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...fear of another upset, the Crimson finally revived. Halfback Larry Repsher gathered in the kickoff, scampered up the sidelines to the 40 yard line, and set off a scoring drive which put the game happily out of reach. Charlie Ravenel accounted for the last 12 yards with an electrifying sprint off left tackle...
Just five events earlier, American prospects had looked bleak indeed. Taylor's two sprint victories and a surprise triumph by Cambridge's Jim Parker in the high hurdles had given the English a 6-4 lead. The Americans were faced with the task of taking four of the last five events to avoid defeat...
Winded not only by the morning Chronicle's lively sprint but by a costly competition for an afternoon market big enough for only one, San Francisco's two evening papers last week gave up vying and merged. The union welds weak links of two big newspaper chains: Hearst's Call-Bulletin (circ. 145,070) and Scripps-Howard's News (circ. 98,808). Since each paper had been losing an estimated $1,000,000 a year, the merger was aptly characterized by a Hearst staffer. "Imagine," he said, "being kicked to death by a dead horse...
...home-town crew was picked to win. As Referee Clifford ("Tip") Goes sent the shells streaking away from their stake boats, no one paid much attention to the University of Wisconsin's crew, which had not even been good enough to qualify for the finals of the Eastern sprint championships last month, had, in fact, wound up dead last in the consolation race...
...first mile of the three-mile grind, Syracuse held the lead, but at the halfway mark, running a stroke under Syracuse, Coach Norm Sonju's Wisconsin eight forged in front. At two miles, Syracuse edged closer. But with a half mile to go, Wisconsin mounted a killing sprint at 39 strokes per minute, coasted home to win by two lengths for its first I.R.A. victory since 1951, when the regatta was held at Marietta, Ohio...