Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They had four new men in the boat. They couldn't beat Princeton last week. But they gave Navy's undefeated Olympic champion shell its coca race in two years, on the Seven, and they beat Penn easily...
...Junior varsity was understroked by Navy almost all the way in what became a two shell race soon after Penn broke a rigger. Navy rowed most of the way at 29, jumping the count to 32 when Crimson struck Len Wheeler moved his boat to 35. The Middle shell-which had been Coach Rusty Callow's third eight until this race-was two lengths ahead at the finish. Its time was 8:48.8, while the Crimson's was 8:56.8. The Jayvee boat included Dan Simonds at bow, Ned Bliss at two, Chis Halle at three, Bob Monks at four...
...highly-rated Princeton varsity quickly moved to an early lead and never gave water from then on. Yale lagged a length behind most of the race, keeping its stroke at a high 36. From the start, the Crimson shell stroked by Captain Dick Lincoln dropped four lengths off the pace and was unable to catch up. It crossed the finish line six seconds later than Princeton, three behind Yale...
They crossed a length in front of the Orange and Black shell, which in turn heat out Yale by a dock length...
...start of the race, Princeton pitted its undefeated record against the 1-1 records of both Yale and Harvard. The Crimson J.V. shell beat out Columbia and M.I.T. and was rated a toss-up with the Tiger eight...