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Washington University yesterday tendered the Crimson an invitation to participate in a 2000 meter regatta on Lake Washington June 22. Though Athletic Director William J. Bingham '16 declined to announce the decision reached last night in a meeting of the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, the bid was probably accepted...
Crimson acceptance will probably entail a twice-a-week practice schedule from the termination of exams until the regatta. Sponsors of the race, the International Labor Organization, whose Maritime Conference will be held concurrently and local civic groups, are expected to pay expenses...
Although the 2000 meter course is a short wind sprint compared to the annual four mile pre-war Poughkeepsie Regatta, it has been heralded as the big event of the crew season inasmuch as the Hudson River outing will not be held this year...
Attendance at the Lake Washington event may reach 100,000. Since legal difficulties prohibit an admission fee, spectators will be able to view the regatta free of charge from the more-than-a-mile-long floating concrete pontoon bridge...
Stroke Torby Ross, who was kept by illness from the Severn regatta, stepped back into his pace-setting number eight slot yesterday. Varsity bowman Bill Cochran reported in yesterday and will probably resume his chores tomorrow...