Word: monetti
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Upwind First. Among the novices was 13-year-old Toni Monetti, a tiny (4 ft. 8 in., 80 Ibs.), fluffy-haired blonde who owns no boat and had never tried for the Scovill Cup before. She borrowed a friend's boat, the Bijope, and with her crew (two 14-year-old boys), she managed to sail her way into the five-boat championships...
Toni has been sailing ever since her father, Arnold E. Monetti, Manhassat Bay's commodore, bought an Atlantic class (30-ft.) sloop nine years ago. Nobody taught her to sail: "I just learned how by doing it." A ninth-grader, Toni hopes to become an artist because "you can't make a living out of sailing." But, like most of her fellow midgets, she fully intends to keep on racing, too. When she reaches 18, Toni will sail in women's class events; the women's champion of the Sound is feted each year with...
...Crimson's high scorer, taking 51 points in Division A, while teammate Frank Scully tallied 47 points in Division B. M.I.T. had a total of 112 points, Yale tied the Crimson for second with 98, and Princeton had 85; Brown, 75; Dartmouth, 55, Williams, 44; and Cornell, 37. Bob Monetti of Yale won the A Division title with 56 points, and Tech's Bob Smith was B Division champ with 61 points...