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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Georgetown, will attempt to reverse the verdict of its first clash with Harvard this season. During the southern trip, the Crimson outfit conquered the Hilltoppers by an 3 to 3 Margin. Since then the Georgetown sluggers have has a rather successful season, counting Yale and Princeton, which they defeated twice, among their victims. they are all batting over the .300 mark for a team average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD TEAM TO FACE GEORGETOWN AND BROWN NINES | 5/29/1928 | See Source »

...Derby, Conn., the Yale crew, rowing beautifully, beat Princeton and Cornell without drama to win the Carnegie Cup. Cornell was four and a half lengths back at the finish and Princeton two lengths behind Cornell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Crews | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

Outpaced by a brilliant Columbia light-weight crew from the opening gun of the American Henley race for 150-pound boats on the Schuylkill River last Saturday, the Crimson oarsmen lagged behind in the wake to fight for secondary position with Penn, Princeton, and Yale. Pulling sluggishly in the final quarter-mile, the Harvard entry took the wash of the three other shells and brought up the rear a length behind the Eli eight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON EIGHTS TRAIL OVER HENLEY DISTANCE | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...Columbia 150's swept over the finish line five lengths in advance of the sprinting Penn oarsmen who just managed to edge out the Tiger lightweights by the margin of a front deck. Yale trailed Princeton by a length. The winning time for the mile and a quarter course was seven minutes and eight 3-5 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON EIGHTS TRAIL OVER HENLEY DISTANCE | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...third crew event of the Henley Regatta, the University boat placed behind Yale and Princeton in a very close contest. The Harvard, oarsmen, rowing a lower stroke than their rivals for most of the distance, sprinted too late and, could not overhaul the leaders in the last furlong. The Eli shell nosed out the Princeton entry by ten feet with the Crimson following a length and a quarter behind. The time was seven minutes and six seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON EIGHTS TRAIL OVER HENLEY DISTANCE | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

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