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...Parker's heavyweight crew made a mockery of the 100th running of the Sexton Cup on the Thames River with a crushing 3 1/2-length victory over Yale in New London on June 10th. The victory salvaged a rocky campaign for the Harvard heavies and revenged the Crimson's Eastern Sprint loss to the Bulldogs last...
...varsity victory and the second varsity's 12th consecutive sprint triumph added up to give Harvard a six-point edge in the battle for the Jope Cup given to the best all-around lightweight squad...
...that point in the race Harvard left the trailing pack but that was not close enough. A strong sprint still left the Crimson three-quarters of a length behind at the line. Yale had won by 2.9 seconds...
That's where Cunningham proved once again that the Harvard man isn't just another pretty face. The four-year yet stroke yelled for the stretch-drive spring earlier than Princeton anticipated. The Tigers panicked and decided to try to match Harvard's sprint, but the gang from Jerseyland didn't have the petro left to catch the smooth-sailing Crimson squad...
Somewhere along the line, my sprint to Greater Understanding had staggered to a bloated shuffle through brunches at the Signet, lunches with deans and general counsels atop Holyoke Center, some wining at the Faculty Club and some dining on steaming Quiche Lorraine at Chez Dreyfus. I had watched with detachment the luxuriant erosion of folks who lived the good life for a living...