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...oarsmen's lead over their rivals that they never had to sprint. Still they recorded their best time of the season for a mile and three-quarter course, 8:55.3 as against Cornell's 9:04.5. Rowing conditions were good; the water was slightly lumpy but there was no headwind...
...Pete Curran should have little trouble in the dashes. In time trials, Dave Locher of the home team won the 100 in 10.7, and Bill Harper the 220 in 23.7. Last week Schiff won the 100 in 10.6 as Curran took the 220 in 23.1, both against a strong headwind...
Rowing against a heavy headwind that churned the Basin, all three crows turned in slow times for the mile and three-quarter course. BU's winning time, 10:26.3, was three seconds faster than the BU varsity time. The Crimson was clocked at 10:30.0, and M.I.T...
...Crimson ruggers were the only ones with any scoring punch, although a strong headwind in the second half enabled M.I.T. to bottle them up with long kicks. Hol French, Adams, and Butler were the stars of the game for Harvard with Lew Travis excelling in the scrums...
...varsity's race was about as tough physically as any it will row until the four-mile haul with Yale in June. Not only was Tech a good competitive crew bat a strong headwind made the oarsmen put in work equivalent to that required for a two-mile sprint. In fact, the varsity labored under such poor rowing conditions that its time, 10:20.2, bad even for the beginning of the season, was higher than...