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...Friis Trophy is considered a tune-up for next week's New England championships which determine the two New England representatives to the Nationals. The New Englands are at Yale, giving the Elis the big home advantage. Yale and U.R.I. went to the Nationals last year...

Author: By Bradford B. Kopp, | Title: Cliffe Sailing Team Misses Nationals; Harvard Fares Poorly in Tufts Regatta | 5/4/1971 | See Source »

...their final tune-up before the Eastweight oarsmen will attempt to capture ern Sprints, Harvard's undefeated light their 14th consecutive Goldthwait Cup as they take on undefeated Princeton and once-beaten Yale today...

Author: By Richard K. Sontgerath, | Title: Lights Face Elis, Tigers; Eye Fourth Straight Win | 5/1/1971 | See Source »

...prepared to neglect a tune-up on the grounds that we should wait until somebody invents a new machine," Wilcox said...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Faculty Vote Revamps Gen Ed Requirements; Polaroid Report Heard | 3/17/1971 | See Source »

...found out the hard way: in the process of winning two decisions from Oscar, the champ was flattened twice and had to suffer through 25 punishing rounds. Now it was Ali's turn. He was still fresh from a swift third-round T.K.O. and he needed a real tune-up before his own bout with Frazier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Down, One to Go | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...decided that the Intersectional were a good tune-up for the New England Championships May 9 and 10," sailing coach Mike Horn said yesterday. "We sent our strongest team to Tufts and it paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailing Team Takes First At Intersectional Regatta | 5/5/1970 | See Source »

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