Word: crimsoned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Against the Crimson heavies, whose shell was optimistically named "Grand Challenge Cup 1914," the first Isis crew set out in a boat named "1869," this being the date of the only time when first university-wide crews from both institutions had previously met. Again, Isis rushed to an early lead and at the first quarter led by a narrow canvas. Never rowing below a thirty-six, Isis kept its lead until after the mile, when the Crimson's weight and power began to tell. But even the final Crimson sprint failed to shake Isis, and the race was not settled...
...verdict on English rowing the Crimson victories are inconclusive. The second Isis boat, which materialized in less than a month from men whose colleges did not send eights to Henley, lost by only three seconds to a well-integrated and highly trained crew. The first Isis boat, representing an incomplete university eight, did equally well against one of the strongest American crews ever to cross the Atlantic...
...Crimson, there was no doubt that the coaching of Love and Coolidge and the discipline and power of two fine crews combined to produce the greatest triumph in the history of Harvard rowing. All that remains is the 1960 Olympics...
...Crimson ace Jed Fitzgerald showed no signs of the leg injury that kept him from practice this week as he ran a close second to undefeated Dartmouth star Tom Larris...
...race was a discouraging study in might-have-beens for the Crimson harriers, whose depth potential showed through even in defeat. Mark Mullin placed fourth just behind Nick Jennison of Dartmouth, with the next Harvard runners, Perry, Hildreth, Baldwin, Slansky, and Benjamin finishing in seventh to eleventh positions. Hallagan and Tompkins of Dartmouth provided the Green with its margin of victory by running fifth and sixth...