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Bolles added that a 12-boat regatta, largest over held in the five-year history of the sprint championship race, also presented starting difficulties. "A slight difference in the starting of so short a sprint (2000 meters) could appreciably affect the race's outcome," he said...
...With true Korean courtesy, he announced that he was disappointed because Korean Champion Yun, who placed third, was not able to win. Yun, suffering from leg cramps and a pre-race injury, had barely caught John Lafferty of Jersey City with a closing 100-yd. sprint to make the Korean sweep complete...
...McCagg stroked the Crimson shell at a 31 beat for most of the race, which was according to custom, but in the final sprint found himself compelled to take it up to 37 and then 40, a greater effort than was necessary in all but the Yale race last year...
During the beginning of the sprint, M.I.T. appeared to be able to hold its infinitesimal advantage and wrest the Compton Cup from the Crimson. Harvard caught up and the race reached that sort of situation in which the crew that is stroking as it gets to the finish line is the winner. That crew was Harvard. The winning time was 9:08. M.I.T. recorded 9:08.2, Princeton 9:32.6, and Rutgers, distinctly out of the race...
...race, Princeton grabbed a slight lead and settled into a 38 beat which was sufficient to hold off the Crimson's spurt in the sprint. This week, the J.V. times were substantially below the varsity's as against the season's first race when poor conditions slowed down the first boat. Princeton finished in 9:21.2, Harvard in 9:25.4, M.I.T. in 9:41.6, and Rutgers...