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...freshman crew, Coach Bill Leavitt made only one addition before going to Red Top. The new oarsman is Dean Wood, who will row at five. Although underdogs like the rest of the Crimson crews, the freshmen, encouraged by their performance against Princeton in the Compton Cup race, should give the Elis a close battle...
Freshman heavy coach Bill Leavitt had not been encouraging about his oarsmen before the start of Saturday's contest, but he must have felt otherwise after their length and a third victory. Paced by Mark Hoffman, and never led by the opposition, the Yardlings made most of this advantage during the last third of the race. Their power was evident as they put on a handsome sprint with a closing beat of 37. Times were: Harvard 10:19.7; M.I.T...
...However, Leavitt says that this could certainly be a "very good crew" if the months of practice in the fall and winter and the recent overtime work on the Charles can turn inexperience to experience in time for the season opener on April...
...first boat will rely largely on Sam Williams, who got his rowing experience at Groton. Williams will pull the number seven oar. The rest of the crew's membership had been very uncertain until quite recently, but now it appears that Leavitt has found, by a painful trial-and-error process, the right combination to row the first boat...
...Brown, coach of the 150-crew, echoed Leavitt's problems, only to a slightly greater degree. Out of 24 rowers, he has only four experienced men. He feels that this drop in rowing talent is caused mainly by the fact that fewer prep-school graduates are coming out for crew. In general, it is only the private school, according to Brown, which has the necessary facilities for developing a crew...