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...impresive beginning for Coach Fred Cabot, who had just hit upon his first boat combination a couple of days before the race. His JV and third boats also won handily in a very confused and lengthy afternoon which included races between M.I.T., Dartmouth and Yale and which closed with Harvard's varsity race just before nightfall...
...varsity win was not much of a surprise. Minutes earlier, Cabot's JV's had crushed Columbia by seven lengths--the biggest margin of the afternoon and a remarkable one for such a short distance. Stroke Galen Brewater's galiant sprit effort--with Columbia lengths behind and nearly out of sight--brought a roar of approval from the crowd lining the shore...
...lineup-shuffling won't mean much against Columbia; the Crimson could probably enter the JV's and have a good chance against the Lions, the league doormats last season...
After a number of boating changes early this week, Cabot came up with a varsity combination late Wednesday that has shown good speed and has a definite edge over the JV's. But with five sophomores, including an untried stroke in the first boat, inexperience will provide the big question mark...
...remaining three are recruits from last year's JV's: junior Bob Whitney at seven, senior Ed Quattlebaum at three, and junior Geoffrey Gratwick at two. Senior Ted Washburn is in his second year as coxswain. Parker plans to stay with this combination for a while...