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...half. The weather was fine, the track was fast, and when Silky Sullivan, the California clown, clumped home eighth, he had no excuses. The truth was out: the Western hotshot is an Eastern horselaugh. sprint championship of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges. But the only question up for argument was: Who will finish second to Yale? The answer was supplied by Harvard's stroke, Bob Lawrence, who caught a crab 200 yds. from the finish and was lofted into the lake. Without him, Harvard finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 26, 1958 | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...extremely exciting finish of a long day of races on the Charles, the Crimson pulled ahead of Penn with three-quarters of a mile to go and then held off a closing Red and Blue sprint to win by half a length...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Heavyweight Crew Wins Adams Cup; Lightweights Sweep Elis, Tigers | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...Penn Relays began a triumphant finale to the intercollegiate foot-racing career of Villanova's light-foot Irish senior Ron Delany. With Ron running in the sprint medley, the distance medley and the one-mile relay, Villanova set meet records in all three, became first team ever to win three relay titles three years in a row, first ever to win the mile four years in a row. The Delany himself set a four-year record for collecting relay hardware: ten first-place gold watches. ¶ After watching some older kids try out for the New York City Parks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 5, 1958 | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

...Orange and Black came from behind for an exciting victory over Navy last week, it seemed that he was not exaggerating in his praise. Last Saturday, however, while rowing the shorter Henley distance at Philadelphia, the crew failed in its comeback bid after "catching a crab" during its final sprint at 40 strokes per minute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Heavyweights Will Travel To Princeton for Compton Regatta | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

Syracuse, whom the varsity beat in a close race last season, has many veterans. It is a team noted for its strong finishing sprint, and will give the Crimson a powerful race. Love also expects MIT to be improved this year because of last year's strong Freshman team. B.U. lost by over three lengths to Yale this past Saturday...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Inexperienced Crew Will Face First Big Home Weekend Race | 4/26/1958 | See Source »

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