S-crew-y

The Harvard heavyweight oarsmen launch a crew-sade against Brown Saturday morning at 11:15 in the crewcial race for the Stein Cup.

The two teams met earlier this season at the San Diego Classic April 9, where the Crimson heavies crew-sed to victory ahead of the fifth place Bruins.

The 12 seconds that separated the two squads in California and the fact that Harvard has a-crew-ed 14 Stein cups in as many years makes the hometown boys the favorites Saturday.

The Bruins heavies, however, are no lightweights--they practically crew-cified the rest of the field on their way to capturing this year's Head of the Charles.

Earlier this year, Harvard coach Harry Parker said he did not expect the team to dominate in the Ivy League. "We're anticipating quite a number of real strong crews this spring, and I'm concerned about what we can do," he crewned.

Last year, Yale treated the hapless Harvard heavies crew-ly, grabbing the Eastern sprints for the first time since 1958. Navy also sank the Crimson, who finished a disappointing fourth in the 1978 San Diego classic.

Upon s-crew-tiny, however, the Crimson has already proven itself stronger this year than last, thanks to the return appearance of nine lettermen.

Eight of the oarsmen began their careers as uns-crew-pulous freshmen and have developed into a highly experienced and tight knot group who should help Harvard regain crew supremacy in the East.

And even if Parker's men come in second Saturday, their loss will not be half as ex-crew-tiatingly painful as these crew-d puns.