The three crews offer an interesting study in different syles, techniques, and approaches to rowing.

At Navy, Ullrich stresses hard work as the only factor in the Middies' victories. "We use no foreign equipment, no gimmicks, no fancy stuff," Ullrich said. "I wish everyone rowed that way, then it'd be men against men--like it used to be."

Navy is known as a well-conditioned, hard-driving eight with a blazing finishing sprint. It looked like the Middies picked up a little ground on the Crimson during their sprint last week, but Harvard may have cancelled the gains when it opened up its final reserve.

'I really don't know," Nash said. "I was helping my crew get their degree in snorkeling at the time and I didn't get to see the end of the race.

Penn, over the years, has been characterized as a producer of fast starting and fast finishing crews. Last week, the Quakers did indeed start very fast, but the finish will have to be snappier if Penn expects to win Saturday.

Same Lineup

Parker will be sticking with the same lineup he has used so successfully all season and the Crimson will be again attempting to grind down opponents with the consistent strength through the body and endurance which has become its trademark.

Harvard's second boat and freshman crews are rated overwhelming favorites to take their respective championships back to Newell Boathouse. Last season the JV and Yardling shells finished third and second respectively.

Harvard's crews are very good this year but the varsity is really great," Nash said. "And anyone who beats them is going to have to be awfully good or awfully lucky, and we've sort of run out of the luck aspect of the thing so we'll have to wait and see."