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Gladstone, since coming from Princeton five years ago, has not lost a regular season race since he took over, and his boats have won five consecutive Eastern Sprint titles. While he doesn't get the publicity that Parker does, Gladstone has built an empire Here at Harvard in lightweight rowing. With Parker and Gladstone in charge, Harvard unquestionably has the best crew program in the East. With such a tradition, it is no accident that eight of the 14 men who make up this year's U.S. Olympic entry are one-time Harvard oarsmen...
...side, four empty radar eyes. These "radar support rings," as they are called, are 30 ft. in diameter, and will be able to track hundreds of incoming warheads from several hundred miles out. At their direction, the MSR will launch both long-range missiles and fast little Sprint missiles, which have a range of 25 miles and can climb to 50,000 ft. in two heartbeats. There is a "farm" of 30 Spartans just to the west of the MSR. Scattered round are smaller farms containing 68 Sprints. "They are just tin cans in the ground," explained an official...
...developed by Herbert Jenks, a fiber-glass expert from Carson City, Nev. Seagren's pole weighs only 6 Ibs. instead of the standard 61 Ibs. and has a thinner than usual cross section, which allows for a better grip. That enabled Seagren to hold the pole higher and sprint faster on his takeoff. With the combination of his new pole and tough competition, Seagren predicts, "I think we'll see 19 ft. this year...
...engineroom from nearly every major college eight, with the exception of Brown. Navy's Chuck Munns, Dave Murray and John Kiser, who rowed in last year's Eastern championship boat, will be there, as will Calvin Coffey, Bill Backman and Pete Karassik from the Northeastern boat that won the Sprint title a month ago. The majority of the Washington varsity that roared through an unbeaten Spring only to fall meekly at the IRA finals has been invited, as well...
Mather pressed Kirkland during the body of the race with several power sets, but the Kirkland boat maintained and then increased the half-length lead it had won at the gun. Mather's final challenge in the last 300 meters was answered by an impressive Kirkland sprint that insured the victory...