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William Reimann of the host Cambridge Boat Club upset four-time champion John McGowan of the New York A.C. in winning the grand master singles in 21:01.35. McGowan finished...
McGowan's wife, Carol, won the women's grand master singles...
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was the greatest French artist of the 17th century, the founder of his country's classical school. With him, French painting shook off its provinciality and became a European affair, mirroring the power of its grand siecle, the age of Louis XIV. After Poussin, Rome could no longer condescend to Paris. But without Rome there would have been no Poussin: Rome formed and trained him, gave him his conception of professional life, his myths, his essential subjects, his sensuality and measure -- in short, his pictorial ethos...
...play-off snapshots are of Hernandez swimming to third base and drowning a foot from shore, of Los Angeles outfielder Kirk Gibson limping out the grand home runs on a frayed leg injected with cortisone (in the spirit of the times, a steroid; "It's amazing what drugs can do," he said), or of National League president A. Bartlett Giamatti sniffing Dodger relief pitcher Jay Howell's glove for pine tar or caramel ("I felt there could be some amelioration by me," said Giamatti, sounding like Casey Stengel). But the memory is of Jefferies botching a bunt, booting a double...
...learn to hold on to the football. The past few weeks he looked like he was carrying around a greased watermelon. Hold on, Tony. Hinz has rushed 420 yards in five games this year. Silas Myers moved into second on the rushing list last week. Myers has a grand total of 68 yards rushing...