Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Following a race in the Basin yesterday afternoon between the first two Freshman crews, Guthrie Willard of New York City was elected captain of the first-year eight...
Coach H. H. Haines will not pick his first eight until shortly before the initial Freshman race with Pennsylvania and M. I. T. on May 21. Competition for positions in the first boat is very close. So far this season the two crews have been racing several times each week, without either one showing any marked superiority. In this afternoon's encounter over a mile and three quarter course, crew R, stroked by Willard, defeated crew S by three lengths. Beating a stroke of about 33, the newly elected captain took his eight to the fore at the start, gradually...
...Tweedy. After each of the addresses by these men there will be an opportunity for questions and comments. Forums will be held on ten subjects which the Council believes to be of paramount importance today. They are: Problems of Belief; Worship, The World Task of the Church, Industry, Race, China, Social Relationships, Modern Education. International Relations and Vocational Guidance. These groups will meet each day and will give an opportunity for an understanding of the facts, through thinking and free expression of opinion on these questions...
...Sophomore class crew won the class championship in a three-cornered race on the Charles, River Basin yesterday afternoon. By defeating the Junior and Senior boats the 1929 oarsmen won the right to face the Yale championship class eight on the Charles a week from Saturday...
...yesterdays race the big Sophomore crew clearly demonstrated its strength. The Junior eight caught the water first and shot a few feet into the lead for the first quarter of a mile. The 1929 shell soon slid, ahead, however, while the Senior boat dropped slowly behind the other two. At the Harvard Bridge the Sophomores led by a length, with the Juniors the same distance ahead of the 1927 crew. Just beyond this point, however, the Sophomores pulled steadily away. The Seniors hung on to the Juniors' redder until the Henley, but then fell back. At the finish...