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...Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew lost its lead to Syracuse some 200 strokes from the finish line, then came on with a late burst to win by a scant 4 ft. in the 2,000-meter-sprint regatta of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N.J. A length behind the leaders, Yale finished third-its first rowing defeat since...
...well the lightweight crews can maintain a sprint is one unknown factor, for they fortunately have not needed one in their previous contests. They may well require a good sprint this time as Coolidge remarked that he is "not expecting an easy race...
Tiger Pete Harwood is a dangerous sprinter and 440 man, and he and Edmunds could combine to make one-half of an excellent relay team. John Chang will be another threat to the varsity's sprint power...
...none of the races was Cornell able to come up with its highly touted sprint; in fact it was usually the Crimson that showed the greatest strength in the closing stretches of a race...
...crew racing season opens this afternoon with what could prove to be the year's most exciting race on the Charles River as the lightweights face Cornell and M.I.T. Last year the Big Red put on a tremendous finishing sprint that failed by only inches from spoiling the varsity's undefeated season...