Laurie, Hugh, 323
Laurie, William George Ranald Mundell “Ran,” 322–24, 330, 331, 345, 348
Leader, Ed, 86, 137, 279
League of Nations, 76
Leander Club, 313, 327
Lewald, Theodor, 19, 318–19
Locarno Pact (1925), 251
Loew’s State Theatre, 292
Long Beach Marine Stadium, 197
Los Angeles Times, 114
Louis, Joe, 259–61
Love, Harvey, 85, 92–93, 105–6
Lund, George, 116, 130, 150, 153, 158, 245
McDonald, Charlie, 62–63, 68, 80, 125–27, 209, 214, 224, 237
McIntyre Imp cycle-cars, 27
McMillin, Jim “Stub,” 157, 158, 167, 189, 218–19, 224, 228, 238, 239–40, 253, 269, 280–81, 292, 303, 312, 334, 349, 355, 357, 362–63, 366
McNamara, Robert, 86
Mahlow, Wilhelm, 348
Maifeld area, 208, 314–16
Manhattan, 286, 290–91, 293–95, 296, 297, 300–307, 308
March, Otto, 19
March, Werner, 19, 21, 100
Marzahn detention camp, 297
Mason City, 198, 203
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 13, 362–63
Massart, Joseph, 211
Maxwell, Tommy, 246, 247–48
Mecklenburg, Duke Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich of, 307
Medica, Jack, 169, 170
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 251
Metcalfe, Ralph, 303
Milani, Cesare, 348
“mind in boat” (M-I-B) command, 89–90, 97, 98, 150, 187, 248, 271
Moch, Bobby, 152–53, 157, 158, 166–67, 177, 184–85, 188, 189, 197, 228, 231–33, 239, 241, 247–48, 254, 255, 256–57, 259, 266–73, 274, 276, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 286, 289–90, 291, 312, 324, 325, 329, 334, 338, 340, 341, 343, 344–45, 346, 347, 348–51, 352, 353, 354–55, 358, 362, 365, 366
Moch, Gaston, 232, 255, 289
Moch, Marilynn, 233
Montlake Cut (“the Cut”), 12, 13, 17, 49, 78, 84, 127, 140, 151, 159–60, 172, 282, 367
Morris, Roger, 11, 12–13, 14, 49–50, 72–73, 77–78, 97, 98, 116, 130, 131, 153, 154, 155, 168, 181, 218, 220, 221, 224, 228, 229, 238, 239, 246–47, 254, 266, 277, 290, 293, 300, 302, 303, 311, 319, 326, 328, 340–41, 343, 350, 353, 358, 359, 363, 366, 367
Morry, George, 89–90, 93, 98, 99, 115, 116, 117, 130, 152, 153, 167–68, 182
Mother Cleveland, 36, 37
MV Chippewa, 244–45, 249
MWAK, 198, 203
National Recovery Administration (NRA), 184
National Reemployment Service, 194
National Rowing Hall of Fame, 363
Native Americans, 137, 138, 202, 311
Naval Academy, U.S. (Annapolis), 13, 83, 112, 115, 117, 136, 173, 187, 188, 189, 261, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 277, 278, 358
Navy, U.S., 12, 115, 264
Nazi Germany, 2, 10, 19–21, 23, 76–77, 100–103, 142–45, 176, 207–9, 211, 215–17, 224–26, 251–53, 259–61, 295, 297–300, 306–9, 310, 311, 313–19, 332–34, 337–38, 342, 344, 351, 353, 359–61
New York, N.Y., 25, 57, 109, 110, 112–13, 120, 224–25, 287–94, 359
New York Athletic Club, 23, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 287, 290
New York Post, 272
New York Sun, 278
New York Times, 18, 117, 118–19, 120, 165, 183–84, 232, 260, 272, 308–9, 314
New York World-Telegram, 271, 272, 275
Northern Pacific Railway, 26, 96
Northwest, 26, 83, 120, 138, 175, 245
Nuremberg Rally (1934), 103, 142–44
Nuremberg Rally (1935), 226
Oakland Estuary, 22, 85, 141, 165–66, 174, 358
observation trains, 96, 99, 114–15, 117, 186, 188–89, 237, 245, 248, 264, 266, 268, 269–70
Old Nero (training barge), 48–49, 70, 71–72, 83, 84, 127
Olympia, 252–53, 354, 360, 360
Olympic Games:
of 1916, 19
of 1924, 23, 284
of 1928, 86, 150, 183, 190, 232, 254, 284
of 1932, 22, 23, 85, 94, 113, 150, 183, 242, 254, 284, 285, 304, 312
of 1948, 364
Olympic Games (Berlin) (1936):
anti-Semitism at, 19, 20, 76, 100–101, 144, 224–26, 252, 289–90, 297, 308–9, 332–34, 359, 367
boycott threats against, 217, 224–26
British crew at, 313, 322–23, 324, 327, 329, 330–31, 332, 334, 338, 341, 343, 345, 346
film coverage of, 102–3, 142–45, 186, 252–53, 299–300, 314–16, 319, 336, 347, 353, 360
flag of, 294, 298, 306, 308, 310, 314, 319, 329
German rowing team in, 23, 310, 312, 325, 328, 337, 338, 343–44, 344, 345, 346–47, 348, 349–51, 354, 368
gold medals awarded in, 1, 2–3, 22–23, 40, 94, 113, 149–50, 211–12, 242, 255, 304, 329, 332, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340–41, 343–51, 351, 352, 353–55
Grünau racing site of, 208–9, 289, 298, 300, 309, 313, 321–41, 327, 342, 354, 355, 367–68
Nazi influence in, 19–21, 23, 100–103, 142–45, 207–9, 224–26, 251–53, 297–300, 306–9, 310, 311, 313–19, 332–34, 337–38, 342, 351, 353, 359–60
opening ceremonies of, 100, 313–19
photographs of, 299, 306, 312, 320, 327, 329, 336, 342, 344, 345, 351, 352
preliminary rowing heats in, 321–35, 336
press coverage of, 20–21, 100, 209, 298, 304–5, 308–9, 314, 319, 327, 329, 336–37, 339, 343, 349, 351, 353, 354, 357
Princeton qualifying meet for, 241, 244–45, 275–86, 322
propaganda for, 19–21, 100–103, 142–45, 251–53, 297–300, 314–16, 359–60
rowing gold medal race in, 1, 2–3, 340–41, 343–51, 351, 353–55
spectators at, 209, 306–7, 328–30, 331, 335–39, 336, 343–44, 346–47, 350–51
trials for, 22–23, 241, 242, 249, 254–55, 256, 273, 275–86, 324, 330
U.S. rowing team for, 22–23, 118–19, 128, 149–50, 174, 220, 228, 242, 266, 282–83, 286–95, 306–19, 306, 351, 352
Olympic Hymn (Strauss), 319
Olympic Peninsula, 13, 53–54, 138, 282
Olympic Rowing Committee, U.S., 283, 284
Olympic Stadium (Berlin), 2, 19, 100, 207, 298, 299, 316–19, 367
Olympic Team, U.S., 291–94, 300, 302, 304–8, 306
one-mile courses, 156
Ott, Mel, 11
Owens, Jesse, 291, 303, 339
Oxford University, 23, 41–42, 111, 313, 323, 364
Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 174
Pacific Coast Regattas:
of 1934, 83, 95–99
of 1935, 156, 162–71, 174, 176, 238, 249
of 1936, 236–37, 238, 240–49
of 1937, 358
Palmer, Florence, 110, 183
Peerless Painless Dentist, 202–3
Pennsylvania, University of, 23, 111, 116, 136, 188, 196, 267, 268, 269, 277, 278, 280, 281–82, 284, 285
Pennsylvania Athletic Club, 23, 199, 284, 293
Phi Beta Kappa, 15, 129, 233, 270, 361
Phillip, Werner, 368
Pocock, Aaron, 42–43, 47, 137, 255, 358
Pocock, Bill, 42
Pocock, Dick, 43–48
Pocock, Frances, 212, 358
Pocock, George Yeoman:
as boatbuilder, 41–48, 77, 83, 87–89, 111, 112, 124, 125, 127, 135–41, 167, 186, 206, 213–15, 219, 231, 234–35, 240–41, 247, 257–58, 290–91, 307, 328, 337, 338, 358, 364, 368
at Olympic Games (1936), 307, 310, 313, 318, 326–27, 328, 338–39, 353
philosophy of, vii, 1, 7, 25, 39, 43, 47–48, 71, 83, 87–89, 105, 107, 1
10, 122, 125, 135–36, 149, 173, 193, 207, 212–15, 219, 224, 229, 234–35, 237, 239, 240, 251, 275, 279, 283, 297, 321, 343, 353, 357
as Washington crew advisor, 38, 184, 230, 255, 256, 257–58, 266, 270, 271, 272, 283, 284, 290–91, 323, 326–27, 328, 337, 338
Pocock, Stan, 364
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. regattas:
of 1924, 15, 113
of 1926, 15, 113, 150, 183, 264
of 1932, 22, 113
of 1934, 83, 97, 107–19, 127–28, 130, 153, 162, 163, 165, 174, 177, 211
of 1935, 156, 176–77, 180–91, 220, 230, 247
of 1936, 241–42, 250, 253–59, 263–73, 275, 303, 339, 347
of 1937, 358–59, 364
early history of, 110-13
Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, 258
Princeton Boathouse, 276, 277, 280, 283
Princeton qualifying meet (1936 Olympics), 241, 244–45, 275–86, 322
Princeton University, 13, 18, 23, 136, 276–78, 322
Prohibition, 61, 114, 305
Puget Sound, 7, 49, 50, 71, 79, 121, 137, 151, 175
radio, 20, 97, 100, 111, 166, 168–69, 186, 211, 245–46, 257, 261, 263, 266, 271, 282, 285, 329, 336, 339, 343, 349, 351
Rainier Club, 362
Rantz, Barb, 361, 366
Rantz, Fred (brother), 24, 26, 27, 28–29, 66–68, 221, 236, 245, 248
Rantz, Fred (son), 361
Rantz, Harry, 24, 25–37, 33, 53–58, 59, 68, 97, 160–61, 175, 196, 210–11, 218, 221–22, 224, 235–37, 236, 237, 244, 245–46, 248, 256, 282, 339, 347, 349, 357
Rantz, Harry, Jr., 30, 31, 33, 33, 36, 56, 57, 58, 97, 161, 210, 222, 244
Rantz, Jenny, 361, 366
Rantz, Jerry, 361
Rantz, Joe:
athleticism of, 32, 33, 67, 129, 194–95, 198
author’s first meeting with, 1–3
background of, 25–37, 53–69
banjo played by, 62, 63, 104, 193, 199, 237, 254
childhood of, 25–37, 119
cross-country train journeys of, 109, 119–21, 125, 175, 181, 255–57, 258
death of, 1, 366–67
education of, 13, 29, 36–37, 54, 55–56, 57, 62, 66–68, 73, 217–18, 361
family difficulties of, 28, 57–69, 78–79, 97, 119, 131–35, 154, 160–61, 210–11, 219, 221–23, 235–38, 256, 361
financial situation of, 13–14, 58–63, 67, 72–75, 91–92, 125, 129, 145, 155, 193–205, 209, 218–19, 254, 357
in freshman crew, 11–15, 25, 40–42, 48–51, 67, 71–80, 83–85, 91–100, 105, 162, 177
friendships of, 36, 55–56, 59, 63, 108–9, 154, 155, 199–205, 211, 220–21, 237
as Grand Coulee worker, 192, 193–205, 207, 209, 211, 221, 237
height of, 59, 302, 308
jobs held by, 13–14, 36, 55, 60–63, 68, 73, 80, 92, 125–27, 193–205, 218, 237, 361–62
Joyce courted by, 68–69, 73–75, 80
Joyce’s marriage to, 13, 218, 356, 361, 362, 366
logging work of, 62–63, 67, 92, 125–27, 214, 361–62
musical interests of, 30, 34, 56, 60, 62, 63, 67, 104, 108–9, 119, 160, 181, 193, 199, 237, 254, 257, 292–93
Olympic gold medal won by, 1, 2–3, 354–55
as Olympic rowing team member, 1–3, 171, 196, 292, 292, 301, 302, 304–9, 311, 312, 338, 354–55, 364
Olympic uniform of, 302, 307, 338, 354
personality of, 35–37, 55–56, 59–63, 67–68, 78–79, 91–92, 97, 108–9, 129, 131–35, 145, 155, 160–61, 170–71, 213–15, 218–23, 224, 234–38, 246, 277, 355, 361
photographs of, 24, 33, 104, 148, 152, 228, 236, 292, 301, 302–3, 312, 356, 362, 365, 369
physical appearance of, 11, 14, 35, 37, 59, 62, 67, 68, 91, 129, 246, 302
Pocock’s advice to, 213–15, 219, 224, 234–35, 237, 239, 240, 279
post-Olympics years of, 1–3, 357–70
press coverage of, 80, 91, 92, 95, 107, 257
rowing style of, 129, 156, 158, 213–15, 224, 234–35, 239, 240, 326, 364
scrapbook of, 91, 92, 95, 107
seat three position of, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 129, 130, 154, 229, 271
singing by, 30, 37, 56, 60, 62, 67, 108–9, 160, 181, 199, 237
on sophomore crew, 127–31, 149–71, 176–77, 180, 181–91, 220–21
as University of Washington student, 2, 11–14, 66, 67, 73, 79, 80, 91–92, 107, 125, 145, 196, 217–18, 359, 361
Rantz, Joyce Simdars, 56–57, 63–66, 64, 68–69, 73–75, 80, 83, 95–96, 97, 99–100, 145, 148, 159–60, 193, 196, 204, 209–10, 216–17, 218, 221, 235–36, 237, 244, 245–46, 248, 256, 266, 279, 282–83, 294, 339, 349, 351, 356, 361, 362, 366, 367
Rantz, Judy, see Willman, Judy Rantz
Rantz, Mike, 30, 33, 35, 58, 97, 161, 210, 222, 244
Rantz, Nellie Maxwell, 24, 25–28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Rantz, Polly, 54, 97, 210, 222, 235, 244, 366
Rantz, Rose, 53, 97, 210, 222, 235, 244, 366
Rantz, Thelma LaFollette, 28–29, 35, 66, 67, 68
Rantz, Thula LaFollette, 29–37, 33, 53–54, 55, 56, 57–58, 60, 62, 68, 97, 161, 196, 210–11, 218, 219, 221–23, 224, 236
Reich Association for Physical Training, 334
Reich League of German Officials, 251
Reichssportfeld, 21, 100, 207–9, 299, 311, 313–19, 354–55
repechages, 327, 332
Republican Party, 122
Reuters News Agency, 261
Rice, Grantland, 18
Rice, Jack, 321
Riefenstahl, Leni, 102–3, 102, 142–45, 186, 215–16, 252–53, 299–300, 314–16, 319, 336, 347, 353, 360, 360
rigging, shell, 89, 95, 135, 139, 212, 257
Riverside Boat Club, 294
Rogers, Will, 77
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9–10, 122–23, 184, 189, 261–63, 276
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 184, 262–63, 311
Roosevelt, John, 184, 186, 262
Roosevelt, Theodore, 9
Roosevelt High School, 66–68, 129
Rose Bowl, 111, 113, 173
Ross, Albion, 314
rowboats, 49–50, 96, 115, 238–39
rowing (crew):
aesthetics of, vii, 1, 7, 25, 39, 41–42, 135–41
balance and stability in, 39, 72, 89, 90, 189, 280–81, 357
“big ten” strokes in, 98–99, 105–6, 153, 167, 168, 184–85, 248, 270, 331
bow position in, 116, 139, 178, 179, 220, 224, 238, 340–41, 344–45
breathing in, 39–40, 78
British style of, 18, 41–44, 46, 47–48, 322–23, 330–31, 348
“catch a crab” in, 49, 86, 97, 116, 245, 321, 350
catching in, 47, 50, 91, 139, 158, 230, 234, 348
clubs for, 23, 44–45, 110–11, 199, 208–9, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 284, 286, 290, 293–94, 313, 327
coaches for, 39, 45–47, 71, 85–89, 93–94, 149, 185, 232; see also specific coaches
coaching launches in, 86, 88–89, 96, 106, 114, 177, 184, 223, 224, 230, 249, 259, 261
commands in, 78, 79, 84, 89–90, 93, 98, 184–85, 233, 243, 267, 343
commercial or professional, 42–44, 47, 110, 323
course records set in, 99, 106–7, 241, 242, 245, 246, 249, 258, 331, 358–59
coxswains in, 117, 178, 277, 293, 294, 300, 313, 322–23, 329, 337
defeat in, 117–18, 188–91, 196–97
eastern vs. western colleges in, 18, 19, 22, 47–48, 83, 84–85, 94, 97, 105–19, 136, 142, 151, 186–87, 190, 245, 275, 358–59
economics of, 83, 88–89, 112, 114, 118, 136–37, 189, 190–91, 263
elimination heats in, 114, 277–78, 321–35, 336
fading in, 85, 254–55, 330, 348
finish line in, 90, 96, 99, 106, 115, 116, 117, 166, 167, 168–69, 185, 209, 234, 240, 243, 245, 246, 249, 256–57, 266, 271, 278, 282, 300, 329, 330, 331, 336–38, 339, 346, 348–51, 355
gunwales in, 86, 90
half-slide in, 223, 229
handicaps in, 92, 93
hulls used for, 2, 53, 71–72, 111, 136–41, 213–14, 234, 257–58, 291, 310, 337, 348
illness and injuries in, 40, 166, 300, 302, 306, 310–12, 322, 328, 332, 334, 338
jerseys worn in, 41, 51, 92, 99, 116–17, 149, 159, 220, 249, 280, 302, 338, 357
keels in, 42, 72, 138, 139, 245, 248, 340
layback in, 47, 50, 323
leads (boat length) in, 85, 93, 98–99, 115–16, 118, 156, 166, 167, 180–81, 183, 186, 189–90, 197, 240, 245–49, 254, 256–57, 265, 266–73, 282, 334–35, 343, 346, 347–51, 358
megaphones used in, 46, 50, 84, 86, 92, 96, 106, 109, 110, 129, 152, 223, 230, 233, 239, 243, 272, 280, 341, 366
middle seats (“engine room”) in, 90, 167, 179
momentum in, 196–97, 280–81, 343
muscle conditioning in, 39–40, 71, 290, 297, 303
oar blades in, 49, 50, 79, 109–10, 139, 331, 348
oarlocks in, 78, 223, 259
oars used in, 2, 49, 50, 51, 79, 84, 91, 109–10, 127, 135, 139, 141, 153, 158, 179, 331, 348
oxygen intake in, 39–40
pacing in, 109–10, 156, 157
pain endured in, 40, 71, 98, 178, 234, 271, 331, 346, 349, 351, 355
physical stamina in, 14, 39–40, 41, 51, 71, 78, 90–94, 98, 105, 128, 177–78, 234, 271, 321, 331, 343, 346, 349–50, 351, 355
power in, 90–94, 105, 128
programs for, 88–89, 136, 140, 190–91, 363–64, 368–70
psychology of, 7, 14–15, 23, 41–42, 50, 51, 85–86, 89–90, 94–95, 97, 98, 106–7, 128–29, 177–78, 185, 193, 215, 233, 234–35, 242–43, 244, 256–57, 275–76
race courses for, 40, 90, 92–93, 97–100, 106–7, 109, 115–17, 118, 128, 156, 166, 180, 183–84, 187–88, 196–97, 220, 223–24, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 249, 254, 255, 256–57, 258, 264, 273, 276, 279, 328–29, 331, 358–59
races for, 18–19, 40, 42–44, 90, 105, 276; see also specific races
racing lanes in, 115, 116, 266–68, 278, 322, 328, 334–35, 339, 340–41, 343, 344–45, 346, 347–48
racing season for, 83, 149–50
regattas for, 18–19, 110–11, 262, 313; see also specific regattas
rhythm in, 89–90, 161–62, 165, 187, 229, 230, 247, 275, 326, 331, 334, 345, 347, 357
river, 109–10, 111, 112, 113, 114–15, 117, 181, 182, 188, 266–67