Lightweights Down MIT, Dartmouth To Win 6th Straight Biglin Bowl

The Crimson lightweights captured their sixth straight Biglin Bowl on the Charles Saturday, but they needed a furious stretch surge to hold off the M.I.T. eight they had beaten soundly two weeks ago. The Crimson has now captured the Biglin Bowl in every race but one since its inauguration in 1955, losing the triangular competition only to M.I.T. in the first race held.

The varsity, using the same lineup that lost to Navy last week, sprinted home a scant deck length ahead of the Engineers after leading by half a length with three-quarters of a mile remaining. The Crimson covered the Henley distance in 6:57.4 despite a troublesome cross-wind.

Both crews rowed the body of the race at a cadence of 33, but stroke Tony Goodman had the Crimson up to 39 at the flag to stave off the Engineers bid. Tech was clocked in 6:57.7, and Dartmouth, never in contention, finished four lengths behind in 7:13.3.

The J.V. boat reversed an earlier defeat at the hands of the Engineers, winning by almost two lengths in the second race of the day. The Crimson, in command all the way, had a 7:05 clocking as opposed to Tech's 7:12.1 and Dartmouth's 7:23.

In the freshman race M.I.T. opened up an early half-length lead over the Crimson and increased it to three-quarters of a length at the finish, with Dartmouth again trailing the field by four lengths. Tech's time was 7:04.2, with the Crimson closing at 7:07 and Dartmouth at 7:20.