Word: sprinting
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Laying off until Thursday, the great Harvard sprint crew that met defeat at the hands of an even greater Navy outfit will begin its drive for New London and Yale late in the week...
...Tigers and the Blue looked less smooth in their style of rowing, but they put plenty behind their oars, and despite the fact that the Princeton shell checked noticeably in the long layback, it pulled away from Cornell in the crucial sprint to the line...
...second trial race Kirkland jumped into an early lead when they were nearly fouled by Eliot and staved off the last minute sprint of the Elephants to win by a bare quarter of a length, with Winthrop three lengths back...
However, Navy has one of the best sprint crews in the East and the heavy Cornell boat has improved during this last week. That smoothness and coordination which makes for a winning boat is being developed. The Big Red will be winner some time this season, but at present it looks as if this Saturday wasn't quite going to be the occasion...
...case the Plympton Street oarsmen were hitting smoothly downstream when, passing under the Cottage Farm Bridge, the coxwain noticed a small gear rising into the boat under the number four man. Whereupon short and a handy float were headed for and, in a hot sprint, reached just before submersion...