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Rowing in the wake of the late afternoon river traffic, the two University 150-pound boats and the Sophomore class eight raced over the upstream mile course yesterday. Plans for putting the crews through their paces over the Henley distance were thwarted by a head wind which ruffled the basin and defied smooth blade-work...
UNIVERSITY 150-POUND: Princeton 7m 32 4-5s; M. I. T., 7 m. 36 2-5s; Harvard, 7m 40 3-5s. (Henley Distance...
...first 150-pound boat, racing the seconds over the Henley distance the same afternoon, led the junior crew over the finish by well over three lengths. The third lightweight eight paced the other two boats as far as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, and, rowing a consequently higher stroke, was edging the second boat at the end of the three-quarter mile course...
...Severn last Saturday the "heavy" Technology eight was decisively beaten by the Navy over the Henley course, trailing the Middies by two and one-half lengths. If this is the crew which will meet Harvard on the Charles next Saturday, as seems probable, a close contest should be expected. The Engineers showed unlooked-for power against the Navy, whose greater smoothness in rough water secured them the victory. They have furthermore the advantage of having raced once this season, while the Crimson eight has not been afforded serious competition in its occasional time-trials...
...first eight is more or less definite, it lacks the smoothness which has been characteristic of his crews in past years, and individual changes have occurred during the past week in the first two boats in an attempt to correct this fault. A time trial over the Henley distance is scheduled for next Saturday in preparation for the coming regatta...