Word: henley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three University crews will leave for Philadelphia tonight where they will represent the Crimson in the American Henley on the Schuylkill Saturday afternoon. In addition to the Second and Third University crews, Captain Merrill's 150-pound eight is entered in the Philadelphia Regatta, in which 47 crews will strive for honors. Coach Stevens will accompany the Second crew to Philadelphia, and leave immediately after the race...
...poor start, the University 150-pound crew quickly settled down to a long, smooth stroke and won a decisive victory over the Princeton and Yale 150-pound boats on the Housatonic at Derby Saturday. The time of the winning Crimson shell was seven minutes and 25 seconds for the Henley distance of one and five-sixteenths miles. Princeton was a little less than two lengths behind the University, rowing the course in seven minutes and 29 seconds, while Yale followed a length behind Princeton...
...Junior University and Freshman races, the Red and Blue oars of Pennsylvania earned decisive wins, with Harvard second, M. I. T. third, and Cornell fourth. These races were shortened to the Henley distance because of rough water, and the Quaker eights displayed a powerful and a finished stroke in coming through a winner in both of these races...
Shortly before the Henley distance was reached there occurred the accident which effectually squelched Pennsylvania's chances. The oar-lock of Reeve, rowing at seat six in the Quaker shell snapped off, resulting from what appeared to be a crab, and after a few strokes, he let his oar go overboard, attempting for the balance of the race to pass the beat to the oarsmen behind him, going forward and backward on his slide with each stroke...
...annexing honors in the Junior University race, the Pennsylvania eight covered the Henley distance in 6 minutes and 51 seconds, which bettered the course record by four seconds. Coach Stevens first boat rowed the Henley in 6 minutes and 55 seconds last week while making a time trial over the mile and three-quarter course. The winning Red and Blue 1928 boat made the remarkably last time of 6 minutes and 54 seconds. Pennsylvania won premier honors at Poushkeepsie last year for first year crews, and with the 1928 eight which exhibited such good form Saturday competing this year...