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...four years ago, after 23 years as crew coach for Pennsylvania, he found the wide-open waters of the Severn River and twelve boatloads of brawny oarsmen. Coach Callow made the most, of it. His freshman crew that first spring in 1951 had tough luck at the intercollegiate rowing regatta: they capsized at the starting line. Since then, that same crew, still almost intact, has shown its wake to the best crews, become the Olympic champions of 1952. On the Potomac last week, in the Eastern Sprint Regatta championship at the Olympic distance of 2,000 meters, Navy aimed...
...worrying about his alma mater, Washington, which last week whipped its top West Coast rival, California, by six lengths. Navy, now the Eastern sprint champions for the third straight year, faces two more tough tests: the Western championship (without Washington) at the end of this month, the Intercollegiate Regatta (with Washington) in June...
...Harvard crew, winner of the famous Henley Regatta in England, will take to the waters of the Charles River again this Saturday afternoon in celebration of its 40th reunion...
...varsity again meets Penn and Navy next week in the Eastern Spring Regatta at Washington. Asked if he would make any changes by then, Coach Harvey Love said, "We just can't stand pat." He did not say whether this meant switching the line-up or improving rowing technique
...Pennsylvania eight, averaging a solid 190 pounds, is stroked by former Canadian sculls champion Jack Guest and has won two major cups and set a regatta record on Lake Carnegie. It will have the advantage of rowing in home water tomorrow...