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The first heat was won by Winthrop in the time of 8:07.6, slow for the excellent conditions, and, in fact, slower than the times of each of the three crews in the second heat. Dunster and Kirkland trailed, while a crew from the Business School actually nosed out the...
Next day, while Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose went elephant riding in London Zoo back home, Their Majesties watched one of the remaining escort, the cruiser Southampton, in an anti-aircraft demonstration, peppering a black smoke shell cloud with hits that puffed white against it. Another day, and on the...
With the Adams Cup waiting for them at the end of the race, the Crimson oarsmen ploughed three-quarters of a length ahead of the Navy in the racing start only to be slightly nosed by Pennsylvania who never again threatened the Harvard boat.
Bert Haines's prize package 150 pounders lived up to all hopes last Saturday as the first boat nosed out the Eli lightweight crew by a third of a length on Lake Carnegie to take the Goldthwait Cup. The Princeton crew was left three lengths in the wake.
In the Yale match the Crimson dropped two points in the first foursome as Ace Cordingley and Bob Graves were defeated in best ball and Cordingley lost his individual match. Graves, however, gave Harvard what proved to be the deciding point of the day as he nosed out Yale's...