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...test of the year comes for the high-riding varsity, jayvee, and freshman crows this afternoon, when 11 top rowing colleges meet on Lake Onondaga at Syracuse to battle for the sprint championship of the cast...
...Elis are also a notoriously strong short-distance crew, and despite the fact they have abandoned their pinwheel stroke they still row a high and effective beat in the sprint...
...year-old downstream record established over a slightly shorter course. Which means, in short, that the Crimson has an even more excellent crew than usual this year, a crew which must be considered the overwhelming favorite to retain the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges 2,000 meter sprint championships at Syracuse this Saturday...
...Engineers did manage to take an early lead after the opening sprint, a lead which they held over the first quarter mile before succumbing to the sheer power of the Crimson's stroke. By the time the shells reached Harvard Bridge, the Crimson had an open-water lead, and Navy and Penn were threatening Tech for second place...
...Rouner managed to keep the Crimson shell out in front all the way, but second place changed hands several times as the stroke went up to 38 nearing the finish. Penn's sprint failed, however, and the Sailors coasted in a deck-length back of Harvard and a third of a length in front of the Red and Blue...