Word: crews
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew lost its lead to Syracuse some 200 strokes from the finish line, then came on with a late burst to win by a scant 4 ft. in the 2,000-meter-sprint regatta of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N.J. A length behind the leaders, Yale finished third-its first rowing defeat since...
...Raytheon's scientists concluded that a sky station will have to leave the earth under ordinary chemical power and buzz its way up to the spot where the power beams come to a focus. Then its microwave-fueled engine will take over. Test prototypes will carry a human crew, but later models will be automatic. Once they have been maneuvered into the focal spot, they will be kept there by electronic devices which sense when they are beginning to drift out of it. If the supporting beam fails, the station will drift down gently, supported by the autorotation...
Yesterday the heavies cleared the last obstacle other than that of finances when all the oarsmen announced they could go. The Friends of Harvard Rowing have already agreed to furnish a substantial share of the approximately $9,000 needed for each crew. The only question remaining is whether the oarsmen and their families can provide sufficient funds...
...University title, in his first year of singles competition. He rowed in a freshman eight last year before injuring his back just before the Yale meet. He went against the Bulldogs in spite of the injury, but early this spring he again incurred back trouble and had to drop crew...
...field events crew fared slightly better. DeKiewiet won again in the high jump, Jim Doty triumphed in the hammer, and Carl Pescosolido took the javelin. Blodgett got over 13 ft., 4 in. to win the pole vault. Yale's final margin was a decisive...