Word: techs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their first three races, the Crimson lightweights relied upon big men, whose power was counted upon to offset any deficiencies in their rowing techniques. As a consequence, they have had to come from behind in every race. The first time out, against Tech, their late spurt succeeded; but they have had two successive defeats as a result of too high an early stroke and too late a spurt...
...varsity will row in the second heat Saturday, at 11:10 a.m. Opposing crews in this heat are Yale, Navy, B.U. and Columbia. Other crews entered include Princeton, Tech, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Cornell, and Syracuse. The first two crews in each heat wil row against each other in the afternoon for the championship...
...weather was bad for the varsity race, but worse for the first two events, as the freshman and jayvee eights both took their third straight. The Yardling time was 7:09.9, a full two length finish over second-place Tech, and five seconds better than the winning Jayvee time. Yale was three behind, and Princeton barely finished, another five lengths back...
Rowing at a steady 32, the Engineers under-stroked both Princeton and the Crimson at the half-way point. The varsity began its usual victory spring just past the mile marker at Smith House, where Tech stroke Valdemar Skov raised the M.I.T. stroke slightly. The Crimson pulled to within three-quarters of a length at the beginning of the final sprint as stroke Eric Oddliefson pushed the count to 37, then 39, and finally up to 41 at the finish...
...Tech Pulls Away...