Word: higginson
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While yesterday's events added to the popular myth that Harvard crews cannot lose, the Harvard lights were made very aware that they are vulnerable. "Dartmouth was the better boat by four seconds," Coach John Higginson said yesterday...
Unlike Columbia, "they did not lay down and die for us," Higginson said. "We were pulling them back enough to worry them, but not enough to make them pull a crab...
With most of the group that Higginson had for the last three seasons graduated, things could be looking bad. But it's not worth getting ulcers over Harvard crew...
...Higginson said that he's not worried about the ability of this year's boat--only about "putting them together properly." The varsity eight have been together less than a week so they are still a bit rusty. But the schedule has been kind, blessing the Crimson with Columbia today. The only thing in doubt about this race is the margin of victory over the 2000-meter course...
...barely more than a practice race every year," Higginson said. The aim is to beat the Lions by as much as possible and then compare margins with Princeton. Last year on the Harlem River a rock thrown from the shore put a Crimson rower out of commission just before the race, but even that could not alter Columbia's fortunes...