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Kaufmann's teammates tried to add more power, struggling to regain the half-length lead they had taken off the start, but it was going to be tough. Harvard was moving, and Navy, on the far lane, was only three-quarters of a length behind. Suddenly, Kaufmann noticed that the new Pocock shell in which he was sitting was beginning to ride a little lower in the water...
Then, the unbeaten Harvard JV led Navy all the way down the 2,000-meter course to take a length victory, and a sweep was a distinct possibility. But Penn jumped the Harvard varsity at the start, leading by a half-length for a time. Then, at the midway point, the Crimson, stroked by Gene LaBarre, caught the Quakers and had begun to pass when the Penn shell filled with water...
...didn't press our advantage," Gladstone said after the race. "We got a quick half-length lead at the start but didn't take advantage of it. Navy came right back, but we weren't ready for them...
...varsity heavyweight crew defeated Penn by a half-length Saturday in the Eastern Sprints at Worcester to avenge a loss to the Quakers last weekend and to highlight a successful Harvard sports weekend...
Harvard exploded to a half-length lead over both Yale and Princeton off the starting line. And after steadily increasing its lead to one-and-one-half lengths before ?? crews reached the 1000-meter mark, the Crimson quickly put another half-length between itself and its opponents with 20 power strokes...