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...some with Olympic aspirations, the Head was the last chance to race before next spring's Olympic trials and many who will be involved with picking the U.S. team were in Cambridge to see the regatta and compare notes...
...Motley Crew, the Bloody Sculls, the Dirty Dozen, and 717 other boats rowed while 100,000 spectators toasted and cheered the 19th annual Head of the Charles Regatta...
With hundreds of boats crowding the river, the regatta was not without its mishaps and close calls. There were many near collisions and locked oars as boats jockeyed for position. The worst accident occurred when the South Niagara Youth Eight team crashed into the Eliot Street bridge a half-mile from the end of the three-mile upstream course. Moments later the boat was cut in two by Andover's entry. The boats were unable to move and had to be towed to shore...
Luckily there were no serious injuries, and Dr. Anne 'McKinnon, head of the Medical Committee for the regatta, stated, "With the number of competitors here, the number of injuries is very...
Wood says he was anxious at the time about whether he could row as effectively in a fixed-rigger scull, but pleased himself by winning a regatta in a standard boat at Lake Casitas. Calif.--where the Olympic races will be held--just three weeks after the world championships...