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Ready All! George Yeoman Pocock and Crew Racing
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In the 1920s, an upstart West Coast college began to challenge the Eastern universities in the ancient sport of crew racing. Sportswriters scoffed at the "crude western boats" and their crews. But for the next forty years, the University of Washington dominated rowing around the world. The secret of the Huskies' success was George Pocock, a soft-spoken English immigrant raised on the banks of the Thames. Pocock combined perfectionism with innovation to make the lightest, best-balanced, fastest shells the world had ever seen. After studying the magnificent canoes built by Northwest Indians, he broke with tradition and began to make shells of native cedar. Pocock, who had been a champion sculler in his youth, never credited his boats for the accomplishments of a crew. He wanted every rower to share his vision of discipline and teamwork. As rowers from the University of Washington went on to become coaches at major universities across the country, Pocock's philosophy--and his shells--became nationally famous in the world of crew. Drawing on documents provided by Pocock's family, photographs from the University of Washington Crew Archives, and interviews with rowers who revered the man, Newell evokes the times as well as the life of this unique figure in American sport.
In the 1920s, an upstart West Coast college began to challenge the Eastern universities in the ancient sport of crew racing. Sportswriters scoffed at the "crude western boats" and their crews. But for the next forty years, the University of Washington dominated rowing around the world. The secret of the Huskies' success was George Pocock, a soft-spoken English immigrant raised on the banks of the Thames. Pocock combined perfectionism with innovation to make the lightest, best-balanced, fastest shells the world had ever seen. After studying the magnificent canoes built by Northwest Indians, he broke with tradition and began to make shells of native cedar. Pocock, who had been a champion sculler in his youth, never credited his boats for the accomplishments of a crew. He wanted every rower to share his vision of discipline and teamwork. As rowers from the University of Washington went on to become coaches at major universities across the country, Pocock's philosophy--and his shells--became nationally famous in the world of crew. Drawing on documents provided by Pocock's family, photographs from the University of Washington Crew Archives, and interviews with rowers who revered the man, Newell evokes the times as well as the life of this unique figure in American sport.
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Gordon Newell. Foreword by Dick Erickson
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Dick Erickson

Preface

1. Apprentice Watermen on the Thames

2. Making Do on the Pacific Northwest Frontier

3. Building Shells in the Tokyo Tea Room

4. Building Airplanes at the Red Barn

5. "Clumsily Built Western Boats"

6. "Eight Hearts Must Beat As One"

7. "There Are No Fast Boats, Only Fast Crews"

8. Olympic Gold

9. Races 'round the World

10. Remembered Crews and Coaches

11. The Later Years

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

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Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780295994840
ISBN-10: 0295994843
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Newell, Gordon
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 279 x 215 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Gordon Newell
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,589 kg
Artikel-ID: 104910478
Über den Autor
Gordon Newell. Foreword by Dick Erickson
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Dick Erickson

Preface

1. Apprentice Watermen on the Thames

2. Making Do on the Pacific Northwest Frontier

3. Building Shells in the Tokyo Tea Room

4. Building Airplanes at the Red Barn

5. "Clumsily Built Western Boats"

6. "Eight Hearts Must Beat As One"

7. "There Are No Fast Boats, Only Fast Crews"

8. Olympic Gold

9. Races 'round the World

10. Remembered Crews and Coaches

11. The Later Years

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780295994840
ISBN-10: 0295994843
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Newell, Gordon
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 279 x 215 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Gordon Newell
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,589 kg
Artikel-ID: 104910478
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