Word: sailing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson, though, came perilously close to defeat in its first national victory ever. Hoppin had been fighting a virus all during the motor trip from New York, and was still so sick when the team reached Toledo that he was unable to sail the first race...
...Sailing championships, it should be noted, are run on a two-division, double round robin basis. Thus Hoppin and Nathanson would each race 16 times. As each two-man racing dinghy differs slightly in performance from its twins, every college team--eight in all--received a chance to sail every boat in its division. Final scores are figured on a point-total basis, scores depending on the order of finish in each race...
Hoppin was supposed to sail "A" division--the labelling is arbitrary and does not necessarily denote skill differential--with Carroll as his crew. But now Nathanson--with Horner his crew--moved over one division, while Carroll sailed "B" for the ailing Hoppin...
...expert he could visit Japan early in August. The Department of the Army, which had charge of visas to that country while it was occupied by U. S. troops, had denied Fairbank permission to enter for a year's study last August. The professor was in California waiting to sail when the denial came through...
...expert he could visit Japan early in August. The Department of the Army, which had charge of visas to that country while it was occupied by U. S. troops, had denied Fairbank permission to enter for a year's study last August. The professor was in California waiting to sail when the denial came through...