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There was the 1952 race, for instance. It was the fourth year that Louie McCagg had stroked a Harvard crew in the race, and never, going into the race, had he lost to Yale. As a matter of fact, before people saw Navy's crew that year they had plugged the Crimson as the shell to beat for the Olympics. The Yale crew hadn't won a race all year. And Ell coach Jim Rathschmidt had juggled his boating right...
...weeks ago, but last week rowed an unsuccessful race against Navy; the Olympic champion Middles beat Princeton by four lengths. At the same time the Crimson won its opener by a length over a surprising Rutgers crew, in 9:43.6. Last year's varsity shell, stroked by Lou McCagg, defeated Princeton at Lake Carnegie, covering the mile and three quarters distance...
...Love's first crew was sophomore Needy Blias filling Lou McCagg's seat at stroke. Bliss rowed number two on last season's freshmen. Senior John Atherton, 1952's varsity number three-man, is at seven, with Bob Monks at six. Dick Carroll, last year's freshman 200-pound five-man, is in the same seat on this year's varsity, and senior Lee Rounder has shifted from the 1952 varsity six car to number four this season. sophomore Chic Halle is a three, Captain Phil DuBois is in his regular number two position, while Frank Huntington, another senior...
...stroke Lou McCagg and seven-man George Gifford, both of whom have graduated, Love has substituted sophomore Noddy Bliss and senior John Atherton. Three sophomores will row with the varsity. Bliss, Dick Darrell, who was five man on last year's Yardling crew and is at five this year, and Chris Hall, at number three...
...years ago, McCagg stroked the Crimson against Cambridge in a losing battle. This year, pulling a strong sixth oar for his former opponents, he was credited by many British writers with providing the difference between the competing crews...