Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity crew brought home the Grand Challenge Cup from Henley-on Themes, England, for the third time in as many attempts. The Crimson eight rowed three heats in the four-day regatta, coming from behind in all its races. In the finals on July 8, the varsity triumphed over the Studentenoeivereeninging Npord of Holland by a length and a quarter over the mile and five-sixteenths course...
...them report to Washington Coach Al Ulbrickson and California's Ky Ebright; each June one or the other of the Western crews manages to give the East a rowing lesson. Only twice in the past 18 years has the West failed to win the big Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta at Poughkeepsie...
Over the last quarter-mile, without even seeming to raise its beat, smooth-stroking Washington pulled away easily from the field, won by 2% lengths. Seconds later, a cluster of shells swept across the finish line. While regatta officials reserved final decision, the judges crossed their fingers and called it an all-West finish: second, California, third, Stanford, whose crew is not officially recognized by its own university...
...Crimson, on the other hand, has beaten all challengers except M.I.T. in the E.A.R.C. 2000-meter sprint, which the Engineers won by one tenth of a second. Yale placed sixth in this regatta...
...tickets, at $10 apiece, provide transportation to the race from either New York or Boston, an opportunity to view the three races from the window of a New York, New Haven, and Hartford air-conditioned coach, and passage from the regatta in whichever direction is desired...