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...Radcliffe J.V. heavies, meanwhile, topped the varsity lightweights by five and a half seconds in an interboathouse rivalry, while the Connecticut College J.V. heavies finished nine seconds astern of the lights. Rutgers brought up the rear, .1 seconds behind Conn...
After the trawler had been towed backward for about a mile, a periscope shot out of the water just astern of it. Then the submarine surfaced, black and wet, but with no identification marks whatsoever. Skipper Hamnen and his 40 crewmen reckoned that it was a Soviet sub, but tried shouting in Norwegian anyway to the seamen who began appearing on its deck. There was no response. Said Hamnen: "I guess they weren't too eager to talk with us. After all, it's pretty dumb when a modern submarine gets caught up in a fish...
...strong Wisconsin eight broke away from Radcliffe at the 1000-meter mark and moved on to win by one length, covering the 1500-meter course in 5:36. First-seeded Yale finished second, .7 seconds astern of the Badgers, while the 'Cliffe was third...
Last year, the coaches put Radcliffe second behind Yale. But the 'Cliffe crushed the Elis by two lengths, while dark-horse Wisoncsin placed second, one length astern of the 'Cliffe...
...black-shirted oarswomen tenaciously held onto fourth place through 1500 meters of the race, but UMass sprinted by at the finish, dropping the lights to fifth place. The University of Rhode Island was sixth, three lengths astern of the 'Cliffe...