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Love Names Tentative '53 Boatings

Only Four Men in 1st Eight Have Had Any Rowing Experience

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After putting his freshman heavy crew aspirants through twice-daily practices all vacation, Coach Harvey Love has finally come up with a preliminary list of boatings. Today will be the sixth day the first boat has rowed together as a unit.

The first boat will remain the first boat until somebody proves it is not, or until some individual earns a chance for a crack at a first-boat seat," Love said yesterday.

First Boating

Frank Huntington is the stroke of the tentative first eight, with Cal Dickinson at seven, Lee Rouner at six, Frannio Straus five, Link Boyden four, John Atherton three, Kim Whiting two, and Dan Simonds at bow. Of these, only half have ever rowed before. Huntington was on the Exeter crew, Atherton rowed at Groton, Whiting for Middlesex, and Simonds for St. Paul's.

The second boat has Tom Adams at stroke, Nick Brown at seven, Phil DuBois at six, Jeff Wyman at five, Ben Jeffries at four, Nick Reinhardt at three, Lee Henderson at two, and Frank Kennedy in the bow.

Jerry Paulus strokes the third crew, with Charlie Robinson the seven-man, Bob Green at six, Al Rieselbach at five, Harry Gibson at four, Bruce Morgan at three, Steve Heartt at two, and Rod Park at bow.

The coxwains at still alternating among the different boats. Jim Chace, Bill Herridge, al Lefkowitz, Hugh McCauley, and Al Menno are all competing for positions.

April 22 is the date of the crew's first race, against BU and M.I.T. on the Charles.

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