Word: boated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Greenwich Folly is a wise motor boat. Greenwich Folly keeps going. That was all Greenwich Folly had to do at Greenwich, Conn., to win for the second time the Gold Cup, greatest U. S. speed boat trophy...
...Speed boat racing is dangerous though not so dangerous as it used to be when there were no restrictions on the boats and speeds of 70 miles per hour were achieved. Such boats were too expensive (over $50,000 each). The committee limits Gold Cup racers to 625 inches displacement. Such boats easily make 50 miles per hour. Such boats turn over easily at 50 miles per hour. Drivers and mechanics hit the water hard and break ribs and eardrums easily. George H. Townsend, President of Boyce Motometer, broke ribs and eardrums recently in testing his Greenwich Folly. Unafraid...
...Destitution. It is about 17 miles from Delta Point, La., to Tallulah, La. In this territory Mr. Speers counted 234 houses still in water up to their roofs. A large portion of the flooded area is still half-lake, half-swamp; one can leave Tallulah only by train, by boat or by swimming. Even in places where the waters have more nearly sub sided, people find a foot of mud and slime in their houses, or sit on their porches and look out upon water-logged fields where nothing will grow. Where cotton has been planted, the farmers are faced...
Columbia took the lead at the start at Poughkeepsie, but was soon passed by California. Just before the three-mile (three-quarters) mark, Stroke Eric Lambert raised the beat in the Columbia boat, killed California in a mighty struggle. Then along came the giants from Washington, thrashing down the turgid current almightily. But the youngsters from Columbia, averaging 19 years in age, had something left-an unbelievable spurt that Washington failed to catch by three-quarters of a boat-length. It was Columbia's first victory in the intercollegiate four-mile regatta since 1914. The winning time...
...Thames last week. It was a magnificent duel. Kent had the weight advantage and youth. The Thames Club had years of experience. Stroke for stroke, the two shells raced over three-quarters of the course. Then Kent nosed ahead. Jack Beresford quickly raised the stroke in the Thames Club boat. By a quarter of a length, the Thames Club won that race; later, by wider margins, it captured the Grand Challenge...