Word: ullrich
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Each of the three coaches involved--Penn's Ted Nash, Navy's Carl Ullrich and Harvard's Harry Parker--would prefer not having his boat selected as the favorite, and with good reason. Only once in the last four years has the favored crew won the Cup. In fact, last May the Navy eight that edged Harvard by half a length was the least seriously regarded of any of the three entrants...
...comparative races against mutual opponents mean anything Ullrich and Nash feel they do, Parker disagreed, the Crimson will go to the stake boats a slight choice to win the race for the 19th time since...
...Navy dumped the Tigers by 2 1/2 lengths on the Seven River in early April. Penn edged them by half a length a week later in the Childs Cup race, and Harvard left Princeton four and a half lengths astern last Saturday on the Charles. On that basis, Nash, Ullrich and Princeton coach Pete Sparhawk have chosen the Crimson as the crew to beat...
...much for a man's patience, really. Ultimately, Boston University decided to substitute "betting" shirts for the more expensive racing tops, but coach Carl Ullrich went to the Naval Academy anyway, after his Terriers had a miserable season and failed to qualify for the Eastern Sprint finals...
Things haven't changed much across the river. Boston University still wears new shirts every Saturday. But down at Annapolis, Carl Ullrich has Charles (Chuck) Munns and a few of his friends rowing for him now, and the only bills he gets are from the Blue and Gold laundry. The Midshipmen tend to hang on to their shirts a little longer than most people...