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...strong crew from the University of Rhode Island threatened the Crimson, in the first race, as its four boats started well and maintained a team lead until the last windward leg of the triangular course. But Lehmann, in first place, managed to slow down the second and third U.R.I. boats, letting Stookey slip into first and giving the Crimson...
Hamlin's time was slow because of a sore knee that almost kept him out of the triangular meet. Looking at the final scores after it was all over, the varsity captain said, "I shouldn't have...
...varsity cross country team journeys to New York today to run against two relatively weak squads, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. Speaking candidly of the triangular meet, coach Bill McCurdy said "I do not expect it to be any sort of a contest. We're better than they...
...Doing Him In." The race was only a half hour old when Mosbacher knew that he was in trouble. Beating to windward (Weatherly's strongest point) toward the first eight-mile mark on the 24-mile triangular course, he could manage only a four-length lead. Eleven times in the space of five minutes Sturrock challenged with short tacks, hoping to gain a few precious seconds, his crewmen working like demons at the coffee-grinder winches. Each time, in the brutal test of skill and muscle, Mosbacher covered, instantly at first, and then more slowly as his crew began...
Next day was a repeat performance, only on a far grander scale. This time the Race Committee decreed a triangular course with equal eight-mile legs. And in another afternoon of light breezes (5-8 knots), Mosbacher clearly had the better boat. On the first leg, Weatherly opened up a lead of more than six minutes, and Hood was only able to nibble at it the rest of the way. At the finish line, Weatherly was a crushing 4 min. 41 sec. ahead...