Word: yales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competition for light-weight crews, Columbia, winner of last year's cup is rated as the big favorite. Harvard is given the advantage over Yale in this class because of its victory over the Blue on the Charles last Saturday, but Penn and Princeton, the other two contenders; are dark, horses and may upset all the dope. The University crew is minus the services of Donough Prince '31, flashy stroke man, whose place will be taken by T. N. Perkins, Jr. '31. J.Q. Adams '31 will take the latter's seat at No. 2 and the rearranged crew will meet...
...Yale, winner in this class last year, is not expected to shine excessively but Princeton, again a dark horse, may crash through, while Penn, the only other contestant, is not conceded much of a chance against either Harvard or Princeton...
...Bingham, director of intercollegiate athletics at Harvard university, has intimated that the trend at Harvard is toward a diminution of intercollegiate competition in athletics. And he has intimated still further that the ultimate outcome of the policy would be a severance of all athletic relations except those with Yale, a traditional rival whom she has met since the middle of the previous century...
...Yale Has Better Record...
However, on the basis of past performances, Yale has the better team. Headed by Captain Brandenburg who is credited with a discus throw of 15 feet further than the best throw of T. H. Alcock '29, the Eli squad presents an imposing array of talent; Kieselhorst and Engle in the runs, Connor and O'Gorman in the weight events, and Sturdy and Pond in the pole vault, are the outstanding luminaries of the team, and have an excellent chance of hanging up some dual records in their particular events...