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Ratzeburg, which compared to most American crews uses a slightly shorter stroke with a much faster recovery near the front end, started the race at a 47 and rowed most of the course at approximately a 38. About a quarter mile from the finish, the Penn eight, rowing at a 42, drew even with the Germans. Ratzeburg thereupon raised its stroke to a 42 or 43, and while Penn fans cheered wildly, the two boats matched stroke for stroke over the next four or five lengths...
...varsity lacrosse team slogged through snow, rain, and sleet in Hanover yesterday, but got little more than wet feet for its efforts. Dartmouth downed the Crimson 13 to 7, ending whatever hopes Harvard retained for a respectable finish in the Ivy League...
...going into the high jump, but Yale won nine points by taking second, third, and fourth places behind Princeton's John Hartnett, thus gaining a one-point advantage. To win the meet, Harvard would have had to beat Yale in the final relay, even if it did not finish first...
...Shoemaker said sadly, "but he just wasn't there." One horse was there: Chateaugay. Ranging up on the outside, Chateaugay zoomed past No Robbery as if the two were traveling in opposite directions. Then he caught Candy Spots, and at the eighth pole, scant strides from the finish, Chateaugay pulled alongside Never Bend. He hung for an instant, and Jockey Baeza went to his whip. "It meant so much," he said. "I couldn't let him do that to me." Chateaugay drew out and at the finish he was 1¼ lengths in front...
Best spot to watch the races is at the finish line, next to the MIT boathouse, but it's equally pleasant to sit anywhere along the mile and five-sixteenths course and observe the sculls and gulls glide by. The course will be busy throughout the late afternoon. The Big Three freshmen are scheduled to start at 4:50 p.m., the JV's at 5:30, and the varsity, as noted, at 6:10 p.m. Interspersed with the Big Three races will be competition between Boston University and Brown -- even these otherwise drab groups look nice on the Charles...