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Earlier this Spring oarsmen from all around Boston competed for the National Camp, which will select a crew to compete in Moscow this summer. Both Harvard and Northeastern sent crews...
...mass rises out of Princeton, N.J. It has a curious origin. It's not one of Mother Nature's little whims brought on by margarine commercials and you'll never see it on any weather map. This annual phenomenon originates in the delusions of Princeton's lightweight oarsmen, a group of pseudo-masochists who secretly harbor the belief that someday they will beat Harvard in lightweight crew...
...next thing Harvard oarsmen heard from Weinberg was, "you have six seats on them," at the 500-meter mark. Rowing continuously at 35, the Crimson kept moving away--open water at the 1000, two lengths at 500-to-go and then the sprint at a 41 to open up the four-length margin...
Rescheduling is necessary because Yale's new calendar ends the school year in early May, a full month ahead of the usual date of the crew race, this year scheduled for June 16. Yale crew officials did not want to keep their oarsmen until June, forcing a change in the traditional time and setting...
...lights are favored going into the race, but even if they do win as expected, the only fans on hand will be, in all likelihood, friends, roommates, former oarsmen, girl friends and dedicated alumni...