Word: ratzeburg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PHILADELPHIA, May 11--West Germany's Ratzeburg rowing club, racing as usual with its high but incredibly smooth broke, swept over the Schuylkill's 2000-meter course in 5:53.8 this afternoon, beating Penn by about a length and Harvard by a length and a half. By finishing second, Penn became the first college crew to defeat Harvard this year...
...Ratzeburg, which compared to most American crews uses a slightly shorter stroke with a much faster recovery near the front end, started the race at a 47 and rowed most of the course at approximately a 38. About a quarter mile from the finish, the Penn eight, rowing at a 42, drew even with the Germans. Ratzeburg thereupon raised its stroke to a 42 or 43, and while Penn fans cheered wildly, the two boats matched stroke for stroke over the next four or five lengths...