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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heavyweight varsity crew set a new course record Saturday, capping off the most successful day for Harvard crews on the Charles River in recent history. The Crimson swept all six races in the Compton and Biglin Cup regattas...
Easily defeating Princeton, Dartmouth, M.I.T. and B.U., the heavyweight varsity rowed the mile-and-three-quarters course in 8:45 flat, shaving five-tenths of a second off the previous record set by Cornell in 1952. This was the second year in a row the Crimson set a record in winning the Compton Cup, having broken the old mark on Lake Carnegie last year...
...Gallwey, at number three, picked up another straight set win, 6-3, 7-5, over Sam Hinkle. Down 1-5 in the second set, Gallwey reeled off six straight games...
Captain Ned Weld led off the victory with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Princeton's 6 ft., 4 in. Dave Brechner at first singles. Weld found Brechner's two forehands and long reach puzzling only in the first set, and once he had figured out the Tiger's game, the Crimson captain had a fairly easy time...
Fred Vinton, Jorge Lemann, Bill Wood, Pete Smith and Dick Chute rounded out the singles victories. Vinton crushed Roy Anderson, 6-3, 6-1, at number four, and Lemann, playing fifth, came back after dropping the first set to beat Don LeWin, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, in one of the afternoon's most interesting matches. Wood, at number six, ran right through "patballer" and retriever Ed Mills in the opening set, then inexplicably lost his touch and had to rally before winning...