Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Q55 MIIJDLESEX SCHOOL CONCORD. MASSACHUSETTS -4: 19. It remained for the first crew composed of Sears Meyer Wells Lee and Lane as coxsvsarn to save the day but the Groton A boat proved too much for them and vson rn 4 18 After much practice and shxftrng of personnel Saturday May 12 the crews showed tremendous nmprovement as they rovsed agafnst Nobles on Bateman s Pond The third crevs unchanged managed to defeat the Nobles thlrd crevu by three lengths fn 2 49 The second crew also handed the Nobles seconds a defeat fn a tlme of 2 16 Unfortunately however the first crew struck the buoy opposnte the float and lost by three lengths to the Nobles first crevx whose trme vsas 2 42 W There was a marked nmprove ment ln all the crews however On May 19th the three crews traveled to rovx the Brow ne and Nlchols erevss on the Charles The thlrd crew whose lfneup remalned unchanged throughout the season anmhrlated the Browne and Nxchols thrrd boat by two lengths on the three quarter mnle course The second crevs wtth Browne Wells D Lee Roberts and coxswaln Walsh won a one and one half length vrctory from therr Browne and Nrehols opponents whrle the first crew with Alvarez Meyer Sears Senkler and Lane won by a photo finrsh of four feet from the B 8: N top men thus round1ng out an entrrely successful encounter May 26 the crews went to Brooks The thrrd crew lost to the Brooks third crew by one and one half lengths The second crevs however com posed of Sears Wells Lee Roberts and Walsh won from a very smooth Brooks crew by two lengths It remarned for the first crew made up of Browne Meyer Tony Osthefmer Senkler and Lane to glve us the day but a strong Brooks first crew pulled ahead early ID the race to w1n by two lengths Our defeats were due rn part to the fact that we were not tho roughly accustomed to the three quarter mrle course 'I 4 -aging Q. 1-- ' - K, Pa e fl btw NIII6'

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C1eu :Bula 8255 Q1 55.4 .P itt CREW from Rim Walsh lcon Lane lcoxr Kraetzer icoxl Semml Rim D W'ells lNo wi Roberts I ow 1 Meyer lNo al A Brow ne lstrokel Alvarez tstrokel A Ostheimer tNo 71 Robinson 4No nz Tlurn' Ron illiams Manager Sears tstrokel Tomkins lbowl N Lee lNo 71 Marden lstrokel Senkler ihowl Sachs No U Mr Iocke Following the pre-season practice in the rowing room which started officially on February 25 this ycars first squad began rowing from the new boathouse on April lst. All of thc shells and oars had been stored in the remains of the swimming pool during thc winter while the boathouse was being constructed, but thc first day of thc spring tcrm saw' the threc crews once again on Batemans Pond. The usual heated struggle bctwecn the crews was vcry much in cxidence 'md competition was extremely high. Gus Brow ne was elected captain early in the season, with Moses Williziiiis as manager. The first race was away at Groton on Saturday. May Sth. The third crew, composed of Marden, Robinson, Sachs, and Tomkins with Kraetzer coxing, was unfortunately defeated, by the Groton C boat, which com- pleted the three-quarter mile course in 4:30. Hopes were high for the second crew, with Browne, Senkler. Alvarez, Roberts, and coxswain Wfalsh, but they were also defeated by a powerful Groton B boat. which rowed a fast Pilge 15121711-fl 'lil fl- Minouzsax SCHOOL CoNc3o1zo. NIASSACIHUSIETTS 4 I ii 41 ' - 4 l' sl'- NNN. I I . A V ,gy 1. A.-', 1 ' ,A I ...1. - , L M , ' ' Q, .jr 4.41, ' ' 1 ' A 5' 51, G ' ' , ' 1-.u A ii M , f 5' 9' 1 t Q' M M K sl M rg .A J ' Q

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NIIDDLESLX SCHOO1 QONCORD MAssAc HUSFTTS The second of June marked the b1g race wrth Exeter on Bateman s Pond Our thrrd crew, wrth Marden, Robrnson Sachs, Tomklns and coxswarn Kraetzer matched Exeters thrrd crew stroke for stroke untxl the fimsh lrne, w here our crew won by the fact that rt managed to start a new stroke just as Exeter was f1n1sh1ng one Thls fortunate break gave us a two foot lead at the f1n1sh lrne, and the first race of the afternoon The second crew com posed of Sears, Wells, Lee, Senkler, and coxswam Walsh dld not fare so well After an extremely close race Exeter managed to pull ahead sllghtly and wrn the race by a scant half length It must be noted, how ever that Exeter s lf' second crew outwenghed us man for man, and that therr success was largely due to thrs fact The same fate was rn store for the first crew who, IU thelr attempt to regarn the Columbra Cup were defeated by the Exeter oarsmen The race was very close up to the buoy m the mlddle of the pond at whxch polnt Exeter managed to overwhelm us wlth sheer power plus some very smooth strokxng and consequently stepped out rnto the lead The fmal mar gm of defeat for our hrst crew, Alvarez Meyer, Tony Osthermer Roberts and Lane cox was two lengths The one race whlch the elght had was w1th Browne and Nlehols on May 73rd Stroked by Curtxss and xddrtronally manned by A Krumbhaar Gruen er Ayer F Farnsworth Purdy G Krumbhaar Wflnchester and coxswam Dmsmore the Exght owmg to the drmng ram the unfamrlnar Charles and therr lack of expernenct lost to Browne and Nrchols by three quarters of 1 length Saturday une 9 the afternoon of grlduatlon w IS mlrked by the dedr tatlon of the new bo tthouse the funds for w hnch were gn en by Mrs Russell Pa t Nzmf,