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...June 12, 1922.--High wind especially in the afternoon prevented any hard work-out here today except under the shelter of the west bank on the upper mile of the course, where the water was not quite so rough. The feature of the day was a three quarter mile sprint in the afternoon in which the second eight barely nosed out the first University crew by the margin of a quarter of a length...
Though out raced at the start and trailing over the greater part of the Basin course, the University junior eight, by means of a timely and effective sprint in the last few hundred yards, nosed out Crew A for first honors, Saturday afternoon in the most sensational practice brush seen on the Charles this season...
...Yard Dash Only Sprint Event...
...yard dash was the only sprint event held today. The first heat was won by C. H. Wansker '23 but Coach Bingham allowed his best sprinter to go in without taking part in the final heat. C. B. L. Evans '22 and E. H. Hovey '22 won second and third places respectively in this heat while J. D. Chase '22, Vinton Chapin '23 and W. H. Churchill '23 finished in that order in the second heat. C. D. Bent '24 won the third preliminary, but failed to place in either of the final dashes. In one of these Chapin crossed...
...spite of a strong wind which made the surface of the basin rough and choppy Coach Bert Haines yesterday afternoon took several of his Freshman eights down the river for a short spin, alternating periods of easy paddling with stretches of sprint stoke and laying special emphasis on racing starts...