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...quite clear what the I. R. A. committee is trying to do," says one lightweight oarsmen. "They want to force the heavies to give up the Yale race and come to Syracuse to decide that national title. If Harvard doesn't, they'll crown Penn champion and publicize the fact. They're trying to get at Harvard's pride...
...Harvard's refusal to accommodate those who would crown a titlist as much as it is the Crimson's attitude towards the sport that baffles its critics. The reason that the Harvard oarsmen gave this year for racing Yale is the same one their predecessors gave in 1965, when the Crimson was allowed to have its will without much protest. It is the aura of tradition which surrounds the race, as well as the intriguing idea of a four-mile test of strength, that makes the Yale race so much more attractive to Harvard, and despite the fact that...
Evan's approach, which is shared by the vast majority of Harvard oarsmen, goes a long way in explaining why the Crimson decided not to go to Henley this summer for a match race with Penn, and why it refused to race Western Sprint champion UCLA this month, even though the Bruins were willing to come to Cambridge for the race after passing...
...took over head coaching duties from Burk this year at Penn, Parker shuns the gungho, Storm Trooper approach that has been a trademark of the Quaker program since Nash's arrival. He is the master tactician, never panicking, highly analytic-and thus inspires the highest confidence in his oarsmen, win a race, there's no question about it," says senior Charlie Hamlin. "His stress on style and conditioning as well as the calm, rational attitude he takes has convinced us that if we row our best race we'll be sure, or almost sure...
...than winning. In fact, when his seven-man hurt his hand so severely before the Stein Cup race last April that he was a questionable starter, Parker allegedly told his crew that he would seriously consider forfeiting the regatta, one the Crimson was sure to win easily, if the oarsmen could not compete. He was that concerned about the shell staying together as a unit...