10/28/22 Al McKenzie "Great rowing clip from 1947" Sent video to 104 people interested in rowing. Jim Buckley This is the race that Harvard won with Frank Cunningham as stroke. Frank stayed in Seattle becoming a teacher and (I think) the best rowing coach in the last century. It's also interesting to see Joe Burk, Rusty Callow, my old coach Stork Sanford and, of course, George Pocock and the elegant boats he built for all the crews. Robert Ernst All, Fortunately I saw this movie years ago. FYI, Frank Cunningham was the stroke of the Harvard crew that won - AKA, "Little Frank Cunningham". Frank had just returned from WWII as a Marine Officer. You might also be interested to know that Tom Bolles (UW'26) the Harvard Coach eventually became the athletic director at Harvard. Tom hired Harry Parker and made him the Head Coach at Harvard when Harvey Love passed in '63. I was fortunate to meet Tom when we went out to New London to race Harvard in the spring of '75. Thanks for digging up this old footage ern Don Costello It's quite great. Interesting close-ups of the coaches.

Note the huge mess the spectators were leaving; there's one area where life has improved (along with picking up after dogs and smokers no longer in control) Note, too, the commentary of the First Nations people in the hollowed- log canoes, the derogatory tone that, unfortunately, lives on all too often. Great footage and god, there is nothing prettier than a wood racing shell. I was on the lake this morning in one. Best, Don Bill Pickard Neat stuff. I loved all the pictures of the “young” coaches. I rowed against many of their crews in the late ’60’s, and remember them as really old guys. Stork Sanford, Norm Sonju, and Joe Burk. Dutch Schoch was the father of Fred Schoch (now head of the Head of the Charles and a member of my high school crew) Mr Schoch was famous for his foul mouth around the home owners around Carnegie Lake, and our coach, Hart Perry, was intimidated by him and hoping he wouldn’t start coaching us. My college coach Pete Gardner is in the Princeton crew. They were legends and were retiring fast. Pocock watched us at the IRA and said we rowed well. It was like having God come down and say he approved of you. Peter Mallory Though there is nothing like a film to bring the past alive, a comprehensive overview of this era may be found in The Sport of Rowing. The 1947 regatta is described in Volume 1, pp. 628-9. Enjoy. Hi to all. Peter Mallory

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