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Handicapped by rough water and a strong wind, four Crimson eights divided honors with M. I. T. Saturday afternoon in the informal race over the mile and five-sixteenths Henley distance in the Charles Basin...
Fastest time for the Henley Saturday was set by the Tech Varsity with six minutes, 41 seconds--only one second over the Henley record on the Charles Basin set two years ago by Harvard. Crimson crew times: Varsity, 6 min., 45 sec.; 150's, 6 min., 53 sec.; Freshmen...
Four Crimson eights will risk Harvard's three-year undefeated crew record tomorrow when the Haines oarsmen get their first test this season in an informal race against M. I. T. over the mile and five-sixteenths Henley distance in the Charles Basin. With the Freshman boat starting the first race at 3:30 o'clock, the J. V.'s, 150's, and Varsity will come up to the line at 30-minute intervals. Navy who was originally scheduled to race tomorrow, cancelled its entries because of transportation difficulties...
...world's regattas, Oxford's Eights Week was one of the most picturesque and peculiar. Sandwiched into the London social calendar between Ascot and the Henley regatta, it marked the end of the University's summer term with a gala, six-day series of intramural crew races-not ordinary crew races but an Oxford specialty known as bumping races...
...official Henley record for 150's stands at 6:40, and because of present conditions; no new standard is expected, but the first clash between the Crimson and Big Red crews should result in a fairly low time...