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Spurred on by the brilliant early-season swimming of freshman David Lundberg, Harvard sank the Naval Academy Mid-shipmen, 72-41, at Blodgett Pool Saturday to run its dual meet record...
Next week the lightweights come home to the friendly waters of the Charles, seeking to avenge the lone blemish on a three-year winning streak which was inflicted by Navy last year. The mid-shipmen just edged out the Crimson last spring on their home course, when Harvard's seven man caught a bad crab and was thrown from the boat. Harvard will be looking for its twelfth Haines Cup in the 13-year history of the race...
...movie inspired the team's pre-meet cheer ("Go Harvard, Tora! Tora! Tora! Beat Navy") and probably inspired them to go on and bomb the Mid-shipmen...
...started ominously for Harvard when the Crimson third varsity, in the first race of the morning, lost to the Mid-shipmen 3V when the Crimson four-man suffered an over-the-headcrab at the 1200-meter point. By the time the boat recovered, Navy had pushed out to an insurmountable three-length lead...
Incredibly enough, however. Harvard managed to stay with Navy. Stroke Ned Reynolds got the Crimson moving with a 38 cadence, and for the next 800 meters Harvard was bow-to-bow with the Mid-shipmen...