rough water conditions for, 94, 243, 245, 258
rudders and steering in, 90, 139, 340, 344–45, 348
saltwater, 197
season for, 18, 22, 84–85, 127–28, 131, 218, 229–31, 358
seating positions in, 47, 49, 50, 90, 179
shells used in, 2, 13, 15, 18, 48, 53, 71–72, 77, 87–89, 109, 111, 125, 135–41, 165, 181, 186, 213–15, 234, 240–41, 247, 257–58, 291, 310, 337, 348, 366
slides in, 185, 223, 229, 330
speed in, 50–51, 53, 87, 90–94, 105, 128, 136, 137, 139, 140, 161–62, 178, 196–97, 240, 248–49, 256–57, 266–73, 280–82, 343, 348–51
sprints in, 40, 109, 151, 162, 197, 220, 223, 232, 240, 256–57, 265, 266–73, 277, 278, 310, 323–24, 344, 345, 347
stake boats in, 115, 116
starting line and signal for, 92–93, 97–98, 115, 166–67, 188, 247, 256, 264, 266, 267, 278, 280–81, 329–30, 340–41, 343
stroke count or rate in, 85, 90–91, 93–94, 97, 98–99, 105–6, 112, 116, 152–53, 162, 166, 167–68, 178, 224, 231, 240, 241, 247, 248, 253, 256–57, 265, 266–73, 277, 278, 281–82, 312, 313, 323–24, 330–31, 344, 346, 347, 348–51
stroke length in, 43, 47–48, 89, 330–31, 348
stroke position in, 49, 50, 158, 161–62, 163, 178, 179, 183, 234, 238, 247, 248, 322–23, 339
stroke pull in, 2, 47, 50, 89–90, 109–10, 158, 280–81, 310
surges in, 152–53, 197, 256–57, 266–73, 278, 330–31, 348–51
swamping in, 164, 234, 243
“swing” in, 161–62, 165, 187, 229, 230, 247, 275, 326, 331
synchronization in, 49, 50, 78, 89–90, 93–94, 153, 161–62, 155, 187, 234–35, 237, 281–82, 321
tanks for, 151
teamwork in, 2–3, 41–42, 125, 149, 158, 177–78, 207, 234–35, 237, 240, 241, 246, 283, 297, 311–12, 321, 355
tempo (cadence) in, 89, 161–62, 167, 178, 269, 282
training for, 15, 39–40, 43, 48–51, 71–72, 91, 129, 136, 177–78, 204, 258, 290, 297, 303, 326
trophies for, 99, 116–17, 127, 283
victories in, 88–89, 105–6, 117–18, 188–91, 196–97
weight in, 53, 93, 137, 231, 247, 258, 303, 310, 328
workouts in, 48–51, 71–72, 77, 89, 114, 135
rowing machines, 111, 302–3
rudders, 90, 138, 340, 344–45, 348
Rutgers University, 116
SA (Sturmabteilung), 21, 76, 100–101, 143, 144, 297, 316, 324–25
Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 332
Sackett, Ada, 304
San Francisco Chronicle, 85, 95, 167, 358
Saxton, Lloyd, 281–82
Schacht, Bud, 130, 245
Schmeling, Anny, 261
Schmeling, Max, 259–61, 360
Schmidt, Herbert, 350
Schmidt, Willard, 291–92
Schnatterly, John M., 31–32
Schoch, Delos, 130, 245
Schulte, Buzz, 86
Schwartz family, 53
sculling, 43–45, 157, 199–200, 230, 293, 368
Seabiscuit, 113, 243, 358
Seattle, Wash., 7–10, 8, 15, 17–18, 19, 35, 47–48, 53–61, 66–68, 71, 72–75, 78, 79–80, 83, 94, 95–100, 116, 121, 128, 140–42, 148, 150–51, 158, 160–61, 163, 169–74, 188, 193, 197, 199–200, 209, 211, 223, 238, 240–41, 242–43, 244–45, 255, 278, 279, 284–86, 339, 349, 351, 353, 357, 358, 363
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7, 10, 11, 17–19, 39, 74, 91, 128, 150, 174, 175, 180, 190, 257, 258, 263, 285, 353
Seattle Reds, 173–74
Seattle Times, 117, 128, 158, 162, 169, 174, 175, 176, 180, 212, 248, 249, 271, 286
Secor, Harry, 61, 125, 237
Sequim, Wash., 52, 53–69, 73, 75, 80, 116, 125, 135, 145, 160, 161, 171, 209, 210, 219, 221, 224, 279, 286, 357, 367
Sequim Press, 57
Shack Town, 199, 202, 203
Shakespeare, William, 135, 213
shantytowns, 7–9, 79–80, 141
Sheridan Beach, 96, 245, 249
Shoudy, Loyal, 112–13, 264, 284
Simdars, Edith, 63–65, 73, 80
Simdars, Joyce, see Rantz, Joyce Simdars
single sculls, 44–45, 157, 293, 368
Slater, Bill, 336, 339
Smith, Charles, 121, 169–70
Smith, Tom, 243
smoking, 16–17, 130, 204, 213, 277, 305, 324, 363
Soap Lake, 204–5
Sousa, John Philip, 27, 307
Speer, Albert, 143, 144
sperm whale oil, 337, 348
Spokane, Wash., 26–31, 32, 122, 204–5, 219, 221
Sportsman Handicap, 43
SS (Schutzstaffel), 144, 311, 315, 321–22, 333
Stanford University, 47, 87, 111, 112, 321
Stanley, Ed, 175
Stanley, Henry, 42
Stanley Cup, 174
“Star-Spangled Banner, The,” 353, 354–55
stock market crash (1929), 9, 57, 60, 122, 135, 199, 238
Strauss, Richard, 317, 319
Stürmer, Der, 297, 332
Suzzallo Library, 51, 158–59, 276
Switzerland, 324, 334, 337, 345, 346, 348
Syracuse University, 13, 23, 115–17, 136, 187, 189, 196, 267, 268
Tamanawas, 188, 189
Tampa, 185
Tellwright, Mrs., 209–10, 266
Ten Eyck, Jim, 115, 182, 279, 358–59
Thames River, 42–44, 47, 111, 323, 358
Thompson, Willis, 75
three-mile courses, 92, 156, 180–81, 187–88, 190, 241, 242, 254
tides, 110, 242, 263
Time, 305
Timpson, George, 272
Titanic, 111
Tokyo Imperial University, 312–13
Triumph of the Will, 142–44
Tunisian, 44
two-mile courses, 92–93, 97–100, 115–17, 128, 166, 180, 187–88, 245, 264
two-thousand-meter courses, 40, 196–97, 220, 223–24, 240, 255, 256, 273, 279, 328–29
Ulbrickson, Al:
background of, 15, 113, 150, 264, 267
Ebright compared with, 85–86, 95, 242–43, 247, 249, 254–55, 256, 258, 260, 264, 270, 273, 275, 279, 285
as head rowing coach, 15–17, 16, 19, 22–23, 38, 39, 49, 50, 67, 77–78, 83, 84–85, 89–90, 95, 105–6, 113, 117–19, 128–30, 131, 141, 142, 149–71, 196–97, 204, 212–13, 215, 220, 221, 223–24, 229–31, 233, 234, 240–49, 253–73, 277, 278–79, 284–86, 290, 320, 358–59, 363–64
at Olympic Games (1936), 300, 303, 307, 310, 312, 313, 320, 322, 323, 326, 327–28, 331–35, 338–39, 346, 347–48, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355
at Olympic rowing trials (1936), 273, 275–86
Olympics as goal of, 118–19, 149–50, 152, 167, 170, 177, 188, 196, 211–12, 229, 230–31, 238–39, 240, 241, 242, 249, 253, 267, 273, 275–86
at Poughkeepsie regatta (1934), 117-19
at Poughkeepsie regatta (1935), 176–77, 180, 181–91, 196
at Poughkeepsie regatta (1936), 253–73
press coverage of, 149, 231, 240–41, 243, 258, 264, 283, 322, 364
reputation of, 16–17, 22–23, 149, 188–91, 196–97, 231, 240–41, 244, 258, 264, 279, 283, 322, 363–64
Ulbrickson, Al, Jr., 272
Ulbrickson, Hazel, 211–12, 266, 267, 272, 358
Undine Barge Club, 293
University of Washington Daily, 75, 76, 145, 150, 151, 152, 159
Vancouver Rowing Club, 44–45
Vanni, Edo, 174
Varnell, George, 117, 128, 158, 180, 248, 271, 272, 285, 286
Varsity Boat Club, 254, 366–67
Versailles, Treaty of, 10, 76, 251
Victory of Faith, 103
Viking Rowing Club, 310
Virginia V, 141
Völs, Gerd, 348, 350
Wagner, Richard, 316
Wallace, Henry, 120
Walling, Dow, 112
Wallis, Ben, 86–87
Washington, 293
Washington, University of, 10–11, 51, 72–73, 95–100, 121, 141, 158–59, 173–74, 233, 244, 249
Washington, University of, rowing team:
academic performance and, 13, 14–15, 23, 41–42, 51, 130, 369
alumni support for, 112–13, 151, 253, 264, 284
anniversary rows of, 364–66, 365, 368
assistant coaches of, 14, 21, 71–72, 106–7, 110, 131, 137, 141, 190–91, 196
banquet for, 112–13, 264, 284
in Berlin Olympics (1936), see Olympic Games (Berlin) (1936)
camaraderie of, 72–73, 78–79, 84, 108–9, 141–42, 150, 152–53, 155, 177, 184–85, 219–21, 234–35, 240
course records set by, 99, 106, 107
coxswains of, 18, 48, 50, 78, 79, 85, 89–90, 92–93, 94, 98–99, 104–6, 110, 115, 117, 130, 140, 152–53, 157, 158, 167, 168, 182, 184–85, 188, 189, 197, 224, 231–33, 247–48, 265, 266–73, 278, 283, 324, 325, 329
crew rosters (“boatings”) of, 130–31, 150, 165, 229, 238, 239, 241
equipment for, 87–89
first boats of, 77–80, 83, 84–85, 91, 107, 141, 149, 156, 157, 162–63, 220, 229, 230–31, 234, 238
freshman crews of, 11–15, 19, 21–22, 25, 39–42, 48–51, 70, 71–80, 83–100, 105–19, 127–28, 130, 151–52, 157, 162, 166, 177, 186, 199, 220, 230, 239, 240, 259, 264–65, 273, 358, 369–70
funding for, 18, 19, 112–13, 241–42, 243, 284–86
gold and purple as colors of, 113, 166, 170, 245, 264, 284, 367
head coaches of, 45–47, 77–79, 86–87
as “Huskies,” 17, 112, 118
intramural races of, 152–53, 230
jerseys worn by, 41, 51, 92, 116–17, 149, 159, 220, 302, 338, 357
junior varsity (JV) of, 83, 92, 93, 97, 115, 117, 128, 129, 130, 150, 152–53, 157, 158, 162–63, 164, 165, 166–67, 169, 176–77, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186–88, 201, 220, 233, 239, 245–46, 254, 259, 265, 266, 273, 358, 363
launch of, 84, 85
logbook of, 85, 155, 156, 158, 165, 169, 234, 240
“lucky hat” for, 97–98, 115, 186, 264, 271, 280, 338
middle seats (“engine room”) of, 90, 167, 179
mixed crews of, 149, 153–54, 158, 163, 220, 229, 238–40
newsreel footage of, 230, 283, 285, 293, 351, 353, 354, 357
oars used by, 13, 14, 17, 49, 71, 84
photographs of, 6, 16, 38, 70, 152, 172, 228, 283, 294, 301, 302–3, 306, 310, 312, 320, 329, 351, 352, 365, 365, 366
post-Olympics years of, 357–70
press coverage of, 14, 16, 17–19, 22, 39, 80, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94–95, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 117–19, 128, 149–50, 158, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168–69, 170, 177, 180–81, 182, 183–85, 186, 187–88, 190–91, 197, 211–12, 230, 231, 238, 240–41, 243, 246, 248, 249, 255–56, 257, 258, 263, 266, 271–72, 273, 278, 279, 282, 283, 285, 293, 294, 351, 353, 354, 357, 365, 366
public support for, 18–19, 94–100, 107, 112–13, 116, 117, 128, 241–42, 243, 284–86
racing season of, 18, 84–85
racing shells of, 12–13, 14, 41–48, 49
seat one (bow seat) of, 90, 130, 229, 238
seat two of, 90, 130, 154, 157, 199, 201, 220, 238
seat three of, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 129, 130, 154, 229, 238, 271
seat four of, 90, 106, 130, 220, 238
seat five of, 90, 130, 157, 218, 238
seat six of, 90, 93, 130, 220, 238
seat seven of, 90, 91, 93, 97, 98, 130, 158, 220, 238, 239
seat eight (stroke oar) of, 85, 90–91, 93, 118, 130, 150–51, 152, 157, 166, 220, 238–39, 247, 248, 251, 256–57, 269, 270, 281, 282, 283, 324, 326, 330–31, 332, 335, 338, 345, 347, 354
shell house (boat house) of, 6, 12–14, 19, 21–22, 25, 40–43, 48, 51, 72–73, 77–78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 95, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116–17, 127, 129, 130, 131, 134–35, 138, 140, 141, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 159, 166, 176, 182–83, 185, 209, 212, 213, 215, 219–20, 229, 239, 257, 273, 276, 277, 280, 309, 311–12, 337, 340, 353–54, 365, 368–70
shells used by, 13, 15, 18, 48, 71–72, 77, 83, 87–89, 109, 112, 125, 127, 135–41, 165, 181, 186, 214, 215, 240–41, 247, 364, 366
slumps of, 89–91, 92, 106–7
sophomore crew of, 127–31, 141, 149–71, 176–77, 180, 181–91, 220–21, 233, 266
timings and time trials of, 84–85, 89–91, 92, 93, 97, 99, 106, 107, 109, 114, 156, 157, 158, 163, 164, 165, 176, 180–81, 184, 190, 230, 234, 240, 241, 242, 243, 254, 258, 259, 278, 281–82, 310, 321, 334, 350–51
training barge (Old Nero) used by, 48–49, 70, 71–72, 83, 84, 127
at Travers Island, 286–91
varsity crews of, 22, 48, 51, 71, 75, 83, 84–85, 92, 97, 105–6, 111, 112–13, 117–18, 128, 129, 130, 141, 150–51, 152, 153, 156, 162–63, 165, 167–69, 176–77, 180–85, 215, 219–20, 230–31, 233, 237, 239, 240–41, 242, 246–49, 253–54, 258, 261–73, 275–86, 358–59, 363
victories of, 95–100, 112–17, 162–71, 219–21, 271–73, 275–76, 282–84, 321, 358–59
“W” as letter for, 12, 41
weather conditions for, 41, 71, 84, 85, 91, 92, 94, 99, 107, 109, 110, 116, 141–42, 149, 151–52, 158–59, 162, 163, 165, 167, 181, 185, 186, 188, 223, 230, 234, 243, 245, 246, 248, 258, 266–67, 277, 310–11, 321, 322, 334–35, 340–41, 344, 345–46, 347, 348
Washington Athletic Club, 170–71, 285
Washington State, 121, 122–23, 141–42, 193–94, 282–83, 339
watermen, 42–44, 47, 110, 323
Watson, Emmett, 18
wave conditions, 94, 109–10, 142, 155–56, 182, 245, 246, 340–41, 348
Western Union, 117, 282
West Side Rowing Club, 294
White, John, Sr., 200–201
White, Johnny, 157, 186, 199–205, 207, 211, 218, 220, 221, 228, 237, 238, 239, 254, 255, 258, 263, 271, 279, 287, 292, 303, 310, 311, 319, 321, 324, 326, 328, 357, 363, 366
White, Maimie, 200
White, Mary Helen, 292, 363
Whiteside, Charlie, 262, 264
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 208
Williams, Joe, 271, 275
Willman, Judy Rantz, 1, 2–3, 361, 366, 367
Windsor, Froggy, 358
Wingate, Richard, 308–9
Winslow, Wink, 182, 187
Wong, Harry, 203
Woo Dip Kitchen, 203, 204
World War I, 10, 19, 48, 62, 211, 324, 333
World War II, 76–77, 323, 359, 360–61
Wray, Jim, 279
Wright, Orville and Wilbur, 25
Wyman, George Adams, 25–26
Yale University, 13, 18, 22, 23, 48, 86, 110–11, 184, 262, 285
YMCA, 73, 135, 155, 218, 222, 246, 254
Zamperini, Louis, 303
Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat
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