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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With Thomas Testa for an object lesson, Prefect Jean Chiappe of the Paris police took extraordinary precautions to make May Day in Paris peaceful. He mobilized cavalry, infantry, machine gunners; arrested and temporarily detained nearly 3,400 people before they could start a-Maying...
...scheduled race, after defeating the Tech 1932 crew last Wednesday by over five lengths, takes on the Cornell first-year eight this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the mile and three quarters Basin course. Harvard will be on the Cambridge side when the crews line up for the start...
...Harvard shell jumped almost a length at the start, and opened up water gradually at a steady 32 stroke till it had a three length lead at the bridge. Here the water grew rougher, and although both crews dropped the stroke to a 30, the Crimson eight continued to draw gradually ahead, and held its lead in the final sprint, covering the mile and 5-16 in 7 minutes 7 seconds. The engineers were clocked at 7 minutes 25 seconds...
...first-year race was even less of a contest, for the rough water conditions proved too much for the Tech oarsmen. Harvard jumped them at the start and drew away easily at a 30 stroke-per- minute clip, with their rivals trailing at a-28, until there were two lengths of open water between the boats at the Harvard Bridge. After the mile mark was passed, the engineers started catching crabs which proved fatal to their chances of winning, and a quarter of a mile from the finish the stroke man caught one which temporarily disabled the entire crew, although...
...Crimson Freshmen got off to a slow start, losing to St. John's Preparatory and Worcester in their first two encounters. Since, however, they have displayed a steady improvement, winning handily from St. Anselms and Tufts Freshmen and nosing out a thrilling victory from an extraordinarily powerful Exeter nine on Saturday...