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Princeton has some strong men in the field events. Stu White is a very good high jumper, and Don Catino is a possible winner in the javelin. But the varsity group that assistant coach Ed Stowell calls "the best collection of field event men I've seen at Harvard" should join the runners in a convincing victory...
With a single line-up all week, the heavyweight varsity continued its progress. It has exhibited instances of fine power in pre-season time trials. In the Monday workout Coach Harvey Love pushed the crews through a grueling three and a half mile row at racing beat, which should have served to develop this power further. The rest of the week has been devoted to smoothing out bladework and boat balance, in order to establish a firm technical foundation upon which to apply the hoped-for power...
Bladework, and getting sufficiently set for the catch at the beginning of a stroke, are the two main handicaps of the Crimson at the present, according to Coach Laury Coolidge. In these regards the varsity has "a long way to improve," he said. But he also indicated that he thought this past week had shown real progress...
...Coach Norm Shepard was in a talkative and optimistic mood last night as he discussed the team's chances. Left hander Gerry Emmet, out of action so far this spring with a sore arm, was throwing hard in yesterday's practice, and his return to the active list would solve many of Shepard's worrisome pitching problems. Shepard's, "Boy, it looked good!" seems to express everyone's reaction to Emmet's recovery...
...shellacking the varsity received at the hands of Springfield Tuesday, Shepard noted that, "Springfield is perennially one of the three or four best teams in New England." He felt that the varsity has a good chance to pick up an important win this afternoon, if the Pennsylvania coach does not start his number one hurler, righthander Dave Weed. Otherwise, he feels the Quakers will hold a slight edge...