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Heavyweight crew coach Harry Parker, whose varsity squads have not lost a college race since the Sprints in 1963, sees Northeastern, Brown, and Princeton the toughest competition his oarsmen are likely to face this season...
...years ago, after the House crew had won an initial victory at Henley, the oarsmen received a telegram from the Master: "Hurra for brilliant prothetic start." Like a gracious Alfred Hitchcock, Finley plays a cameo role in every House Christmas' production. He always concludes the evening's festivities with a ritualistic invocation: Floreat domus de Eliot...
...first mile and pressure them afterward." Yale could have used more mucilage. At the end of a mile, the Bulldogs trailed by half a length; after two miles, Harvard's margin was up to three boat lengths. Rowing mostly at a steady 33 strokes per minute, the Crimson oarsmen swept to a six-length victory, clocked 19 min. 44 sec. upstream to break the 17-year-old Thames River record by a fantastic...
...boat will be composed of the same oarsmen that won the Eastern Sprints Championship last month at Worcester. But Yale Coach Jim Ratschmidt has juggled his manpower considerably since arriving at Gales Ferry, Conn., in early June; three new men have been moved into his Varsity boat. The Elis placed third in the Eastern Sprints...
Crew escaped the usual doom for senior-laden spring teams last year by having oarsmen like Paul Gunderson and Geoff Picard take the whole semester off. This year's lacrosse team, with the most seniors in seven years, was less fortunate. It was unvictorious in Ivy competition...