Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Beresford is without question the best man. The week previous he defeated Hoover in the Diamond Sculls of the Henley' regatta. Previous to this the English rowing authorities had ruled that the Diamond Sculls, and not the Philadelphia Cup, is emblematic of the World's Amateur Rowing Championship...
...other events of the 63rd annual Harvard-Yale regatta on the Connecticut Thames, Yale was less casual. The Yale freshmen led game Harvard by three and a half lengths in two miles. The Yale Junior Varsity led Harvard by four lengths in two miles. The Yale combination eight led struggling Harvard by three lengths in one mile. And the Yale Varsity led courageous, bitterending Harvard by two lengths in four miles. It was a fifth consecutive Yale year...
...when activity is of more concern than purpose, it is gratifying, not to say astounding, to discover a publication which serves as many purposes as those delegated to the Official Program of the Harvard-Yale Regatta. That publication was designed by its publishers, the Harvard Athletic Association, to amuse the impatient crowds in case of a postponement of the starting time, to educate them in "What the Young Girl May Wear", to give them a background of crew history, and to give them, in the most approved off-hand fashion, some idea of who will race on Friday...
...victory of the Second eight was somewhat in the nature of a surprise to the followers of rowing here. Following a complete shakeup after the Pennsylvania-Cornell-M. I. T. regatta on May 9, the Crimson first-year oarsmen have been responding to Coach Haines' tutoring, and a Freshman eight as formidable as any in recent years will face Yale on the morning of June 19. The Junior oarsmen rowed one of their best races of the year today, and a noticeable improvement in their form, rather than a let-down by the Freshmen was responsible for their victory...
...Stevens had Major F. W. Moore '93, Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, John Richardson '08. Chairman of the Rowing Committee, and H. S. Morgan '23, Captain of the 1923 Second crew as his guests in the Patricia. Today, F. V. Chappell, New London banker, and Chairman of the Regatta had his first 1925 view of the Crimson oarsmen from the coaching launch...