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...Before the regatta we were worried because the races were held in the Naval Academy's 14,foot Skipjack Class sloops," coach Mike Horn said. "Not all of the girls had experience with this type of rig, and we were afraid they might have some trouble adjusting...
...Captain's Cup held last Saturday at Jackson College, Radcliffe led going into the last race, but lost the regatta to perennial rival M.I.T...
...furor over Harvard's I. R. A. boycott is fairly recent, actually. As late as 1965, when Harvard's dominance was unquestionable, Sports Illustrated considered the Syracuse regatta little more than a runner up event, and that year, after Navy had upset the field there, the magazine ran a banner headline over its story that read-CHAMPIONSHIPS MINUS THE CHAMP. The cover showed a montage of coach Harry Parker and "The World's Best Crew," and inside, Whall was saying, "When Harvard shows up competition seems to vanish." Later than a month later, however, the Vesper Boat Club defeated...
...cycle repeated itself again last month when Penn whipped Harvard on the Charles in the Adams Cup regatta, only to lose at Worcester the following weekend. And since the Crimson has decided neither to race at the I. R. A. nor follow Penn to Henley in July, the issue will still be open...
...Parker places a higher value upon rowing one's best, rather than winning. In fact, when his seven-man hurt his hand so severely before the Stein Cup race last April that he was a questionable starter, Parker allegedly told his crew that he would seriously consider forfeiting the regatta, one the Crimson was sure to win easily, if the oarsmen could not compete. He was that concerned about the shell staying together as a unit...