Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where Vassar girls nibble oatmeal crackers in the restaurant in which the Smith Brothers boiled their first coughdrops, has one great day of sport each year. Eight of the best college crews in the U. S. were at Poughkeepsie last week preparing for it. M. I. T. and Pennsylvania were considered "dark horses," that is, feeble, until Rusty Callow's Penn boat rowed a fast time trial two days before the race. Preparing to defend their championship under a new coach named Buck Walsh, Navy's...
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