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...Bulldogs are the Eastern sprint co-champion with Pennsylvania and have gained a reputation for being a quick-starting and smooth-stroking shell over a short distance. But Eli coach Jim Rathschmidt may have trouble converting this ability to Yale's advantage over the strength-sapping four-mile route...
...weak. He runs only with difficulty, and he cannot even walk very far without agonizing cramps. But Van Looy's massive, muscle-knotted legs can power a lightweight (17 Ibs.) aluminum racing bike at a speed of 30 m.p.h. for hours on end (40 m.p.h. in a sprint), and on the anything-goes racing circuit, nobody can match his stamina, his audacity, or the intensity of his preparations for victory...
...mongoose studies cobras, searching for signs of injuries that may slow them down or force them to change their regular pattern of racing. He memorizes every course, locating trouble spots where accidents or traffic jams are likely to occur, picking his spots for passing and for his final sprint. Like most top racers, he employs a flying squad of domestiques, whose job is not to win themselves but to harry opponents, ride in front to break the wind, trade bikes if Van Looy's breaks down, and ensure that he has clear sailing for his sprint to the finish...
Coach Larry Coolidge's varsity light-weights were never in serious contention for the Wright Cup. Cornell led most of the way, while Navy crept up at the end and MIT made a fantastic sprint to catch the Big Red for a dead beat. The Crimson had been seeded first and was aiming for its fifth straight title...
...were top seeded and undefeated for the races, then staved of a strong Cornell sprint to win by a second. The freshman heavies, under the coaching of Harry Parker, meanwhile took second place in their finals, a full length behind Cornell...