Word: river
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Both the heavies and lightweights were forced to cancel two-thirds of the normal number of days spent on the river before vacation. The result of the late winter ice, the fifteen extra days in the tank have set the crews two weeks behind the majority of their opponents...
...lightweights enter today's race with one compensation. Cornell has also been forced to cancel two weeks of river work, and is consequently at a comparable stage of development. Like all un-untried freshmen opponents, Cornell and M.I.T. are unknown quantities...
...crew racing season opens this afternoon with what could prove to be the year's most exciting race on the Charles River as the lightweights face Cornell and M.I.T. Last year the Big Red put on a tremendous finishing sprint that failed by only inches from spoiling the varsity's undefeated season...
...Charles River will see the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges sprints with a dozen crews contesting for the championship. For several years the winner has gone to England and captured the Thames Cup at Henley, won last year for the first time by the Crimson...
...regatta this afternoon will be rowed over the Charles River Basin course with the finish line just below the M.I.T. boathouse on Memorial Drive. The races will be at 5, 5:30, and 6 p.m. for the Freshmen, J.V. and varsity respectively...