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Cunningham had gained the right to represent the Crimson in the Rowe Regatta Saturday, but yesterday Abbot jumped him easily at the start, and then, after losing a little ground in the middle stages, went over the finish going away...
Events happened fast and furiously yesterday afternoon, and when the wash died down Harvard had a new Varsity 150-pound crew. The so-called "Junior Varsity," stroked by Frank Cunningham, produced a half-length victory over Johnny Abbot's "Varsity" eight, and thereby won the right to carry the Crimson colors into the Rowe Cup Regatta Saturday...
...Jayvees' surge has been in the making for less than a week. Up to that time Abbot's shell had held an undisputed if narrow margin over Cunningham's, and even Bert Haines had expressed himself as confident that the "firsts" with Captain Bobby Lincoln, Abbot, Andy Gaudielle, Dick Swanson, and a host of other veterans aboard, would continue to hold its place...
Throughout the first month of practice Abbot invariably finished in front of Cunningham, although the distance between them was more easily measured in feet than in inches. Last Wednesday Haines shook up his Jayvees, moved Bill Drury up from the thirds into the seven slide, and the results began to show when on Saturday Cunningham had a scant two feet over Abbot for the year's first upset...
...eight oarsmen who set that record, only three remain. Johnny Abbot at stroke, Dick Swanson at six, and Captain Bobby Lincoln at four. Seth Crocker and Pete Koeniger graduated in June; Bill Rothschild finished in February; and Ollie Biddle and Johnny Powell are not out for rowing this spring...