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Parker's concern stems not so much from fraternal sympathy for Quaker coach Ted Nash as from the fact that the seeding now puts Penn in the same heat with Harvard, not the most desirable morning rival. Were the Quakers seeded either second or third, Harvard's major trial heat opponent would have been Northeastern, with Princeton, Yale and Boston University added for savage amusement. Definitely a less worrisome group...
...Crimson heavyweight crew, which was rowing a stroke lower than its Pennsylvania rivals, was gradually breaking the Penn boat seat-by-seat after 1250 meters, and Kaufmann, the Quaker bowman, wasn't buying this action...
...Penn shell, its plastic decking ripped open, was completely submerged by this time, and all that was visible were nine fairly disgusted heads. The Quaker launch quickly rescued all, and the unbeaten showdown, or at least the final 750 meters of it, was postponed until the EARC Sprint regatta next Saturday at Worcester...
...been Harvard's day from the beginning. No. 6 man Chris Nielsen put together his best match of the spring to erase Penn's Andy Finn, 6-0, 6-2, and junior Tom Loring swept Quaker Chris Sadkowski at four, 6-2, 6-3, to supply the Crimson with two quick points. From there, though, it was a little more difficult. All four other Harvard singles men had lost their first sets, and the Penn players, aware that a loss by any one of them could result in a defeat for the team, were playing with a cautious brilliance...
...year, and has attracted a fine group of freshmen. But the Lions have not done particularly well so far this spring, winning one while losing three. Their low five scores in each match have not been very impressive either, with the best being a mediocre 402, well off the Quaker and Crimson pace. Judging from their past performances, Columbia should not'be too much of a factor in today's match...