Word: racing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conditions had not changed for the varsity heavyweight's race, the last of the afternoon, there would have been no chance for setting a record, since most of the crews were rowing into a head wind. But the breeze shifted just before the last race, giving the varsity a favorable tail wind...
...pattern of victory was nearly the same in every race. Crimson crews usually gained two or three seats on their thirty stroke racing start and then continued to lead all the way, slowly opening a wider and wider gap between itself and the crews fighting closely for second place. The only exception was in the lightweight freshmen's race, where Dart- mouth finished a mere deck length behind the faltering Crimson shell...
Displaying fine power and control all the way, the varsity was never in doubt of victory after its tremendous racing start at a 42-33-32 gave it a four seat jump on Princeton--the only challenger throughout the race. Within the first half mile, the eight had three quarters of a length on the Tiger shell, a full length on Dartmouth, and over two on both Tech...
Next weekend the Crimson sailors will race against eight other teams in the finals of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Championships at Coast Guard. The varsity qualfied for the meet last Saturday in the first round of the competition at Brown...
...Chuck Hill has a 4:13.3 clocking to his credit, and Penn's Ernest Tracy and John Jerbasi have both broken 4:20. Against these coach Bill McCurdy will send Dyke Benjamin, who ran 4:15.6 against Army; Jed Fitzgerald, who defeated his teammate in a 4:16.2 race a week ago, and Fred Howard, a 4:21 miler. Hill must be considered the favorite, but there has been talk this week of a 4:12 effort by Benjamin or Fitzgerald...