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...second day of the first annual fall rowing regatta staged yesterday, H. H. Proctor 3L took the junior singles race from F. C. Bell '33, winner of the novice singles event the day before. The race was closely contested over a three-quarter mile upstream course, ending at the Weeks Bridge. All seven entries were within three boat lengths of each other at the finish...
...three-quarter mile sprint over the upstream course, the heavy Winthrop House crew outrowed the Eliot eight by one and a half lengths yesterday afternoon. The Puritans got away to a fast start and maintained their lead for the length of the course with a high stroke. The Eliot men, sluggishly starting, were able to console themselves by defeating crew X, made up of various House men, by three-quarters of a length...
...world's largest twin-screw towboat was named Herbert Hoover by Mrs. Thomas Q. Ashburn, wife of the head of Inland Waterways Corp., the Government-owned barge line. Driven by Diesel motors, the vessel will be able to move a 10,000-ton tow 4 m.p.h. upstream. After trials the Herbert Hoover will go to New Orleans, its home port, and ply between there and St. Louis...
This afternoon, the conditions were improved, with smooth water and the sky clearing off for the first time this week. For a change, the University and Jayvee boats went upstream, covering about seven miles in all, but never rowing at more than a low stroke. The two other crews practically repeated their morning performances, going downstream another two miles, and then returning at the same pace. The eights devoted their work to short spurts of speed, at no time maintaining a steady high stroke...
...University crews paddled to the start of the four-mile stretch, and went over the distance at a low stroke, to familiarize the oarsmen with the landmarks of the course. The Freshman and combination eights went downstream once more, this time stopping at the start of the upstream two-mile course, which they covered at a stroke of about 24. The total distance covered by the four crews was 28 miles, that covered by the University crew...