Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard-Yale Rowing Regatta, New London Conn...
Scoring the most momentous crew triumph in five years, the first University eight swept the Charles in the feature race of the Quadrangular Regatta on Saturday, with a crippled Pennsylvania outfit, M. I. T. and Cornell finishing in order. Not since 1920 had a Crimson crew finished ahead of any eight except M. I. T., and until Saturday Cornell's record had remained unblemished by a Harvard defeat since...
...from crew headquarters on the Charles has come news that is stirring the eager interest of old Harvard oarsmen through the length and breadth of the land. As the day of the first regatta dawns this excitement has been communicated to undergraduates, so that when the gun sets the blades flashing this afternoon the eyes of all Harvard will be on the straining oarsmen. It has been long since victory smiled on Crimson crews, and the vague and insistent rumor that there is to be a change in fortune is enough to set Harvard's hopes beating high...
Three Pennsylvania crews had their first spin on the Charles yesterday at 12.30 o'clock in preparation for the Harvard-Cornell-Pennsylvania-M. I. T. regatta tomorrow. The Red and Blue eights took the water again at 5.30 o'clock in the afternoon, and went over the course for the first time...
Because no crew enters the race this year a favorite, unusual interest is being attached to the outcome of this regatta. Harvard and Cornell will be making their first 1925 appearance, while in recent races, Pennsylvania has suffered a two length defeat from the blades of Coach Leader's Yale crew, and M. I. T. finished four lengths behind a powerful Navy eight at Annapolis...