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...that first spring in 1951 had tough luck at the intercollegiate rowing regatta: they capsized at the starting line. Since then, that same crew, still almost intact, has shown its wake to the best crews, become the Olympic champions of 1952. On the Potomac last week, in the Eastern Sprint Regatta championship at the Olympic distance of 2,000 meters, Navy aimed at a record unparalleled in rowing history: 25 straight victories...
Princeton's freshman eight finished more than two lengths back in the finals as the Yardling won in 7:41.4. The Crimson shell was never headed and did not even sprint at the finish, closing with an easy...
Over the mile and five-sixteenths Henley course they sorely pressed the Middie eight but lacked Navy's powerful sprint over the final quarter mile. Penn finished a length off the pace and Harvard trailed a length and a half back. The times were...
...half-way marker the oarsmen from Annapolis had overtaken the early Penn lead and were a few feet ahead. The two crews kept this order, with the Crimson stroking at 34, less than a third of a length off the pace going into the half-mile sprint...
...Crimson at the half-way point. The varsity began its usual victory spring just past the mile marker at Smith House, where Tech stroke Valdemar Skov raised the M.I.T. stroke slightly. The Crimson pulled to within three-quarters of a length at the beginning of the final sprint as stroke Eric Oddliefson pushed the count to 37, then 39, and finally up to 41 at the finish...