On crisp day in late October nearly one thousand oarsmen

and oarswomen in more than 230 shells gathered on the

Charles River in Boston to participate in the sixth annual

Head of The Charles Regatta This mammouth event brought

wide and varied representation of American and Canadian

rowing talent together for the final time in 1970

The uniqueness of the Head lies primarily in its three

mile test against the clock stretching over winding and

challenging course Oarsmen and scullers alike are forced to

cope with tortuous course with constantly changing wind

conditions

The races started sharply at noon With almost windless

conditions many of the course records were expected to

fall and did in all thirteen events The finish of the first race

came off with splash as Jerry Olrich perennial veterans

champion from the Cambridge Boat Club struck the finish

line flag and landed in the frigid waters of the Charles The

landing was happy one for Olrich as he came away with

his fifth victory in as many years over such staunch rivals as

46-year-old father of thirteen Ed Lynch and 66-year-old

Zeus Wade who rowed the three miles in 2244.9 to take 2d

place

No win was more impressive than that staged in the

double sculls by Bennett Jones and Bill Brace Rowing 36

strokes per minute for the entire three miles they decisively

outdistanced formidable duo of Olympians Chuck Hamlin

of Union and Peter Raymond stroke of the U.S Olympic

four in 1968 Hugh Foley stroking Vesper double to fifth

p/ace rowed his last race before joining the Charles River

coaching fraternity as mentor at Boston University

large field of Novice Single scullers was topped lay

Vietnam veteran Dan Jones who was impressive in4iis scull-

ing debut after rowing to fame with past Yale crews

In the Junior Lightweight Singles Event MIT fri

John Sheetz came away with well deserved

field of 22 aspiring juniors Three oarswomi

this event Gail Pierson flashed over the three

2205.6 beating Kathy Kalkhof of Philadelphia

Becker of Vesper by nearly full minute

The Junior Singles Sculls Louis Hawes Memorial

Trophy was won by Dick Abromeit in 1942 eight socondc

in front of Mount Hermons Charles Hamilton and Unionfs

Bill Miller who had represented the U.S.A in 1969 at

Klagenfurt in pair

Oarsmen and spectators eagerly awaited the outcome of

the Senior Lightweight Singles event Great interest had

developed for this title was the only lightweight prize that

had thus far eluded international champion Dr Lair

Klecatsky The job of trying to keep the title in Boston Iefl

to Bennett Jones of the host club As the two lanky scirlers

rounded the final turn of the course it was difficult to detQi

mine who was ahead for with staggered starts leaft ae

deceiving As they sped past the finish flags it was readily

apparent that the famous doctor from New York AC had

won the highly prized first place medal

In the Championship Senior Singles event Paul Wilson

easily captured his fourth Laurence Curtis Trophy and in

doing so crackd his own course record by almost two

minutes Wilson put together three 605 minute miles finish

ing in phenominal 1816.1

The Junior Fours Event provided the over 10000

spectators with one of the most stunning upsets of the day

The Head is coxswains race This one took his Eight through the wro was unable to turn his boat sharpi

to get back on course

1970 Head Of The Charles

by Robert Mekenna

Continued on page 31

Head of the CharlesContinued from page 17

as little heralded Lowell Tech snatched victory from the

established powers of Princeton Syracuse Northeastern and

Dartmouth

similar Cinderella story prevailed in the fight for the

Boston Mayors Trophy awarded to the top Junior Eight

Marist College foxed the experts in topping field of 32 fine

eights The Mt Hermon School won second place and took

home the Princeton Trophy for schoolboy crews as well

Harvard University rowed away with titles in both light

weight sweep events In the light fours strong entries from

Cambridge and MIT finished just 16 seconds off the pace

and Harvard was hard pressed to rriaintain its lead through-

out the race Harvards win for the Boston Herald Traveler

Cup wasnt as easy as Princeton Universitys improved light

weight eight crocced the finich line scant three ceconds

behind Harvard MIT the third place finisher was only six

seconds off the pace followed closely by Yale Princetons

second crew and Rutgers

The most impressive representation of rowing power

showed in the Senior Fours contest for the coveted

Schaefer Circle of Sports Trophy powerful Navy crew was

upset by smooth stroking Brown University quartet The

Brown boat avenged last years close loss and displayed great

power hd finesse as they completed the arduous row The

Hobbs brothers of Harvard could not repeat last years

triumph without the Livingstons and if ever there was

sentimental favorite it was the four Raymond brothers

oldest brother Pete stroking this unusual boat

Vying for The Boston Globe Challenge Trophy were

fifteen senior eights including the U.S National Champions

from Vesper and an eight from the Union Boat Club seating

Olympic and National title holders coached by Harvards

Harry Parker In race that saw two crews disqualified

because of steering problems powerful Nor

University boat and the dark horse eight from

over the course in identical times of 1528.25 to

co-titlists The Vesper Boat crew which might have

contention were it not for the erratic maneuverin

inexperienced coxswain in rival shell finished

ing tenth but earned the praise of spectators an

titors alike

Hopefully October 24 1971 will see an even

influx of U.S crews at the Head Perhaps tv.

National Champion Washington University as we

Pennsylvania will come to churn the waters of the Cl

The Paul Revere Point Trophy was won by MIT

crews were in contention in almost every even

Cambridge Boat Club was runner up for the second

row on the strength of victories in sculling events

October 25 1970

All events miles

EVENT NoVeteran Single Sculls

Veterans order of finish based on handicap of seconds per year

of age at nearest birthday over 40Age Time

.1 Olrich Cambridge Boat Club 58 2053.7

wade Cambridge Boat Club 66 2244.8

Lynch St Johns Crew Club 46 2045.1

Cutler Riverside Boat Club 57 2218.3

Atwill west Side Rowing Club 63 2328.3

Duncan Belmont Hill School 54 2235.0

Sanford Spuyten Duyvil Rowing Club 63 23442Smithies Cambridge Boat Club 63 2400.2

ZinIc Princeton University 52 2311.7

10 Plimpton Narragansett Boat Club 43 2233.0

11 duMoulin Cambridge Boat Club 52 2338.9

12 Snodgrass Cambridge Boat Club 43 2306 .9

13.T Crosby Union Boat Club 70 2557.5

14 Pappenheimer Cambridge Boat Club 62 2514.5

Tied for first Northeastern across the Ii

HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA

Charles River Boston Massachusetts U.S.A

Tied for first Union across the line Continued on page 32

Head of the Charles15 Good New York Athletic Club

16 Keyes Union Boat Club

17 Witte Cambridge Boat Club

18 Taylor Cambridge Boat Club

19 Ft lsaacs Cambridge Boat Club

Actual Uncorrected Time

EVENT NO.2

Double Sculls

EVENT NO.3

Junior Four-Oared Shells with Coxswain

Lowell Tech Institute Rowing Club

Princeton University

Father Judge High School Rowing Association

Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

Northeastern University

Moses Brown School

MIT Boat Club No 45Marist College No 48MIT Boat Club No 57

10 Marist College No 5811 Ottawa Rowing Club

12 Mt Herman Rowing Association

13 Choate School

14 Georgetown University

15 Dartmouth Rowing Club No 41

EVENT NO.4

Novice Single Sculls

1734.0

1755.5

1805.4

18 35.0

1837.2

1844.0

18 54.8

1902.3

19 20.9

19 57.1

20 03.4

20 14.5

2020.7

2226.2

1755.5

18 04.6

1811.1

1827.5

-18 34.8

18 39.8

1841.0

18 43.0

1858.7

1906.3

1906.4

19 1.3

1942.3

2009.8

2017.6

19 49.4

20 15.4

2020.1

2020.4

2103.7

2104.9

2108.9

2109.3

21 10.5

2125.7

2146.2

2156.7

2215.0

22 17.1

2227.8

2233.6

2243.1

2243.8

2244.7

2252.1

23 12.4

2420.0

WELL WORTHWA ITING

FOR

continued from page 3149 2402.1

65 2641.4

75 2824.4

52 271342847.7

89th

Two weeks later this year

But just as great as ever..

Roycil

Cambridge Boat Club

Union Boat Club/Princeton University

Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

St Johns High School Rowing Association

Vesper Boat Club

Yale University

Westchester Rowing Association

New York Athletic Club

Spuyten Duyvil Rowing Club

10 MIT Boat Club

11 Union Boat Club

12 Choate School

13 University Barge Club

14 Harvard University Winner of Mixed Doubles Medal

Regatta

12 13 14 15

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CANADIANASSOCIATION

AMATEUR OARSMEN

Jones Cambridge Boat Club

Streim of Massachusetts Rowing Association

Peters Harvard University

Baker Harvard University

Gaynor Vesper Boat Club

Barrett Narragansett Boat Club

Marsh Princeton University

Clark Belmont Hilt School

Pultz Northeastern University

10 Cutter Riverside Boat Club

11 Ristuccia Yale University

12 Scott Boston University

13 Stewart Ottawa Rowing Club

14 Olmsted Harvard University

15 Prowler Princeton University

16 Clement Cambridge Boat Club

17 Yahner Cambridge Boat Club

18 Strother Yale University

19 Babb Phillips Academy Andover

20 Harrigan New Haven Rowing Club

21 Farrey St Johns High School Rowing Association

22 Boardman Dartmouth Rowing Club

For Entry Information Write

P.O Box 35

Hamilton Ontario

23 McLaughlin CambrIdge Boat Club

24 Esposito MIT Boat Club

EVENT NO.5

Junior Eight-Oared Shells

Boston Mayors Trophy

Schoolboys Princeton Trophy

Marist College No BR 1600.3

Mt Herman Rowing Association No 94of Massachusetts Rowing Association

Rutgers University

5.Phillips Academy Andover No.97Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

7. Boston University No 100

Brown University No 7R9. Father Judge High School Rowing Association

10 Phillips Exeter Academy No 9R11 PhillIps Exeter Academy No 19R12 Phillips Academy Andover No 16R13 St Johns High School Rowing Association

14 MIT Boat Club No 9515 Choate School

16 Georgetown University

17 Boston University No 18R18 Spuyten Ouyvil Rowing Club

19 Manhattan College Crew Club

20 Yale University

21 Boston University No 15R22 Amherst College

23 Harvard University No 9624 Mt Herman Rowing Association No 9825 MIT Boat Club No SR26 Atlantic Community College

2423.0 27 Marlst College No 17R2547.8 28 MIT Boat Club No 21R

29 of Rhode Island No 20R30 of Rhode Island No 3R31 of Rhode Island No 6R32 MIT Boat Club No 4R

EVENT NO.6

Junior Lightweight Single Sculls

Sheets MIT Boat Club

Van Ousen Riverside Boat Club

Underwood MIT Boat Club

Holmes Boston University

Wright Cambridge Boat Club

King Ottawa Rowing Club

Hall Mt Hermon Rowing Association

Hancock Choate School

Wilson Ottawa Rowing Club

10 Green Spuyten Ouyvil Rowing Club

11 Bort Potomac Boat Club

12 Tompkins Riverside Boat Club

13 Burns Harvard University

14 Paradise Cambridge Boat Club

15 Toukhy Narragansett Boat Club

16 Pierson Cambridge Boat Club

17 Gold MIT Boat Club

16.S Wells Choate School

19 Kalkhof Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club

20 Betancourt University Barge Club

21 Gordon Cambridge Boat Club

22 Becker Vesper Boat Club

Co1ltinned on page 34

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1802.0

18 38 .1

1937.8

20 12.9

2459.1

16 11.3

16 15.3

1631.1

1636.8

16 37.1

1642.3

1645.5

1654.2

1654.7

16 56.0

1656.9

1701.0

17 07.6

1709.2

17 11.5

17 11.7

1723.3

1725.3

1727.9

1730.2

17 42.8

1745.4

1749.1

1749.2

1756.8

2127213u2132.0

2132.6

2121

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Championship squad are training at Vesper

right now for 1971 and 1972 Now is the

time for you to contact Vesper if you want

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Head of the Charles Coitlititted from page 331

EVENT NO-

Lightweight Four-Oared Shells with Coxswain

Metropolitan District Commission Trophy

Harvaro University No 53R

Cambridge Boat Club

MIT Boat Club

Dartmouth Rowing Club No 58RHarvard University No 57R

tmouth Rowing Club SiRton University

Ic University

.rist College No 59R

EVENT NO.8

Abromeit Cambridge Boat Club 1942.4

Hamilton Mt Hermon Rowing Association 1951.0

Miller Union Boat Club 1952.4

Menter Cambridge Boat Club 2018.5

Dahmen Union Boat Club 2019.4

McGale Riverside Boat Club 2023.9

Chu Harvard University 2027.3

Rafterty Schuylkill Boat Club 2041.6

Clark Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association 2042.9

10 Foote Narragansett Boat Club 2045.2

11 Harper Cambridge Boat Club 2051.0

12 Miller ot North Carolina Boat Club 20SQG

13 McKenna Cambridge Boat Club 2104.4

1970 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

World Youth Championships FinalistsGreece

al Youth Champions Eight Four without Pair with

Canadian Henley ChampionsJr Pair with

dapendence Day Regatta Junior Eight Champions

rnI DALITCHFIELD ROWING ASSOCIATION

Devoted to producing championship youth oarsmen

for competition at home and abroad 47 LRA oars

men have represented the United States at the World

Championships in the past three year

Building tommorrows Olympic Champions

For additional information contact Coaches Bill

Stowe Sy Cromwell or Charles Willing at South Kent

School South Kent Conn

All youth candidates invited to apply for our 1971

campaign and trials for the World Championships in

Bled Yugoslavia

Junior Single Sculls

Louis Hawes Memorial Trophy

14 McKenna Cambridge Boat Club

15 Rossmann Harvard University

16 Martin Union Boat Club

17 Furtek Cambridge Boat club

18 Crosby Union Boat Club

19 Davidson Cambridge Boat Club

20 Ewert Ottawa Rowing Club

21 Checrallatt Lowell Tech Institute Rowing Club

22 Càndray United States Army

EVENT NO.9

Lightweight Eight-Oared Shells

Boston Herald Traveler Trophy

EVENT NO 10

Senior Lightweight Single Sculls

Klecatsky New York Athletic Club

Jones Cambridge Boat Club

Van Dusen Riverside Boat Club

Sack Undine Barge Club

Quinn John Jay College

EVENT NO.11

Senior Four-Oared Shells with Coxswain

Schaefer Circle of Sports Trophy

Brown University No SOUnited States Naval Academy No lOGBoston University No 19GBrown University No 24GDartmouth Rowing Club No 12GGeorgetown University No 20GDartmouth Rowing Club/Vesper Boat Club

Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

Brown University No 15010 Harvard University No 22011 Spuyten Duyvil Rowing Club

12 Harvard University No 25013 MIT Boat Club

14 Yale University

15 Harvard University No 7016 Dartmouth Rowing Club No 23G17 United States Naval Academy No 16018 Princeton University

19 Harvard University No 2720 Northeastern University

EVENT NO 12

Senior Single Sculls

Laurence Curtis Trophy

Wilson Cambridge Boat Club

Hamilton Cambridge Boat Club

Barbata United States Navy

Edward Good New York Athletic Club

17 14.5

1730.0

1730.6

17 43.6

17 48.0

18 11.6

1849.0

1922.4

2046.g Harvard University

Princeton University No 92RMIT Boat Club No 91RYale University

Princeton University No 96R

Rutgers University No 94R

Spuyten Duyvil Rowing Club

MIT Boat Club No 93RRutgers University No 97R

10 MIT Boat Club No 98R

21 13.0

2141.8

2206.1

2207.1

22 32.1

22 38.0

2245.7

23 55.4

2610.4

1538.0

15 41.8

15 44.9

1555.4

16 05.0

16 25.8

1629.0

16 59.2

17 26.0

17 45.3

18 44.4

1906.1

19 32.1

2024.6

2032.1

16 57.2

17 12.2

17 14.1

17 18.0

17 27.8

17 2817 30.0

17 32.1

1733.4

17 34.8

17 35.5

1739.1

17 47.2

1752.8

18 01.8

1801.9

1803.i

1806.5

18 16.3

18 26.2

18 16.1

19 17.2

20.30.7

24 10.6

1-Tie

Northeastern University No 37GUnion Boat Club

3-Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

MIT Boat Club

Princeton University

6- Boston University

Rutgers University

Northeastern University No 47Gof Massachusetts Rowing Association

10- Vesper Boat Club

11 Spuyten Duyvil Rowing Club

12- Holy Cross College

13 Northeastern University No 50GBrown University

Georgetown University

Final Point Standings

1- MIT Boat Club 304.2

Cambridge Boat Club 281-6

Harvard University 250-4

Princeton University 230.1

5-Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association 220-6

Boston University 1940

Union Boat Club 149-6

Spuyten Ouyvil Rowing Club 139.5

Yale University 137.0

10 Northeastern University 135.6

11 Rutgers University 133.4

12 Brown University 120.3

13- Mt Harmon Rowing Association 103.2

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15 University of Massachusetts Rowing Association 92.0

16 Riverside Boat Club 87.6

17 Marist College 85.3

18 Vesper Boat Club 84.1

19 Georgetown University 68.7

20 Father Judge High School Rowing Association 67.8

21 St Johns High School Rowing Association 65.2

22 New York Athletic Club 64.0

23 Phillips Academy Andover 63.9

24 Choate School 59.6

25 Phillips Exeter Academy 53.1

26 United States Naval Academy 52 It

27 Narragansett Boat Club

28 Ottawa Rowing Club

29 Lowell Tech Institute Rowing Club

30 Belmont Hill School

31 Moses Brown School

32 Westchester Rowing Association

33 Manhattan College Crew Club 21.9

34 St Johns Crew Club 17.9

35 United States Navy

36 Amherst College 11

37 Schuylkill Boat Club

38 West Side Rowing Club

39 University of North Carolina Boat Club

40 Holy Cross College

41 Undine Barge Club

42 Atlantic Community College

43 Potomac Boat Club

44 University of Rhode Island

45 University Barge Club

46 John Jay College

47 Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club

48 New Haven Rowing Club

49 United States Army

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EVENT NO 13

Senior Eight-Oared Shells

Boston Globe Challenge Trophy

1528.2

1528.2

15 34.4

15 37.1

1543.4

1543.7

15 50.0

15 53.2

1554.9

16 02.9

16 05.2

16 25.7

16 31.5

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