THE SPORT OF ROWING All but two decided to return to Philadelphia to train. Purdy: “Losing had been awfully disappointing – especially by four inches. It affected me far more than I thought. Everyone else went off to Disneyland. I just wanted to be alone. My rowing days were now over, and although I was scheduled to enter the Peace Corps, something inside me had felt we could have won the race, and now my Olympic dreams were dashed. “On the other hand, I had been a part of crews that had rowed more miles than any other crews in the country in the last four years. The idea of having time off was very appealing. It was time to start a new phase of my life. “Enter Ted Nash. I had rowed for Ted my freshman year, and now Ted inherited our group, but I don’t think he ever felt we were ‘his boys.’ Ever the incredible salesman, he was able to convince me over a few days that I was to be an integral part of a four he was planning on taking to the Small-Boats Trials in two months. I have no doubt he gave the same talk to eight other oarsmen, but for me it sounded real enough that I decided to give it a try. I couldn’t believe I had signed up for two more months of double workouts, stadium steps, etc.”4439 Jones: “Joe gave up the reins for the University of Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Athletics University of Pennsylvania Varsity Eight 1962 EARC Co-Champion, Lake Quinsigamond Stroke F. Wood Fischer, 7 Fargo Thompson, 6 Frank Shields, 5 Jim Fitzgerald, 4 Calvin Johnson, 3 Ward Maier, 2 Chandler Hovey, Bow Charlie Eddy, Coxswain John Hartigan the stern-pair of the eight, Pieter Fosburgh and Somerset Waters, accompanied by 1968 Penn Freshman Bob Shepard ’71 and F. Wood Fischer ‘62, stroke of the ‘62 Sprints-winning Penn Varsity. Jones: “We were lucky to have the four- Fours Trials to Ted, who was more experienced in small boats. Bill Purdy, Tony Martin, Gardner Cadwalader and I would row in a four-with-coxswain. We 4439 Purdy, op. cit. without-coxswain to row against, and they were good for us. A straight-four is faster than a coxed-four, so we had very fast competition. 4440 Jones, op. cit. 4441 In all the years prior to 1967, Joe Burk’s crews at Penn won only two heavyweight championships, the 1955 and the 1962 Eastern Sprints. were the middle-four in the eight and rowed pretty well together.”4440 The coxswain would be John Hartigan ‘63 from the 1962 Penn Varsity which had tied Yale to win the Eastern Sprints.4441 A coxless-four was also formed from 1224
