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...heavyweight varsity crew set a new course record Saturday, capping off the most successful day for Harvard crews on the Charles River in recent history. The Crimson swept all six races in the Compton and Biglin Cup regattas...
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This year's crew is not as quick or as light feeling as last year's but most observers agree that it has more strength. According to captain T. Swayze, "It is faster than last year's shell and it has more potential." Once this boat settles into a solid boat, as it did Wednesday in practice, it produces a swing and drive which is beautiful in its fierce intensity...
However, the Tiger freshman boat will provide a rough race for Coach Bill Leavitt's eight. Averaging 6 ft. 2 in. and 185 lbs. the Tiger cubs beat a good Navy crew by almost two lengths a fortnight ago and then went on to beat Pennsylvania and Columbia last Saturday. The Crimson boat, which won an easy race from Syracuse in its only contest to date, is not small either, and should handle itself well under the pressure of a close race...
Numerous challenges, too tempting to turn down, have set the CRIMSON off on a serious of weekend crew races with some of the world's finest boats, starting with the Moscow Trud Club heavies on the world's Volga tomorrow. These weekend intercontinental dashes will prevent the CRIMSON from publishing Saturdays during reading period...