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...Severn last Saturday the "heavy" Technology eight was decisively beaten by the Navy over the Henley course, trailing the Middies by two and one-half lengths. If this is the crew which will meet Harvard on the Charles next Saturday, as seems probable, a close contest should be expected. The Engineers showed unlooked-for power against the Navy, whose greater smoothness in rough water secured them the victory. They have furthermore the advantage of having raced once this season, while the Crimson eight has not been afforded serious competition in its occasional time-trials...
Henry A. Roemer, president of Continental Steel Corp. (Kokomo, Ind.), was elected president of Sharon (Pa.) Steel Hoop Co. Past-president Severn P. Ker becomes chairman...
...10?Navy v. Syracuse; on Severn River, Annapolis...
April 19-Navy v. Columbia v. M. I. T.; on Severn River, Annapolis...
...York and Chicago to construct the Mercury, a waspish little projectile with a 24-cylinder, 1,200 h.p. Packard motor, to compete for the Schneider Cup (world speed trophy for seaplanes) at Cowes, England. But the Mercury, too heavy for her lifting power, never got far from the Severn River off Annapolis where she was tested (TIME, Aug. 19). Meantime, to continue nervy Lieut. Williams in his country's best uses, the Navy Department last week ordered him to sea with the aircraft carrier Lexington, his first "active" duty in seven years. Promptly, Speedster Williams countered. As the Army...