Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ruth Eisenhower, daughter of Johns Hopkins' President Milton Eisenhower, jotted a new entry on her crowded September calendar: after her debut in Baltimore and before she returns for her sophomore year at Swarthmore College, she will reign as queen of the annual Potomac River President's Cup Regatta...
...Britain's Henley Royal Regatta was surprised that the Yale and Cornell crews had crossed the Atlantic just to continue their bitter private rivalry. Each was out to prove its superiority once and for all. Last season Yale edged Cornell in the Olympic trials, went on to win a Gold Medal at Melbourne. This year the veteran Cornell shell had twice beaten the Olympic champs. Last week Cornell looked stronger than ever, sprinted the last 30 strokes to win by half a length. Shrugged Yale Coach Jim Rathschmidt: "I'm afraid we have to admit that Cornell...
...first two-thirds of the three-mile I.R.A. regatta, Cornell's varsity crew had a hard time getting any real run on its boat. Then Stroke Phil Gravink pushed the beat to 32 and the Big Red shell began to skip across wind-chopped Lake Onondaga. Cornell crossed the finish line 12 lengths ahead of Penn. pulling away so fast that its third successive I.R.A. triumph looked deceptively easy...
...regatta will take place the evening of Saturday, June...
...second year in a row, the Princeton lightweights won the Eastern title and will therefore be the United States' representative at the Henley Regatta. Their margin of victory on Saturday at the Sprints was a scant two seats over an onrushing Crimson boat...