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Harvard Heavyweights vs. Navy on the Severn; Annapolis...
Peter Raymond's stronger-every-day charges barely needed to exert themselves en route to a convincing sweep over Navy on the Severn River in Annapolis, Md. But after the Crimson oarsmen had departed, Haines Cup in tow, the return trek to Cambridge presented all the challenges the travellers could have wished for on an overcast weekend...
...prime difference between the way things are done at the Point and the way they are done on the Severn is that the Naval Academy system is somewhat more realistic in terms of human behavior. You are expected to conform to the Naval Academy's standards for behavior and its regulations. If you are caught committing a breach of conduct or an "offense," you are punished and pay the price. At West Point, the system, in addition to having the built-in potential for abuse also has the built-in mechanism for self-destruction pointed out in your article...
Instead, Harvard found a new entree of crabs popping out of the choppy water of the Severn River and grabbing onto its blades. In the end, however, the varsity eight prevailed, rowing home with the Adams Cup and maintaining its "tops in the East" status as it goes into next week's Eastern Sprints...
...meter mark, which allowed Penn to creep back to within a half seat of the Crimson. But the boat regrouped, and quickly retook command of the situation. Twenty strokes later, Bixby's oar decided that once was not enough, as it dove back in the traditionally horrendous Severn for a second helping--this time, a boat-stopping crab...