Word: overing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Princeton, which last year won the Royal Henley Regatta in England, jumped to a quick lead at the start and held an open-water lead over Harvard going past the flags marking the last quarter-mile.
In the secondary events, however, Harvard's crews remained undefeated. The freshman 150's followed up their two wins over MIT with a three-length win over the Elis with Princeton trailing behind in third by five lengths. The Crimson junior varsity edged out Princeton by a length and Yale...
Colin McIntyre and John Carey were the men who accounted for the Crimson's six points. McIntyre took a shovel pass from Lew Travis after the latter had snared a loose ball on the Princeton five yard line, and bucked over with three Tigers hanging on.
Yale took first in the two-day regatta with 144 points, thereby qualifying along with Brown for the National Championships. The races were over a three-quarter mile windward-leeward course, and sailing conditions were almost ideal.
Once again, the varsity boat demonstrated such clear superiority over its rivals that it was never pressed. Bill Curwen negotiated the course at his usual unhurried 31 beat, despite the fact that MIT was making a desperate bid to stay in the running over the early part of the race...