Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reply to a telegram sent by the University of California suggesting that Harvard enter an inter-collegiate crew Regatta at Long Beach in June, W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, wired that Harvard could not accept the invitation...
...also been agreed by Harvard and Yale officials to eliminate the Combination Race which usually has been held on the eve of the Regatta...
...announcement was made as to whether or not it is planned to make a permanent change in the date of this regatta...
Crew races cost more, earn less than most college sports. Day after the Cornell Athletic Association had decided not to support a crew next spring, stewards of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association voted to cancel the Poughkeepsie Regatta which has been rowed on the Hudson every spring except three since 1895. Last year, the regatta cost California, Columbia, Cornell, M. I. T., Navy, Penn, Syracuse and Washington an average of $5,000 each. The stewards resolved "that the annual regatta at the usual distances [four miles] be resumed...
...competed in the Gold Cup class with two white craft named Imp. In 1929 he won the Gold Challenge Cup; in 1930 made a record for the fastest 30-mi. heat in that class (61.5 m.p.h.). Also in 1930 he was awarded the medal of the Regatta Circuit Riders' Club for having done most for motorboating. Racer Hoyt has a reputation among his opponents as a daring driver, a "grand sport." His mechanic says: "There are only two positions on his throttle: tight closed and wide open...