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Yale's varsity heavyweight crew will rate the favorite in its expected battle with the Crimson, Cornell and Princeton at the Eastern Sprints in Washington Saturday as a result of weekend rowing activity.
The Crimson took the Adams Cup at Annapolis by three-quarters of a length beating Navy, Pennsylvania, and the "Admirals", 1952 Olympic champions in that order. The Elis led all the way in defeating Cornell and Princeton at Derby, Conn., to win the Carnegie Cup.
Meanwhile, the highly-rated Crimson lightweight varsity eight was nipped by about two-thirds of a length by Princeton at the Tigers' Lake Carnegie. The winning eight set a new lake record of 6:33.8 over the mile and five sixteenths Henley distance.
Along with the heavies, the Harvard junior varsity 150's brought back the only shirts to Newell in payment for their weekend pains.
In the Lake Carnegie jayvee race, Yale swiped through Princeton's gate at the three-quarter mile mark, was disqualified, and forced a restart between the Tigers and the Crimson, who were even at the time. Harvard got away fast and won going away by a length and three quarters.
The Yardling 150's lost by a length and a quarter to Princeton, and in other Annapolis heavy-weight races, the Crimson Jayvee and freshmen were both well-back in third place behind Navy and Penn
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