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...that's correct. The Crimson oarsmen decided this morning that if Parker continues as coach, they'd just as soon sink than swim, as they indicated in a letter to the Athletic Department. The letter demanded Parker's resignation, and since it's easier to replace one coach than the defending national champion heavyweight boat, Parker was last seen floating down the Charles in a lifeboat...
Parker's troubles stemmed from his innovative seat-racing concept, by which the most qualified oarsmen are selected for the first boat. This process calls for two boats to race, and then, after one oarsman from each exchange places, the boats race again, and the times are compared...
Following that line of thought, light-weight oarsmen from East to West, and North to South might just as well place their oars into winter storage, since Harvard's lights swept away with the laurels in the lightweight eights event and regrouped to place second in the fours division behind a mixed entry stroked by Harvard senior light Lief Soderberg...
While tweeds and topsiders, lime green weaters and vibrant pink turtlenecks cruised the banks and bridges of the Charles shouting encouraging crew wittisms to the bypassing rowers, "Row rapidly Radcliffe" the coxswains and oarsmen seemingly inspired by their driving counterparts of Mem Drive put on a bumperboat steering display which would make the most seafaring gent swear off the waters for life...
Forty-one-year-old Tom Charlton, a 1956 gold medal oarsmen, feels the Head is the high point of his rowing year. "To me this is the most enjoyable of them all, and I think we'll do well again this year as long as our pacemakers hold up." ORDER OF EVENTS Estimated Start 10 a.m. Veteran Singles 10:30 Women's Fours with Coxswain 10:50 Double Sculls 11:10 Lightweight Eight (Boston Herald American Trophy) 11:25 Elite Fours with Cox (Schaefer Trophy) 11:40 Novice Singles 12:10p.m. Intermediate Fours with Cox 12:30 Women's singles...