> Germany's Ratzeburg Rowing Club: the European eight-oared championship, spotting the early lead to a Russian crew, coming on in the last 200 meters of the 2,000-meter race to win by 6 ft.; at Duisburg, Germany. Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club, which beat Ratzeburg in a preliminary heat, never came close in the final, had all it could do to salvage third place from a fast-closing Yugoslav eight.
>New York's Cornelius ("Glit") Shields Jr.: the Mallory Cup, emblematic of the North American men's sailing championship; on Lake Pontchartrain, La. Though he did not...
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