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...Princeton definitely should be the better of the other two crews," Brown predicted. Although it lost to Cornell by about six feet earlier in the season, the Tiger lightweights set a course record on Lake Carnegie in Princeton last weekend. The Orange and Black was the only crew to defeat the Crimson lightweights last year, and then won the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley, England...
This year's undefeated varsity crew is "better than last year's," Brown stated. "The big question is whether they have improved sufficiently" to beat the improved Princeton boat. Both crews have rowed the identical times of 6:52 for the Henley distance this spring...
Although the Yale and Princeton Freshmen crews have both been beaten, Yale by Dartmouth and Princeton by Columbia, Coach Brown expects the Tiger shell to be much the tougher to defeat. So far the Crimson Freshmen are undefeated and their record includes a victory over Dartmouth...
Rain has already cost the varsity two probable league wins--over Princeton last Saturday and Dartmouth yesterday--and two more cancellations would be very exasperating. If this weekend's matches are not played, the Crimson will have little chance of winning the league title, especially since it will not have much practice before the Yale match Wednesday...
...other hand, much will depend on the injured leg of Eli dash star, Steve Snyder, who against Princeton last week was forced to take a standing start...