Word: henley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...junior University crew, pitted against the Princeton and Navy seconds over the Henley course at Philadelphia Saturday afternoon, lost a bitter struggle to the Tiger oarsmen after one of the most stirring finishes provided by the regatta. The three boats were nearly on a par for the greater part of the course, with the Crimson and Princeton battling for first place, but the Orange and Black eight came back with a driving spurt at the finish which gave it a quarter boat length's margin across the line. Navy finished in third place, a length astern the University shell...
...Harvard Bridge Matthews raised the beat and pulled out a lead of a length and a half by the end of the Henley distance. With this much distance to make up in the last part of the race the Sophomores seemed definitely out of it, but Hoover raised the stroke last stretch it was anybody's race. A final spurt gave the Juniors a victory by just a little more than a length...
...Brown announced after the race that there might be some changes in the 1923 combination before next Saturday. A Weld and a Newell crew have been selected from the rest of the class material. After races between these club eights, a third University crew to race in the American Henley on May 27 will be chosen...
After a race over the Henley distance in which the University crew set a mark of 6 minutes 53 seconds, Dr. Howe announced last night the seating of the University crew for the triangular regatta with the Navy and Princeton this week. There is only one change from the combination which raced against Pennsylvania last Saturday, Storey replacing Webb...
...University crews are booked to meet the first M. I. T. eights on this date, and it is planned to hold the Freshman contest the same afternoon, immediately preceding the Varsity races. The yearling course, however, will be over a mile and seven-eighths stretch instead of the Henley distance...