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...Tiger crew is a big boat, averaging over 185 pounds and stroked by a 195 pound, six foot 4 inch sophomore named John Detzens. He is one of three sophomores who will row with one junior and four seniors. Princeton coach Dutch Schoch has made no changes in his lineup since the opening Navy race and plans none for this afternoon's regatta...
Long-range weather forecasters predict partly cloudy skies, moderate northeast winds, and temperatures around 55 degrees. The afternoon's tour de force covers a mile and three-quarters upstream from the Longfellow bridge to the M.I.T. boathouse. The first race between the Crimson and M.I.T. 150-pound freshman crews begins at 3 P.M. and the next five are scheduled to follow at half-hour intervals...
With a new and lighter shell and four new faces Coach Lee Rouner's varsity 150-pound crew gets the nod over M.I.T. in this afternoon's race at 4 P.M. A new rule upping the maximum weight limit to 160 pounds and raising the crew average from 150 to 155 pounds has brought Rouner several ex-heavy oarsmen...
Rouner, a former varsity oar, is particularly encouraged by his new, lighter, aluminum-rigged shell which came as a gift from the Friends of Harvard Rowing two weeks ago. This is its first race and is named the Bert Haines, in honor of the former 150-pound coach...
...member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies casually inquired of Premier Mario Scelba if he "intends to ask the U.S. Government for an act of clemency" in behalf of the pixilated U.S. poet, Ezra (Pisan Cantos) Pound, 68. After more than 30 years as an expatriate. Pound began spouting the Fascist line for Mussolini in World War II broadcasts from Rome and Milan. But it was hard to define just what might constitute "clemency" for Pound. In 1945 he escaped trial for treason because he was adjudged insane, and has since whiled away his declining years translating Confucius...