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...heavies meet Penn and Navy, as well as the Naval Academy's 1952 Olympic champion "Admirals," on the Severn for the Adams Cup. At Princeton's Lake Carnegie, the 150-pound crews will race Yale and Princeton for the Goldthwait...
Thin shadow's slanted across the late afternoon, streaking the slate-grey waters of the Severn. On the Annapolis shore, spectators took a long second look at the river. Was the haze-dimmed sun playing tricks, or was that an extra shell rowing out to the starting line for the annual Navy-Princeton varsity crew race? To sharp eyes, five interlocked circles, the Olympic insigne. stenciled on the shell's bow. explained the interloper's presence. The "Admirals." Navy's 1952 champions, were back in competition, tuning up to try for a second Olympic title...
Weighted for Hope. When they pulled away from the stake boats on the Severn for their first competitive trial last week, for a few breathtaking moments the Admirals seemed to have found their old skill. Swinging into a high, 45-beat stroke, they slid into an early lead. But stamina was lacking; over the long pull, their wind was not equal to the job. They gasped through their finishing sprint, unable to stay with Princeton's well-conditioned undergraduates. They finished second by three lengths, but well ahead of Navy's own varsity. Coach Callow was far from...
...reign of Marie Winn '58. The contestants include Anne Baker of Whitman Hall and New Canaan, Conn., Elizabeth Bulkely Borden of Briggs Hall and Concord, Mass., Elizabeth Holland Carleton of Holmes Hall and New Canaan, Conn., Cynthia Stuart Carmichael of Cabot Hall and Perryburg, Ohio, and Mary Lou Severn of Moors Hall and Norwick, Conn. The judges also picked another finalist, Mary Louise Nunes of Moors Hall and East Providence, R.I., who is unable to attend the final selection this evening...
...thin-sided racing shells in the boathouse longer than Coach Harrison Sanford would have liked; it takes a long and tedious spring to work a crew into shape for the long and tedious sweep-swinging season. So the Big Red got off to a slow start. On the Severn in April, they lost to Navy; on the Potomac in May, and even on the home waters of Lake Cayuga four weeks later, Cornell's varsity eight came home second, behind the powerful Quakers from the University of Pennsylvania...