Word: henley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opened on September 28, 1914, the war which had exploded so rapidly during the summer seemed as far away to the average student, and as unimportant in his life, as the merest border clash between two South American states. A University crew had won the Grand Challenge cup at Henley, the first time any American boat had taken the massive cup out of England since it was first offered in 1839. The football team opened its season with a 44-0 defeat of Bates, and prospects were fine for a continuation of the tradition of victories piled up during...
...races are over the Henley distance of a mile and five-sixteenths, starting just below the Tech boathouse and finishing about a half-mile short of the Subway bridge. The first race of the afternoon is scheduled for 5:00 o'clock, with the fifties and Jayvees coming to the line at fifteen minute intervals. The feature event of the afternoon between the Varsity crews is set for 5:45 o'clock...
...chalking up a decisive, open-water victory on the Charles River Henley course yesterday afternoon, stroke Hal Fales' 150-pound crew won the right to represent the Crimson against M.I.T. in the crucial Rowe Memorial Cup Regalia tomorrow afternoon...
...Business Board of the Red Book, was a member of the ski squad and cross country squad, was a member of the Mountaineering Club, and was manager of the Lowell House golf team. He prepared for college at Belmont Hill School. In 1938, he won the American Henley Double Sculls Championship...
Jack Wilson's plight is a strange one. Stepping into Bill Rowe's stretchers the day after the Crimson vanquished Yale at New London in 1939, Wilson acclimated himself to the strange boat and successfully stroked the crew to victory at Henley two weeks later. Last year the beat out Colt Wagner and stroked the Varsity through a successful season, losing only 40 Cornell...