Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meter pole, Harvard upped the stroke to 38 in an effort to close the widening distance between the two boats, Penn was too far in front, however, and only had to mount a token sprint at 38 over the last 100 meters to clinch...
What hurts so much is the way it all happened. If the race had been close, then it might have been the "upset" that some expected. And if that was the case, then Penn ws only gaining a revenge that it has been brooding after since Harvard edged the Quakers by four inches in last summer's Olympic Trials...
...close for the first 600 meters. Rowing at 37, Harvard managed to stay within a half a length of Penn, which had settled to a 351/2. Both boats found it rough going as they had to battle a 16-18 knot headwind which had sent water over the gunnals in the earlier freshman and J.V. races...
Finally, the Crimson went into the race too confident that Penn's sophomore rowers would crack under the strain of a tight contest. "We felt that if we could keep it close until the final sprint," Harvard cox Tom tiffany said, "then they would rattle...
Although representatives of Gordon Linen had originally said the strike would end yesterday. Gerald J. Roberts '70, manager of the HSA Linen Agency, said last night he had been told that the two sides were not yet close to a settlement...