Word: tigers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eastern racing circles, while Tech although beaten last Saturday by Harvard over the same course, has been strengthened by the return of its stroke, Guy Haines, son of the Tech coach. The Crimson has lost John Paul Austin, the number two man, from the lineup which rowed the Tiger, but Oliver Scott, who has been filling his place capably, is expected to prove a substitute in name only...
...Varsity eight gave the Tiger crew, hailed as a speedy bunch of watermen after their spectacular victory over the Pennacs, all it could handle in the mile and three quarters race while the Jayvees and Freshmen put up sterling performances on the same course to blank both Tech and Princeton...
After the Jayvee race in which the Tiger seconds, who were thought to be almost as good as their Varsity mates, had been defeated by two and a half lengths, sudden hope for the Compton Cup ran high. This was accentuated since a comparison of the times showed that the Crimson yearlings had one 3 2-5 seconds better than the Nassau second Varsity...
...Varsity race Captain Sam Drury's eight is not expected to retrieve the Compton Cup from the Tiger shell which two weeks ago beat the Penn A. C. But the Crimson is rated as favorite over the Tech eight since Guy Haines, the lightweight stroke, is lost to the Engineers and it is doubtful if they will display the coordination and skill which they showed last week...
...Crimson Jayvee shell, stroked by Bobbie Cutler, has had a lot of experimenting done in the seatings this week and will not have an easy time with the Tiger Seconds. Princeton has found its Jayvees as good as its Varsity several times during the past two weeks and Coach Sikes has had a hard job choosing the best and second-best eight. As in the Varsity contest odds put the Engineers in third place...