Word: parkers
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...crew Coach Harry Parker it, "bordering on the unbelievable." Parker's heavyweight eight went down to Princeton Saturday and M.I.T. and the Tigers by more seven lengths. In the process, they 20.8 seconds off the existing Princeton record for the 1 3/4 mile distance. It was the second record in two weeks (and two races) that the Crimson heavies have not only broken, but thoroughly obliterated...
According to Parker, the eight--seven are back from last year's boat, the best collegiate crew in the nation--is rowing better than it ever has. And they should have no problem in adjusting to the shorter 2000 meter distance for the all important Eastern Sprints in two weeks...
...Essentially what they've been doing is rowing at a 2000 meter pace over the mile 1 3/4 course," Parker said last night...
...heavyweight race, Harvard took advantage of a stiff tall wind as only an expert crew can. Parker explained last night that under such conditions, choppy waters and the very speed of the boat make it essential that a crew be able to get its cars in and out of the water swiftly and smoothly. A crew that cannot loses its momentum. But the Harvard crew rowed with precision, and finished in an incredible 8:15. The old record of 8:35.8 had stood since...
Coach Harry Parker was surprised and obviously very pleased. "Our goal for this course was to get under 8:40 sometime during the season," he said afterwards. Conditions for the race were almost perfect, he said. A stiff breeze blow across the boats' port side, but Parker wasn't sure that it was astern enough to account for the fast time...