Word: crews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cornell crew defeats Harvard and Princeton on the Charles...
When Harvard won the Compton regatta early in the year, any doubts as to the ability of Coach Tom Bolles to develop a winning sprint crew were dissolved, and all that he has to prove now is that he can change them back into a boat which can withstand the gaff of a four-mile grind and come up the winner as well as they have during their spring races...
...season's record for Harvard shows wins over Tech, Syracuse, Cornell, Rutgers, Princeton Penn, and a heart breaking loss to the champion Navy crew by a matter of inches. All these races, however, were over the short Henley distance, and Harvard has yet to see a four-mile crew coached by Tom Bolles...
...mile race downstream the Harvard Freshman crew just managed to nose out the Junior Varsity in spite of a magnificent kick which the jayvees showed near the finish line. The time was 9:49. A few minutes later the Yale Jayvees rowed over the same course four seconds slower, their clocking being 9:53 in spite of a higher stroke which they rowed...
These times show not only that the Crimson Jayvees should be given the betting edge, but also that the Varsity is superior to Yale because the Harvard Varsity easily outrows the second crew while the two Yale boats are almost evenly matched...