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Either Frank Cunningham's or Johnny Abbot's boat will meet stiff opposition from five other college lightweights as Harvard seeks to retain the Cup which they have held for quite some period of years...
Just which Harvard crew is which, nobody knows. As a matter of fact, the further the season has progressed, the more uncertain the relative standings of Johnny Abbot's and Frank Cunningham's boats have become...
...start the Crimson jumped the opposition by a half length, after which Johnny Abbot dropped to 33, while Yale stayed up at 36 and Princeton rowed a good 35. The Elis' high stroke paid premature dividends, and at the three-quarters, the Blue edged ahead...
Here coxswain Caleb Brokaw called for twenty hard ones, and the Crimson, still understroking Yale, shot ahead. Princeton eventually passed the Elis, but Abbot was never pressed, finishing a length and a half in front of the Tigers...
Lanky Junior Bill Drury seems to be the key man in the scrambled situation, for until two weeks ago he was rowing on the thirds and Abbot was beating Cunningham. Then Coach Bert Haines moved Drury up to the Jayvees, and Cunningham beat Abbot, entered the Rowe Cup, and left Tech four lengths behind. Drury then jumped to the Varsity behind Abbot, as Dick Moot moved back to three; and with this change the Varsity reasserted itself convincingly...