Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heavyweight crew opens its season today on the Charles River against Syracuse, M.I.T., and B.U. amidst bright prospects; meanwhile the lightweight varsity faces Navy and M.I.T. at Annapolis in its second test...
...Heavyweight races will be on the mile and three-quarters course in the Charles River Basin, finishing just below the M.I.T. boathouse. Freshman will race at 4:45, Junior varsity at 5:15, and the varsity...
With a single line-up all week, the heavyweight varsity continued its progress. It has exhibited instances of fine power in pre-season time trials. In the Monday workout Coach Harvey Love pushed the crews through a grueling three and a half mile row at racing beat, which should have served to develop this power further. The rest of the week has been devoted to smoothing out bladework and boat balance, in order to establish a firm technical foundation upon which to apply the hoped-for power...
John A. Hodges '62, of Mower Hall and Pittsburgh, Pa., was recently elected captain of the Freshman heavyweight crew. Hodges rowed for five years at Kent School in England, and his last year he performed at third oar on the first crew. He was on the team which faced Harvard in the Henley Regatta at Henley-on-the-Thames last spring...
This may be the year the Crimson breaks Yale's run of five straight victories in the four mile race at New London. The heavyweight crew is big and deep, and has the physical potential to develop into the top boat in the country...