Word: vesper
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Sunday afternoon Harvard faces Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia--the crew which kept the Crimson out of the Olympics in 1964--and crews from New Zealand and Australia which finished first and second at the North Americans...
...Zealand and Australia will race in the tournament as guests, but the important competition will be between Harvard and Vesper who are competing for the title of U.S. Champion and the right to represent the United States at the European Championships in Vichy, France, next month...
Last July Harvard finally managed to pay Vesper back for its victory in the Olympic trials three years ago. Racing for the chance to represent the U.S. at the Pan American Games and North American Championships, Harvard trounced Vesper by the substantial margin of six seconds...
Harvard gained the U.S. position at the championships by defeating the Vesper Boat Club, Penn, and other top crews at the July 1 trials. Two years ago, it was Vesper that upset Harvard in the American Olympic Trials. But this time the Harvard team was too strong and too smooth. It won by two lengths, and moving away at the finish...
...victory over Vesper was anything but boring. It was anything but easy, too. Rowing at a beat of 50 strokes a minute, the lighter (by 7 Ibs. per man) Vesper crew sprinted into the lead at the start, stayed there until midway through the 2,000-meter race. Finally, Harvard's weight and strength began to tell. Stroking at a steady 36, the powerful Crimson boat edged alongside, fought off still another Vesper sprint, and drew out to win by 1 ½ lengths. And so back to the stadium they went, but this time they got a break-they...