Word: weekends
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...Next weekend the lights face Navy on the Charles in what should be another tough race. Princeton has beaten Navy but the Tigers have also outstroked Rutgers, which set back Harvard by 6.6 seconds last weekend...
...second swamping at the blades of Rutgers on the Harlem River last weekend signalled the week of searching and seat-racing which ended with three changes, including the stroke, from the eight that struggled last Saturday. Jeff Cooley, the J.V. stroke last weekend, has switched seats with former varsity front-man Kevin Cunningham and at three and four, Randy Vagelos and Jeff Brown have moved up to oust, at least momentarily, Pasha Lakdhir and Karl Forsguard...
Despite the changes, Higginson seemed far from optimistic yesterday. "MIT's all right, they beat Yale last weekend, and if Dartmouth is as strong as last year we're in trouble. We could be third or first. We are stronger than last weekend plus we've had more time in the water. We have some extra speed which we'd certainly need to beat anybody...
...didn't seem ready to use the ice-free Charles as soon as possible after the winter. "Last month Harry Parker went out and beat the ice into submission with his launch for three days, four hours a day. Then Harry had the heavyweights rowing three times on the weekend and seat-racing by Monday. We, on the other hand, didn't row on the water during the weekend and John didn't have his launch ready and out on the water until Wednesday. We could have taken advantage of the water more quickly...
Harvard is currently tied for first in the Eastern League with a 2-0 record (last season's co-champion Cornell is 3-0), by virtue of last Saturday's twinbill sweep of Dartmouth. Two, or preferably three wins this weekend could put the Crimson in strong bargaining position by the time the home stretch of the 14-game league season comes around...