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...Long Island Sound, a team of U.S. Six-Meter sailors outran the British four races in a row to keep the British-American Cup, which the U.S. has held since 1930. In this week's Seawanhaka Cup competitions, also for Six-Meters, the British challenger Marylette got off to a sad start by snapping her mast in a stiff breeze, while the U.S. defender Llanoria, supposedly left hopelessly behind with a torn mainsail, plodded home to win under Genoa jib and spinnaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Sep. 21, 1953 | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

...Newport-to-Annapolis ocean race, the 73-ft. yawl Bolero, captained by John Nicholas Brown, commodore of the New York Yacht Club, and with famed Yachtsman Cornelius ("Corny") Shields serving as first mate, raced and outran a squall, finished her 466-mile run in a near calm to win in an elapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 6, 1953 | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

...third period was a different story as Williams scored three to the locals' single and took the lead 9 to 8. Coming back strong, the Ephs outran the varsity, while the Purple goals, Stark, lived up to the All-American predictions, making seemingly impossible saves...

Author: By Walter W. Bregman, | Title: Lacrosse Team Loses to Williams, 12 to 9, in Hard, Rough Game Here | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...Ells took both sprints, the 440, the 830, and the mile-only in the two mile where the Crimson's Hal Gerry outran the Blue's Frie self in 10:03 did the Crimson break through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners' Lose To Yale But '56 Triumphs | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Sophomore Al Howe outran Dartmouth's Warren Boody and John Huck as he captured the 440 in 51.1. Howe also led off the winning mile relay team of himself, Phil Meyers, Roger Gratwick, and Jack Richards. Their time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Tops Dartmouth Easily In Wet Stadium | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

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