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...second year in a row, the Princeton lightweights won the Eastern title and will therefore be the United States' representative at the Henley Regatta. Their margin of victory on Saturday at the Sprints was a scant two seats over an onrushing Crimson boat...
...trip to England is the prize for the winner of the lightweight race, since the winner of the Sprints is almost always chosen to represent the United States in the Henley regatta. Princeton is rated the favorite in this race, but it has attained this position only by its fractional win over the Crimson. The two boats are very even and should provide one of the most exciting races...
...winner of this race is usually regarded as the logical favorite to go to the Henley regatta in July, depending on the result of the sprints next week. Princeton, last year's winner of the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley, is rated a slight favorite this afternoon, but any prediction concerning such a race would be no more than pure guess work...
...postpone this race until Sunday. Crimson coach Joe Brown commented on this factor: "If we have the same high winds that we have had for the past two weeks, I hope we can postpone the race, as this sort of weather often ruins a race rowed over the Henley distance...
...Crimson varsity boat, while it has not faced the same caliber of competition as has Princeton, has amassed some very impressive times in the first three weeks of the season. Against Dartmouth, this boat rowed a record breaking 6:29 for the Henley distance, but the time could not be officially recognized, as the race was not started from stakeboats. Brown's rough estimates has the Crimson a bare two seconds behind the Tigers on the basis of comparative times...