Word: crabbed
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...lightweight freshmen did not fare so well. Sailing smoothly along with a few seat margin before 1000 meters, their seven-man, MacMillan, pulled a devastating crab--his oar banged against and broke his oarlock and he had to sit watching his teammates row and other boats pass by as the seven-manpower machine slipped into fifth place, 18 seconds behind victor Dartmouth; an unfortunate end to an otherwise unblemished season for the freshman and first-year coach Jon Brock...
...Afinal Eliot and Quincy jumped out to an early half-length lead before Currier powered through them to lead by a little open water at 800 meters. At 1500, with 200 meters left, Currier seemed to be gliding to victory but a crab stalled the Quad eight, more Eliot caught them, and won by 2.9 seconds. The rest of the pack crossed the line at least 6.9 seconds behind Currier...
...freshman heavies enjoyed the lone success of the day with a thrilling comeback victory over the Yale freshmen. After carrying a six-seat lead through the middle section of the contest, the Radcliffe eight caught a boat-stopping crab and dropped three seats behind the Eli shell...
...heavyweights did indeed feel as confident of victory as they appeared, they avoided admitting it with a politician's expertise. Coach Harry Parker cautioned that although his crew had rowed well against Brown last weekend, particularly during their spring after a crab, the 2000-meter race will be close because Princeton's varsity is "very fast...
Harvard had outdistanced Brown by two lengths in the San Diego Crew Classic on April 1, about the margin they would have had Saturday were it not for the crab. This does not mean that Harvard has not improved since then, for as Aitken emphasized, Brown was faster in Providence than they were in California. Gardiner also pointed out that rough conditions in general tend to cut down victory margins...