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Early one morning last week, Lieut. Colonel Sir Geoffrey Betham, secretary of a tony country club on the Thames, went out for a quiet spin in his motor launch. As he churned along the rowing course at Henley, Sir Geoffrey came upon a strange sight. A slim figure was moving along the bank, methodically measuring with a length of chain. Peering through the grey English drizzle, Sir Geoffrey recognized Nikolai Kolosovsky, coxswain of the crack Russian Eight that was entered in the Henley Royal Regatta. "By gad," exploded Sir Geoffrey, "they're checking the course! These Russians! They...
...Father Kelly, also an expert oarsman, won the Olympic singles in Antwerp in 1920; son John, a champion like his father, took first prize twice (in 1947 and 1949) in the famed Diamond Sculls at Henley, England...
...Harvard crew, winner of the famous Henley Regatta in England, will take to the waters of the Charles River again this Saturday afternoon in celebration of its 40th reunion...
Tech, once-beaten and three-time victors over the Crimson, won the Joseph Wright Trophy by edging defending champion, Princeton by six feet in 7:10.1 over the mile and 5-16th Henley course on Lake Carnegie. The other two colleges to reach the varsity finals were Pennsylvania and Cornell...
Over the mile and five-sixteenths Henley course they sorely pressed the Middie eight but lacked Navy's powerful sprint over the final quarter mile. Penn finished a length off the pace and Harvard trailed a length and a half back. The times were...