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...deck Stroke Drury raised the Crimson beat from 33 as soon as the wash had subsided; and Coxswain Littlefield spurred the crew by telling them that there were only ten strokes to go when there were actually twenty. Drury and his crew responded with what was the best sprint witnessed this year on the Charles; and they nosed out the Midshipmen by a bare quarter-length...
...Saturday's time trial, however, marked improvement was shown by the Varsity. The dousing was not so bad as usual, and the checking was moderate. When the sprint was called for a the Harvard Bridge, power was available for it. There should be little to hamper the progress of both crews from now on, and, if present indications are prophetic, they will make a better showing next Saturday against Navy and Penn than they did against Princeton and M.I.T. two weeks...
...Yale Varsity crew: it's first race of the season, for the Blackwell Cup: by two feet, after a sprint in the last 50 yards to overtake Penn. with Columbia third by a boat-length; on the Housatonic River, at Derby, Conn...
Nosing through the dense fog that hung over the river yesterday afternoon, Cassedy's and Duruy's Varsity crews finished a 1 3-4 mile row in 5 minutes, 16 seconds. The crews did not sprint; Coach White side kept them at a beat of 28 for the whole course. Drury's crew did not lose the lead which it had held at the start, and paddled into the dock ahead of the first crew. Whiteside has made no changes in the seatings of any of his three boats since the vacation...
...century, Ulen has nominated three fast men. B. S. Wood '33, captain of last year's team, E. P. Parker '34, and S. M. Wyman '35, will be ready to go to the starting block for this event. Parker and Wood were sprint men on last year's squad, while Wyman swam the 100-yard free style event for the Freshmen. Since last year's meet with the Yale yearlings, Wyman has worked to lower his time and he now covers the four laps in 55 3-5 seconds. If Jennings drops the backstroke to enter this event, the Harvard...