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...Brown heavyweight crew entered the water of the Charles that Saturday morning something just short of invincible. The Bears hadn't lost a dual race in three seasons and were the defending champions of the Eastern Sprints, National Championships and the Henley Regatta in England...
...heavyweights, meanwhile, did not have such a successful year. The dual meet season began well, with a win over Brown (thanks, however, to errors on the Bears' part), but fizzled as Harvard lost to Princeton and Penn, finished fifth at Sprints and fourth at the IRA Regatta...
...only meet left now was the IRA Regatta for the National Title, which Harvard won in four fine fashion. The Crimson whipped its foes, crossing the line 1.7 seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The Harvard lights may not have been expected to do much, but they did anyway...
...that would be the high point of the year. Harvard then lost to Princeton--for the first time in over 10 years--and Navy. A two-second topping of Northeastern evened Harvard's dual meet record at 2-2 again with Sprints and the Regatta upcoming...
However, those which were so awesome for the light eight were nightmares for the heavies. Harvard finished fifth in Sprints and fourth in the Regatta, with Princeton and Brown winning the meets, respectively. That's not supposed to happen to Harvard heavyweight crew...