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...dual racing record, Harvard posted its only loss in its first cup race of the season against Brown. Though the Crimson displayed greater depth by taking four of the five races against the Bears, the varsity eight’s 5.1-second loss forced Harvard to hand over the Stein Cup to Brown for just the seventh time in the 43-year history of the program. The next weekend, the varsity eight returned to its winning ways with a thrilling 0.5-second victory over Princeton on the Charles, allowing the Crimson to retain the Compton Cup for the second year...
...untrained eye might have assumed that it was Tim Murphy, not Yale’s Jack Siedlecki, who was on the verge of an undefeated season at the Yale Bowl on Nov. 17. Murphy’s steady hand had guided Harvard through the Ivy League slate unbeaten, setting up a showdown with Yale for the Ivy title with the Bulldogs’ unbeaten season on the line...
...Murphy said. “‘What we’re going to have to do is play a perfect game. We’re going to have to shut down their running game and make them play with their left hand and throw the ball...
...astonishingly young,” He said. “Our guys are strong, but you just can’t beat experience. If two people have the same erg score, but another person has raced more, then the one with more experience has the upper hand.”Unfortunately for Harvard, the youth and inexperience of the varsity squad cost the team precious dual race wins. In its first race of the season, the Crimson came in second to Cornell, the defending national champion. The Big Red took advantage of its familiarity with its turn-laden course...
...widespread Sox bandwagoning by Harvard students, which at times seemed as ubiquitous as complaints about dining hall fare. But the truth is that things were not as inhospitable as I had feared. Thankfully, attacks on my fanhood have not gone much beyond some gentle ribbing at the hands of a Massachusetts-bred roommate and general hoots and hollers after the latest Sox triumph.But that does not mean that every follower of the good guys has been so quick to hide their pinstriped heart. Fellow Yankees fan Kendall A. Kulper ’08 said she counted some dirty looks while...