Word: cups
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Navy, the keeper of the Cup. A young crew, composed of four juniors, four sophomores and stroked by powerful Chuck Munns, an Iowa boy who never rowed until he came to Annapolis. Victor over St. Joseph's, Princeton, Yale, Cornell and Syracuse...
Each of the three coaches involved--Penn's Ted Nash, Navy's Carl Ullrich and Harvard's Harry Parker--would prefer not having his boat selected as the favorite, and with good reason. Only once in the last four years has the favored crew won the Cup. In fact, last May the Navy eight that edged Harvard by half a length was the least seriously regarded of any of the three entrants...
...three eights have raced Princeton this spring. Navy dumped the Tigers by 2 1/2 lengths on the Seven River in early April. Penn edged them by half a length a week later in the Childs Cup race, and Harvard left Princeton four and a half lengths astern last Saturday on the Charles. On that basis, Nash, Ullrich and Princeton coach Pete Sparhawk have chosen the Crimson as the crew to beat...
...several respects, the circumstances surrounding tomorrow's race are similar to the situation last year. Navy, which lost to Princeton in its opener last May before winning the Adams Cup, had an uncomfortably close race with Cornell last weekend at the Goes Cup regatta at Ithaca...
Penn, going into the race unbeaten for the seventh consecutive year, is again rebuilding a boat damaged by graduation. Where the Quakers once peaked for the Adams Cup, they now tend to mature later in the season, since they must compete in two cup races between the Sprints and the IRA. Again this spring, it may be a little early for the Quakers to put it all together...