Word: regatta
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Every summer, around the Fourth of July, the interest of U. S. sport fans focuses on the British Isles where three of the oldest and most important sport events in the world are usually going full swing: the Henley Royal Regatta, the British Open golf tournament and the All-England tennis championships...
...Harvard-Yale boat race, oldest (1852) intercollegiate sporting event in the U. S.; for the fourth year in a row; by 1¼ lengths; over a four-mile course; on the Thames at New London. This week the victorious oarsmen sail for England to compete in the Royal Henley Regatta on London's Thames...
...REGATTA MYSTERY-Agatha Christie-Dodd, Mead ($2). Nine short stories, with Hercule Poirot starring in some, Mr. Parker Pyne in others. Ingenious and slight. (Some have appeared in magazines...
...University of California's varsity oarsmen: the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta, No. 1 U. S. crew race; rowing the four miles in 18 min., 12.6 sec., a new course record; on the choppy Hudson River, off Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Second-place Washington, finishing 1.5 sec. behind, also broke the old record...
...boating of the crew for the Henley regatta follows: Bow L. Saltonstall '14 Capt. 165 6.00 2 J. Talcott, '16 168 6.00 3 H. H. Meyer '15 176 6.01 4 H. S. Middendorf, '16 182 6.01 5 J. W. Middendorf '16 183 6.01 6 D. P. Morgan '16 173 5.11 7 L. Curtis '16 178 6.03 str. C. C. Lund '16 169 6.00 cox H. L. F. Kreger...