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Harvard's lightweight crew, frustrated in the opening round last year, has attacked the Henley Regatta with a vengence this week. It attacked it on Saturday, when the Crimson dumped Cambridge University by a half-length, breaking the record on the quarter-mile practice course. It attacked it on Sunday, during a practice run, when Harvard shattered the half-mile record, set by Leander Boat Club last summer, by over four seconds...
...Scottish Argonauts, while considered a strong crew in England, can't match the caliber of Eastern college competition which the Crimson defeated so easily this year. American crews have traditionally cleaned up English eights during Henley's earl rounds, and it is quite probable that the other two American entries, the Penn freshman heavies and M.I.T. varsity lights, would have 'rounced the Argonauts by well over a length...
...virus stays away, and Harvard can regain the form with which it attacked the Henley regatta earlier in the week, it will be difficult to keep them from the championship...
...could very well go in as the favorite," says tow-man Dave Tyler, "just on the basis of faster times. But the Henley distance (1 3/4 miles) is a half-mile longer than the 2,000 meter course we row in America, and the heavier boats might have a stamina advantage over the fiinal stretch...
...narrow Henley course allows only two crews to race at a time, and the loser is eliminated without benefit of a repecharge. Blind draws take the place of seedings, and if Harvard happens to draw Penn early they could be in trouble...