Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reality, the varsity heavy crew has everything to win and nothing to lose tomorrow afternoon when it races Penn and Navy on the Skuylkill River for the Adams Cup. The Crimson eight has to be rated as the underdog, but they have an excellent chance to upset the Eastern rowing applecart...
...pernicious Cambridge weather, which had plagued varsity crew practices all week long, continued its devilment last Saturday as a 15 m.p.h. head-wing during the varsity race brought whitecaps to the Charles River and frustration to the rowers. When the race was over, a strong Princeton eight had outclassed the Crimson with a blistering sprint in the last quarter mile to win the Compton...
With the start of the JV race, however, the wind had shifted around and now came off the Boston shore. A superior Princeton crew won by a length and a half over the JV's with a time of 9:09.8. The Harvard boat rowed a much better race than they did against Syracuse, but this time they were up against stiffer competition...
...Tiger eight quickly jumped to a slight lead at the start and kept command throughout the race, withstanding a Crimson sprint near the end. "The JV rowers had few misgivings at the end of their race," Coach Harvey Love commented, "nor should they; they were beaten by a better crew...
...start of the varsity race, the wind had completed the half-circle and was directly on the rowers' backs. It affected both crews equally, but the varsity did not have a decent day's practice all last week, while the weather at Princeton was relatively calm. Consequently, the Tiger crew was in somewhat better shape for the race and had the stamina to put on the finish that they...