Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three Harvard Crews meet Yale this afternoon over the Henley and the mile and three quarters courses. The University 150-pound crew and the 1932 lightweights are scheduled to race at 5.30 and 4.30 o'clock respectively over the shorter distance, while the Blue and Crimson Sophomore class crews meet at 5 o'clock to row the full Basin distance...
...Sophomore class crews have not as yet matched strokes with any outside crews, but have won the right to race today by defeating the other class eights of their respective colleges...
...scheduled regatta in the Gloncester dories which was to have been held before the game was postponed until a late hour in the evening because the Metropolitan police thought it would be unwise for 16 Lampoon editors to go down to a watery grave. The race was finally run off at midnight and the Lampooners under the influence of the splendid half-moon grew too romantic and swam in the wrong direction. The reporters who lined the banks proclaimed the CRIMSON winner by half a nose for the five mile course...
...yesterday's race the eights went over the old course and continued to row a short distance past the West Boston bridge at the end of the stretch with a half length of open water showing between the shells. With rough conditions prevailing the beat was forced down in the last half mile of rowing and the boats finished the trial, with several inches of water sloshing beneath the slides...
...Brown '96 last night stated that he had not decided whether P. H. Watts 31 or S. W. Swaim '31 would stroke the first eight in Saturday's race with Navy and Penn. He also deferred the decision of who will row No. 6 today. B. J. Harrison '29, No. 4 and F. A. Clark 29, No. 6 changed places two days ago and Harrison rowed at six yesterday but no final decision will be reached until today...