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Whether in England, California, Colorado Springs, Newport, Wisconsin or Bermuda, the Crimson's finest are "spanning the globe." as they say on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" And in case the network doesn't catch all of Harvard-related action, below is a necessarily incomplete account of who's where, when, and what to expect...
Following Harvard's victory in the Nationals last weekend in Cincinnati, local columnist Lonnie Wheeler was a bit sarcastic when he asked readers of the Sunday morning paper. "Why weren't these kids yachting oft Newport, anyway, or summering in Nantucket." The answer, of course, is that the Harvard crew had better things to do, namely show 12,400 Cincinnati folk who didn't know better why the Eastern "preppies" from Harvard can row a crew shell through the water faster than anyone else in the nation. Wheeler wasn't the only one surprised. Previously undefeated Western powerhouse Washington, Brown...
...fastest noon-to-noon run (240 miles) and seven-day run (1,552 miles). In France, an instant national hero was born. Jeantot, Superstar; Jeantot, King of the Sea; Jean-tot, the Absolute Conqueror, toasted the French press, which sent 52 representatives to cover his victorious arrival in Newport...
...last boat is not expected home for a good two weeks. At a ceremony in Newport scheduled for May 28, BOC Group, the British-based industrial conglomerate that sponsored the race, will divide $50,000 between the winner of the small-boat class and Jeantot, the large-boat victor...
...muscular, 163-lb. athlete who has a black belt in judo, Jeantot walked off his floating home at Newport as jauntily as if he were returning from a stroll. Of the few bad times during the voyage, the worst, he said, came between Sydney and Cape Horn, when he had to go far south to pick up the prevailing westerly wind. For 13 days near 58° south latitude, he never saw the sun and at tunes could not even see the top of his mast. "Everything on board was wet and cold," he recalls, "and it was dangerous when...