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ANNAPOLIS, MD., May 12--With a Varsity boat devoid of Seniors, Navy's crew hopes for this season and next are high, for the smooth stroking Varsity is as yet undefeated and apparently Harvard is the only obstacle between it, and an undefeated sprint season. The Adams Cup Race on May 29th will therefore be the big race for the Blue and Gold, and the Middles are beginning a three weeks' training grind in anticipation of that race...
...they watch the Columbia-Harvard crew race this afternoon, Harvard's rowing enthusiasts will also have an eye on Annapolis and a race between the Crimson's two most formidable sprint opponents...
...Cornell eight that is of unknown quality but believed to be strong will tackle the Midshipmen, who boast one of the outstanding sprint crews crews in the nation. Harvard faces Cornell a week from today and Navy on the 29th...
That race was the thriller of the Rowe Rogatta. The two boats came through the bridge and down the sprint to the finish neck and neck. Perhaps Tech was ahead by a few feel, perhaps they weren't, but fortune was with the Crimson and in the last 100 yards Tech's number seven man did a reverse feather, almost stopped his boat dead...
...Rutgers Varsity is a heavy boat, probably having the advantage over Harvard by a couple of pounds; but the remarkable power of the Crimson shell at a low stroke and their ability to sprint strongly at the finish of the race will probably leave the New Jersey boys well back in their wake...