Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fall and the club and two class crews in the spring. In 1913 he took over all class rowing, which has been his field until now, except for brie assignments, as in 1924 and last spring, to help whip the second University into shape for the Yale regatta. The victory of the Brown-coached second University crew over Yale on the Thames last June was one of the features of the regatta. The Blue was strongly favored to carry off the laurels, but after an early lead found itself overhauled, and trailing at the finish...
...authorities are doing their utmost to fill their 1929 eight and bring about a race with the Harvard Freshman crew. While no official announcement has been made on the, subject, there seems ample cause to refute the rumors that the Freshman boat will take part in either the Poughkeepsie regatta or the Junior university race with Yale. There is considerable feeling here against each of these projects, and both here and at Gales Ferry, holding the Freshman race just as usual appears to be the most satisfactory solution...
Gales Ferry, Conn., June 10. 1926.--Taking advantage of excellent weather, all of the Yale crews, here in training or the Harvard regatta, had long workouts today...
With R. McK Henry '24, captain elect of the 1924 crew, this committee turned toward the West for a coach after the type of the men who had brought the Washington eights into such prominence at the Poughkeepsie regatta. After a wide search, Stevens was finally selected. Although he did not have any previous coaching experience, Mr. Stevens rowed in the Cornell varsity shell to two years in 1908 and 1909 and had achieved considerable reputation as a single sculler
...race was the feature event of the regatta, which replaced the annual schoolboy races in the Harvard Invitation Regatta, abolished this spring. In the other race yesterday, for private school second fours. Belmont Hill defeated Noble and Greenough by four feet over the mile course...