EIGHTS TO HARVARD
HENLEY REGATTA
BURK WINS DIAMOND SCULLS
LONDON, July 8,
Harvard University (U.S.A.) beat the Argonaut Rowing Club (Canada) in the Grand Challenge Cup eights at the Henley centennial regatta. Harvard won by three lengths. The time was 7min 40sec. In the Diamond Sculls, J. Burk '(U.S.A.) beat' Verey (Poland), by a • quarter of a length, in 9min 3sec. . < The races were rowed in a strong wihd and under slight rain. The, ■Canadians led over the first 300 yards, .after - which Harvard took command ■with a possibility of being challenged. In the sculls Verey extended Burk for the.first time in the course of the 'regatta, leading by one length and a quarter at the quarter-mile. Burk Hade a successful spurt, and there.jafter he led throughout. ..*-*-■' *-Burk also won the event last year.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 8, 10 July 1939, Page 7
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