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...pain, his shoulder torn apart. The brothers thought it was just a bruise and hoisted him up. He asked to have his blindfold removed and for a postponement of his initiation. He left the house quickly, pushing aside brothers as he went. It was a quick sprint to University Hospital...
...much for a man's patience, really. Ultimately, Boston University decided to substitute "betting" shirts for the more expensive racing tops, but coach Carl Ullrich went to the Naval Academy anyway, after his Terriers had a miserable season and failed to qualify for the Eastern Sprint finals...
...hasn't always been this way, of course. After "The Admirals" won three consecutive Adams Cup and Eastern Sprint championships, plus a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics, Navy experienced some relatively lean years. Except for an inspired 1961 group, the Midshipmen hadn't won either title again until last May, and sometimes fell so far behind in Adams Cup races that a man needed binoculars to find them...
Well, those days may be over down at the Severn River. After one year at Annapolis. Ullrich fashioned a Plebe eight that captured the Sprint freshman championship in 1970. From it, he built a comparatively light varsity that snuck past Harvard and Penn last spring, then rebounded from a defeat in the morning trials at Lake Quinsigamond to win the Spring title, breaking a seven-year Harvard monopoly...
Four of those original freshmen. Munns, Larry Doerflein. Dave Murray and John Kiser will be in the Navy shell tomorrow afternoon, along with four sophomores from the Plebe boat that won the Sprint title again last May. It's an effective combination, though Ullrich changes it a little every week...