Word: eights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington. D. C., a census taker stumbled into a wooden shack, found a grizzled old man living with eight pet canaries. His name: Daniel Webster. His age: 74. His occupation: carpenter. His collateral ancestor: the late (1782-1852) Senator from Massachusetts...
Jack Wilson's eight, on the other hand, has suffered considerably this spring from lack of practice, and although it defeated Tech and Syracuse without too much trouble last week, time trials show it to be ten seconds behind Bill Rowe's boat of a year ago, which took the Tigers by two and a half lengths on the Charles...
With Princeton considerably better and Harvard comparatively worse than last year the race promises to be close, but the Crimson eight still remains the favorite, with an experienced boat and a fighting stroke that make a hard combination to beat...
...Crimson J.V, eight, which only led M.I.T. by a length and finished three seconds slower than the Yardling boat last Saturday, will have to show considerable improvement to edge its Princeton rivals...
...eights nearly crashed into a stanchion of Lars Anderson as its cox eagerly watched the tangle, and the motorboat following the race nearly ran down a laggard eight as it turned to come to the rescue...