beat to a thirty-eight. Every man gave all he had but they couldn't catch that easy swinging boat with its phantom run between strokes which met the challenge with the ease and assurance of a finished crew. The Junior race held on the same day was declared a tie, but owing to an unfair start it was decided to row the race again. In their accept- ance of this decision the Juniors showed excellent spirit. The second race was held on Monday morning in absolutely calm water. Brewster stroked a magnificent race, winning by a len.gth and a half. He never let the beat drop below thirty-one and put on an amazing spurt at the finish. His crew backed him up well and they covered the course in the exceedingly good time of 'three minutes and seven seconds. This time establishes a new juni-or Crew record. Elliott rowed a very heady race and got the most out of his crew, but it was anrother example of the smoother combination winning. Witli the races over there was only left the award -of the Yale Cup which is given each year for Pro- ficiency in the Advancement of the Interests of Rowing at Camp Pas- quaneyf' ln the award of this is- 1 . . oi

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THE PASQUANEY ANN UAL 59 at the waterfront during the after- noons. While the beginners were thus engaged, the more experienced men, of whom there were a goo-d many, were boated in the shells at once. After the camping parties serious work was started on the Exhibition Crew which was to row -on July twenty-seventh at the Re-cepti-on for Parents. There were eight men who- might be considered as possi- bilities for the crew. These were Brownell, Davis, E., Geiger, Lev- ering, W., Matthai, J., Morton. Riley, and Smith, F. Affter experi- menting with many combinations the crew was finally selected. The seating was as follows: Geiger, bow, Levering, two, Matthai, three, Davis-, stroke, and Pro-uty, cox- swain. Honlorable mention: should be ,made of Brownell as oarsman and Maholny as c-oxswain. The form s'hown by the crew on the d-ay of the Reception was very credit- able. During the next two weeks, be- cause of the Long Wa-lk and other activities, there was very little rowing. However, with the return of the walkers, hard work was resumed f-or both Seniors and Juniors. Tentative crews were or- ganized and whipped into shape. The problem of the coaches is to turn out fast and finished crews and at the same time kee-p the races as 'nearly even as possible. The prob- lem was unusually acute this year because olf the sudden loss of two Senior Crew men, Wade Levering and Rogers Morton, both laid up -on account of minor injuries. VVhit- ridge, a new boy, develope-d rapidly, and was a'ble to take Morto'n's place in the bo-w, while Adams, originally selected as a juni-or stroke, fi-lled the other va-cancy. The following crews were Hnally picked: Seniors Dana Adams bow Riley 2 Geiger 3 Bro-wnell str. Mahony' cox. Birch Whitridge bo-w Smith, F. Z Matthai 3 Davis, E. str. West cox. Dana Hardwick bow Tyler, P. 2 Burrall 3 Brewster str. Chas-e, R. cox. Birch Tompkins bow Webster 2 Brewer 3 Elliott str. Hart cox. The four Captains were Geiger, Davis, E., Brewster, and Elliott. The Seni-or crew race this year

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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL 61 ho-nor 'three factors have to be con- sidered: first, the ability of the man as an oarsman or coxswain, second, the helpfulness and c-o-operation of the man, third, his leadership and influence on the water, at the shell- house, and around Camp. Withotit much hesitation 'the c-oa-ches agreed on one man who excelled in these qualities, and' it was with the great- est pleasure that the Yale Cup for nineteen twenty-nine was presented to Edward Davis, captain an-d stroke of the Winning' Senior Crew. A Thruston B. Morton, Head Coach. BASEBALL We l-ook back on the 1929 baseball season at Pasquaney with the great- est enthusiasm. Interest ran high and those ideals of sportsmanship for which Pasqu-aney always stands were ever prevalent. A number of games were -extremely well played and marked improvement in the participants could be noticed as the season progressed. The sport was organized this year as usual s-o as to encourage the many, and not the few, to play the game. It is our aim to increase the knowledge of tho-se who know and love the great American sport, but we also seek to afford to boys, who have had no chance, the oppor- tunity to take an active part. In an attempt to- realize our aim, three leagues were organized, the Sub- Junior, Junior, and Seni-or leagues. Every boy in Camp was included on a team in one of these three divisions. The Sub-Junior League was made up of those b-oys wh-o, because of size and age, were pro-hibited from joining a higher league. Two -teams were -organized, captained by Nes Mendoza and Julie 'Bo-wen.. A , ' I Photograph by F. O. Reed 'A' WALT AND BUN series of four games was played, and Nes ' team, by winning three of the four games, won its right to claim the championship -of the Sub- juni-or League. The Junior League was composed of the middle-sized boys who were n-ot old enough for the higher divi- sion. The two captains of these