Word: racing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nassau victory, a source of great delight to a big house-part weekend gathering, marked the first time this season that any Crimson shell has lost a race...
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...
...spent its strength and dropped back out of the money in the final half-mile, however, leaving Navy and Penn to stage a close and thrilling fight for second. Both these crews were rowing a 36 for the latter part of the race, with the Red and Blue pushing the stroke up to 38 at the end to finish a bare second ahead of the Middies...
...Crimson jayvees also turned in a performance which sets them up as strong Eastern contenders. This second boat, aided by three recent lineup changes, staged by far the most thrilling race of the afternoon to stay among the thinning ranks of the nation's unbeaten crews...
...Varsity Race: Harvard, 8:48.4; Penn, 8:53.1; Navy, 8:54.1; MIT, 8:57; Columbia...