Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although the stewards of the Henley royal regatta have announced that the regatta scheduled for the first of next July will not be held, no definite arrangement has as yet been made regarding the disposition of prizes which the University second crew captured the grand challenge...
There are numerous differences between English and American rowing that would interfere with such a scheme and furthermore it is doubtful if such a regatta would prove a fitting culmination to the rowing seasons of colleges which have long standing traditions that it would be inexpedient to change...
...proposal recently made to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association in regard to an "American Henley," modelled after the English regatta, has been attracting considerable attention lately. The prevalent feeling seems to be that the idea would be highly impracticable, although several colleges, notably Princeton and Cornell, have declared themselves in favor of the proposal...
...crew, while losing to Harvard, was still up to the average. The best of these men, Meyer, Atkins, H. Coe, and Coxswain Oliver will give the other candidates a good race for the vacant seats. A large number of men rowed last autumn, 130 taking part in the fall regatta. Many men who played football are expected to report for spring work, which will begin early in February when Coaches Nickalls and Giannini return...
...Triangular regatta, Cornell, Yale and Princeton, on Lake Carnegie...