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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...series, Ford had tied for first with John Wales of B.U., 47-47, each winning five victories over the other. The previous day had closed with Ford, his 24-ft. Raven, and his crew in third position. Victory in the run-off came at the windward mark, where the Crimson led by two lengths and then pulled steadily away. It was a simple question of tactics...
...another series, seamanship, and not racing tactics, gave the Crimson skippers the silver. They brought back the Wood Trophy from Providence only because three of their four boats managed to finish the first race, while high winds took care of the rest of the competition...
After trailing Princeton and Yale by less than ten points in the Big Three championships, Ford and Lehman went down to the Thames at New London to try their hand in the NEISA divisional team eliminations. The first two teams would qualify for the finals...
Yale, M.I.T., and Harvard came out in a tie for first, thereby throwing the decision into the committee's lap. Each school had amassed five victories and a defeat: the Crimson had downed the Elis, who had outdistanced the Engineers, who had outsailed the Crimson...
...Naval unit obtained the film--which is being circulated throughout the country by a private firm--from Headquarters, First Naval District. It was under no orders to show the film, and, according to Major Bruce A. Heflin, USMC, associate professor of Naval Science, the unit had "no particular intent" in showing it, except that it was deemed of interest to NROTC students and the general public. (Commander A. E. Brown, the unit's executive officer, however, had drawn a round of hisses when he introduced the film, saying, "the Navy's purpose in presenting this movie is to show...