Word: crews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With little trouble the crew returned the Rowe cup to Harvard hands for another year, Saturday, when they swamped the Rutgers crew by an easy six lengths on home waters. M. I. T. narrowly captured third from a B. U. crew which has entered intercollegiate competition for the first time...
...first race of the afternoon, the Freshmen capitalized on ideal conditions and a highly competitive race to leap out ahead of the Tech crew taking them by a good two and a half lengths to break the course record in the amazing time of 6:41. In other races of the early afternoon, the Jayvees easily outrowed the Tech seconds by a liberal seven lengths with the Rutgers second boat trailing...
...lightweight varsity also outdistanced M. I. T's crew by six lengths at the finish, while the second 150's left Tech three lengths astern in an extracup race. All of the races were rowed over the Henley course on the Charles River Basin...
...mile and a quarter mark, Bill Rowe proved his ability to raise the stroke by raising the beat to a good thirty-eight. The strong fast sprint roughened the crew's form a bit, but not enough to hurt the spacing too noticeably. The sprint was held until the end of the race and as the crew crossed the finish, the sweeps were cutting out a sharp thirty-nine...
Showing the best form of the year, the Jayvees crashed through with a victory by a roughly estimated seven lengths. With this year's second eight made up mostly of "comers" they have shown unusual spirit and will probably turn out as a marvelous crew this season...