Word: filley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While 12,000 onlookers cheered the winning Cantabs and while Crimson devotees dunked their last beercans, the Harvard rowers quietly took possession of the shell that beat them. The whole idea came from J. Oliver Filley '06, captain of the 1906 Crimson eight, who bought the shell, complete with its oars and bell system. Not even Tom Bolles knew what the varsity would do with it, but he said after the race that the crimson at least would "experiment" with its newest trophy...