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...Hugh. When it comes to crew the word in the East it comes to the crimson boasts the most impressive record in the East over the last few years, despite the fat that the heavyweights were upset by an upstart Northeastern squad ion last Spring's Eastern Sprint Regatta. The lightweights haven't lost a race in five years, and despite the fact that Steve Gladstone has departed to take over the coaching reins at Berkeley, they look strong. And Harry Parker must be doing something right with his heavyweights when the 14 man U.S. Olympic team boasts eight Harvard...
...gamble, to be sure, and if the U. S. entry doesn't win a medal at Munich there will be criticism of this new concept and of Parker's selection of oarsmen. The first test will come later this month, when the crew goes to Lucerne. Switzerland for a regatta that will include some of Europe's best eights. A victory there could presage a medal at Munich, and vindication for Parker. Harvard's alumni Olympians and a novel concept in American rowing
...regatta Fall and Spring season, the 'Cliffe, coached by Mike Horn, nabbed eight firsts, five seconds, five thirds, one fourth and one fifth. Co-captained by Barbie Grant and Janice Stroud, the team beat 111 opponents while losing to only 21 in this year's multi-college regattas...
That's why the observation train was discontinued at New London. That's why they'll be giving away the Regatta program a week from Saturday. The same interest isn't there anymore, even among alumni. How many Yalies want to watch their varsity boat get hit with a wet mop nine straight times? How many Harvard graduates are sadistic enough to pay $9 a shot to watch it, either? Not enough, obviously...
...April 29 Harvard turned back third-seeded Navy by two-and-a-half lengths in the Haines Cup race. Navy had been considered one of the top teams in the East prior to the Haines race on the basis of a strong showing in the Head of the Charles Regatta last Fall...