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...Crimson rowers take to the water with the odds highly in their favor to lead the Eli boat across the finish line by a comfortable margin. Unbeaten is the East this year, Tom Bolles boat has yet to be closely pressed, and although it was reported that Yale had turned in a 20 minute run in practice under favorable conditions, Harvard's time, even in rough water, has been closer than that to the 19:51 record...
...Chairman William Hine of the New York Produce Exchange's pepper committee to Washington. When Hine and other peppermen arrived, Galbraith announced, "We are not going to let the shipping shortage bail out the speculators." Then he bluntly told the brokers they had two ways out: 1) a margin requirement of $1,000 per unit (33,600 lb.) instead of $350, and an end to pure speculation, or 2) an OPACS-imposed price ceiling "considerably below the current price." Cowed, the brokers gulped assent to the margin boost. Next day pepper prices dropped a cent to less than...
...start of the Jayvee race Cornell pressed a momentary advantage, but the story was the same as with the Varsity. By the half-mile mark the Crimson crew, stroked by Colton Wagner, was out in front by a safe margin, and Wag kept the beat at a steady 31 most of the way to the finish, where the timers clocked the Jayvees in 9:31:6. Cornell was a length back and Syracuse over five...
Harvey Love's Freshmen have yet to win a race. Syracuse jumped to a quarter length lead at the end of fifteen strokes and then increased their margin down the course, finishing just over a length in front of the Yardlings. Cornell was third and Princeton last...
...general the events went as expected with Harvard doing a point or two better than foreseen throughout the encounter. According to Hoyle, the visitors held a four point lead in the field events their strongest department; but their two point margin in the running sector was quite unexpected considering Yale's sweep of the 440-yard dash...