Hooverville
slum town in Seattle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president at this time
Roger Morris
Rantz's friend
Tom Bolles
the freshman coach "the professor"
Al Ulbrickson
head coach- man of few words
Royal Brougham
sports editor at the Post-Inteligencer
Nellie Maxwell
Joe's mother who died of throat cancer
Harry Rantz
Joe's father
Thula LaFollette
Harry's second wife-does not like Joe
Idaho Gold and Ruby Mining Company
live here for a while-Harry Jr. gets grease spilled
Joyce Simdar
Joe's girlfriend
Bryon Nobel
the guy who sells boozes
Charlie McDonald
Joe works for him- logging
University of California at Berkeley
primary rival
Ky Ebright
coach for CA
Alumnus
the boat Bolles would follow boys in
George Morry
coxswain-MIB
What was Joe not doing?
squaring up- rotate his oar so that the blade was perpendicular to the surface just before inserting it into the water on the catch, the beginning of each stroke
Harvey Love
the varsity coxswiain
What is the speed determined on?
the stroke rate and the power produced by the combined strokes of the oars
