Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Crew practice this fall has been progressing very well at New Haven. There are at present nine university eights working under the direction of Coaches Nickalls and Giannini. The fall regatta is to be held on Novemebr 12. There will be no outside races rowed this year but matches are being arranged for next spring in preparation for the Harvard regatta. Owing to pressure of business affairs, Mr. Armstrong has resigned from the coaching staff. There has been an addition to the Yale fleet in the shape of a new coaching launch presented by several of the alumni...
...cold biting wind which hindered the work of the crews marked the first day of the fall regatta. The preliminary races for the Filley Cup and the Slocum Trophy were rowed against a head wind over the half-mile stretch upstream. The fifth Eliot crew defeated the fifth Thayer in an interesting race by a scant length. The race between the three third dormitory crews was close and exciting, the Gore crew leading the Standish to the finish line by 3-4 of a length, with the Smith crew coming in a close third. The orders...
...regatta will continue this afternoon when the second crews from Gore, Standish and Smith Halls will race in the Basin at 4 o'clock, and the third and fourth Eliot and Thayer crews at 4.20 o'clock. The races will start at Cottage Farm Bridge and end at Harvard Bridge...
...athletics are criticized on the grounds that the opportunity for participation is open only to the skilled athlete, and that the average man who really needs the exercise is thus barred from the benefits to be derived, the continued success of the fall rowing is most gratifying. Today's regatta is a fitting culmination of a most beneficial season...
...regatta which marks the end of the fall rowing season starts this afternoon, the two fifth Eliot and Thayer crews opposing each other in the first races of the competition for the Filley cup at 4.15 o'clock, and the three third dormitory boats contending in the first of the races for the Slocum trophy at 4.30 o'clock. A system of marking has been established which is so arranged that every crew contributes to the final score, the dormitory or club having the greatest total being awarded their respective trophies. The scoring will be done on the following basis...