Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Braving snow flurries, Crimson skippers scored 63 points to finish third in the season's first pentagonal regatta at Providence Saturday...
...years, only the Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Chamber of Commerce has been really satisfied with the site of the nation's top regatta. The Hudson River currents favored some lanes over others, the housing facilities were cramped, and sudden squalls often swamped the shells. Worst of all, the observation train, which used to run along the Hudson's bank and provide a source of considerable revenue, had not run since before the war. Last week the Intercollegiate Rowing Association finally decided to look for greener fields and smoother rivers...
Spectators at the Harvard-Yale Regatta at New London, June 23 may again be able to view the race from an observation train, if a proposal of the New Haven Railroad is approved by the Athletic Committees of both Universities...
Resumption of the train service would mean that once again the general public would be able to get a clear view of the Regatta...
Only twice before, in 1898 and 1920, has the regatta taken place off the traditional Hudson River Course...