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Three University crews left last night for Philadelphia where they will row tomorrow in the American Henley on the Schuylkill. The Second and Third University crews, and the first 150-pound eight are the Crimson entrants in the Regatta tomorrow, in which 47 crews will strive for honors...
Three University crews will leave for Philadelphia tonight where they will represent the Crimson in the American Henley on the Schuylkill Saturday afternoon. In addition to the Second and Third University crews, Captain Merrill's 150-pound eight is entered in the Philadelphia Regatta, in which 47 crews will strive for honors. Coach Stevens will accompany the Second crew to Philadelphia, and leave immediately after the race...
...races in Saturday's regatta will be over the Henley distance of a mile and five-sixteenths. Although Harvard has never entered a first crew in the American Henley, the Second and Third Crimson entrants have been unusually successful in former years. On three occasions, the Second crew entered the race for first eights, and won. Recently Pennsylvania crews, especially trained for short distances, have been winning the events for college eights...
...Third University eight was picked by Coach Brown on Tuesday from the members of the class crew squad. Although it had been rowing together one day, it raced the Second crew over the Henley distance yesterday afternoon, and succeeded in holding Coach Stevens' eight to a bare quarter boat length victory. The surprising showing of the Third crew has made this eight the most formidable of the Crimson contenders Saturday in the opinion of the coaches...
Coach Spuhn has also made a shift in his 150-pound eight since its victory over Yale on May 16 at Derby. Hedburg has replaced Ogden at seat three for the race Saturday. In a time trial Tuesday, the Crimson 150-pound eight negotiated the Henley distance in seven minutes and five seconds, which is remarkably fast time. Pennsylvania won the Junior University race on May 9 in six minutes and 55 seconds, and the performance of Captain Merrill's eight in coming so close to the fast time of the strong Red and Blue shell makes this crew seem...