Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coach Tom Bolles and his top-notch, eight-men-and-a-boy, Varsity combination--plus two Jayvee oarsmen and the co-managers--are at the moment far from their accustomed aqueous habitat as they hurry westward by train for the 2000-meter Lake Washington regatta on Saturday...
Having left Sunday from Poughkeepsie where they witnessed the Poughkeepsie Regatta, they are not without company. Every crew in the Regatta, with the exception of the winner--Navy--and Rutgers, is on the same special train for the exact same purpose...
Primarily, their unenviable position as "the crew to beat" is because of their superb showing in the Eastern Association's 2000-meter sprint regatta at Princeton last month. The Varsity won going away from Navy and Cornell, the number one and two boats in the Poughkeepsie event, in the time of 6:05, just off the distance record. In addition, their nearest competitor was more than seven seconds behind...
Poughkeepsie Regatta (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC; 7:15 p.m., ABC). For NBC, Bill Stern, covering the annual eight-oared shell championship race from a blimp...
...sets of Varsity athletes still in action, the crew has been churning up and down the Thames River near New London this past week, pointing towards their four-mile race with Yale there next Wednesday and with an eye on the Washington (state) regatta later in the month...