Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pale of Eastern collegiate rowing, the result will pass by far from unnoticed. The general feeling is that the winner will travel East to compete in neighboring waters, and the intersectional flavor which always accompanies a Pacific Coast athletic group East will give added Interest to the Hudson River regatta...
...would suggest that there be held annually what I would call the American Regatta," declares Coach Rice, "which would include a whole week of rowing, all over one course a mile and a half in length. Every rowing college in the country could enter and, racing in heats, settle definitely each year the championship which so far has always been mythical...
...order to eliminate the expense of shipping the university shells from the Western colleges," says Coach Rice, "a standardized shell could be built, of which the Regatta Association would own five or six. These could be loaned to the various crews by lot with the rigging adjusted to suit the eight's own boat. In size and weight the shells would be identical...
...suitable course for such a regatta, Coach Rice believes, would be at Petham Bay, New York, where a section is being dammed...
...gained victories over Cornell and Yale, losing to Princeton by only six inches in one of the most remarkable races ever held between the two universities. The war interrupted crew work and 1918 saw, only a partial resumption of the annual race against Yale in the form of a regatta on the Housatonic, which the University won. In 1919 Dr. Mather Abbot's crew at Yale defeated the University and in the early season of 1920 the Crimson went down in defeat before the Navy and Princeton, but Mr. Haines came back for the final race of the year...