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Tomorrow's program includes a 150 pound crew race over the two mile course at 4 o'clock, a Jayvee race at 4.30 o'clock and the University race at 5 o'clock. The Tech second crew did not fare well against the Navy but it has been improving steadily during the past few days...
After the defeat at the hands of M. I. T. last Saturday a new first string eight was made up, in which most of the positions are filled by last year's plebe oarsmen. The old first crew has become the Jayvee and the new Naval crew is an unknown factor. Last year's Navy eight was one of the poorest in many years and was outrated, in the opinion of many rowing experts, by the first year boat. It is no surprise to speculators in Naval rowing stock that the third classmen should supersede some of the upperclassmen...
...better than the eight turned out from Ithaca in recent years. The resemblance of the old Courtney swing is evident in the 1929 eight which has easily triumphed over the Jayvee outfit in all of this season's rows. Reports from Ithaca warn that Cornell is a crew to be watched...
Last year Coach Wray's men were defeated by Harvard in a triangular regatta with Tech over the Charles River Basin course but the race two weeks from tomorrow will be a dual affair. Cornell did not show up very well at the Poughkeepsie Regatta last June although the crew was leading the field at the mile mark. A return to a period of championship crews resembling the great eights of Coach Courtney's long regime is hailed by the followers of the oarsmen from Lake Cayuga...
...current issue of the Alumni Bulletin carries a letter from the captain of the University crew inviting all interested graduates to follow the practice of the squad from a launch to be reserved for their use. Hitherto, former members of the varsity boat have been welcomed at the crew house and arrangements made for their presence in one of the coaching launches, but the present invitation to all alumni of whatever description is an unusually thoughtful courtesy. It should do much to nourish the atmosphere of amateurism and friendly sportsmanship which has always been more noticable in rowing than...