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Victory can be sweet even when it is easy. Chopping effortlessly through a moderate southerly breeze out in Rhode Island Sound, Courageous won her fourth straight race against Australia's Southern Cross by an almost embarrassingly wide margin of 7 min. 19 sec. That ended the best-of-seven America's Cup series and ensured that the old mug would remain bolted to its table in the New York Yacht Club, which has held it for 123 years. All that Courageous Skipper Ted Hood and his eleven-man crew got for their troubles was a few postrace swallows...
...Harvard club also battled in the Dinghy Invitational on Saturday against 16 schools at MIT. The Crimson finished third with the University of Rhode Island capturing top meet honors and MIT notching second ribbons...
...RHODE ISLAND-BROWN--The Bruins looked awful last week, losing 45-10, but they are a decent football team. Improvement expected, this one could go either way. Brown...
Instead, the stars of the Southern Cross faded faster than the much ballyhooed, but extremely feeble comet Kohoutek. The American challenger Courageous swept the best of seven series, 4-0, on the waters of Rhode Island Sound. What was to be a monumental struggle with the crew from down under, turned out to be a breeze for the sleek, white-hulled American defender...
This year's New England powerhouse, Tufts, won the team event, followed by Yale, Harvard and the University of Rhode Island. Co-captain Tim Blac, in dinghy competition, and Tom Reps, in knockabout, both turned in impressive performances...