Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Finals for the annual University Sculling Regatta were concluded on the Charles Friday afternoon in a drizling rain. The highlight of the afternoon was the Senior Singles in which the ner and runner up of the Junior scullers held Thursday, competed...
...Wearing a crimson necktie and a blue band on his straw hat, the President, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Sons James & John and a party of friends, motored to Annapolis to watch the Adams Cup regatta from the bow of the launch of Rear Admiral Wilson Brown-his former naval aide, now superintendent of the Naval Academy. As a graduate of Harvard and the Navy Department, the President could be two-thirds sure of being on the winning side in every race. Sizzling comfortably in the hot sunshine, the party saw Harvard's freshman and varsity, Navy's junior...
...Yale's undefeated varsity crew: the Carnegie Cup regatta; for the 11th year; leading all the way and finishing two lengths ahead of Cornell and six ahead of Princeton; in 10 min. 23.4 sec., the fastest two miles ever rowed on famed Lake Cayuga; at Ithaca, N. Y. Best previous time was 10:32 made by a Cornell crew...
...Harvard's undefeated varsity crew: the Adams Cup regatta (named after one-time Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams); defeating Navy and Pennsylvania over 1¾ miles on the Severn; before a crowd of spectators that included Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt; at Annapolis, Md. Because it was Harvard's fourth short-distance victory in four weeks, having previously out-rowed Rutgers, Syracuse, Princeton, Cornell and M. I. T., experts rated Harvard the Eastern sprint champion, likely to beat Yale at four miles next month...
Singles, comps and wherries will crowd the Basin this afternoon for the finals in the annual University. Sculling Regatta, Coach Blake announced yesterday...