Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...London Times ran it as an obit that black July 4, 1914, when the Harvard junior varsity became the first American crew to win the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley. But the Empire survived, and so did the eight stout oarsmen, captained by a wiry Yankee who became Massachusetts Senator Leverett Sal ton stall, 72. And back to Henley they all went to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a row on the Thames and to donate a new Grand Challenge Cup to replace the leaky 125-year-old original. For Salty, it was enough just to be back, sipping champagne...
...Texan who breezed to victory in 1963 without even losing a set. Then came Frank Froehling, 22, a finalist in last summer's U.S. championships at Forest Hills. And finally there was Dennis Ralston, 21, who teamed with McKinley just last December to beat Australia for the Davis Cup...
...another crew competition 3000 miles away, Eliot House's lightweights easily disposed of the London Rowing Club Saturday to win the Thames Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta. The victory followed a cliffhanging one-third-of-a-length semifinal win over the Kingston Boat Club...
...heavyweights' defeat came as no surprise. The oarsmen from the Club Zjalghiris Viljlus, averaging 194 pounds, are favored to win the Henley Grand Challenge Cup, and may represent Russia in the Tokyo Olympics this October. The Lithuanians were timed in 5:30 for the event, equaling the record established by Cornell's heavyweight varsity six years...
Phillips Andover Academy and Groton both qualified for the quarter-finals of the Prince Elizabeth Cup for schoolboy eights. Groton won its second-round heat from Eton by three lengths, while Andover easily subdued Cheltenham College...