Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Opening its first season as a major sport the lightweight crew will meet MIT on the Charles River course this afternoon. Crimson coach Joe Brown said the outcome is impossible to predict since this is the first race for both schools...
...Bouncing Platform. A miniature trampoline for youngsters from 1.5 months to seven years is being manufactured by Tekay Products of Milwaukee. Called the "Kangaroo Kid," it is made of lightweight aluminum, heavy-duty elastic cord, and a gaily colored, tear-resistant canvas mat measuring 38 in. by 24 in., has a safety handle bar on which toddlers can do their tricks. Price...
...lightweight crew will maintain its present status in relation to varsity crew. It is not to become a separate major sport, but will now receive the same letter awarded to the varsity...
...Although lightweight crew does not meet the requirements for spectator attendance set up by the Council two years ago, Junta said that "all requirements set up by the Undergraduate Athletic Council are very flexible and are applied realistically to each sport...
...Lightweight crew became the fourth sport within three years to gain major sport status. Wrestling was raised to a major sport in 1956, and tennis and squash were elevated last fall. Noting that this indicates a consistent trend, Junta stated that Yale has raised nearly every sport to the major sport level. Harvard promotes the sports only as they become deserving, he said. Junta predicted that "Sooner or later almost every sport will become a major sport...