1.
GV TEAMS LEAVE THE START (USSR AT RIGHT)
0.08

2.
TV USSR PULLS AHEAD
0.33

3.
LV USSR LEADING (HARVARD FOLLOWS)
0.45

4.
CU PAN USSR TEAM
1.04

5.
SV HARVARD TEAM WELL BACK
1.11

6.
GTV USSR TEAM FINISH
1.30

7.
GV SPECTATORS
1.34

8.
TV HARVARD TEAM FINISHING
1.37

9.
LV USSR RELAXING
1.43



Initials JNT/V/AW/EEH


SPORT: REGATTA

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Background: THE "ROWING POWER" OF THE SOVIET UNION WAS DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY TODAY (THURSDAY) AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA WHEN "ONE OF THEIR POSSIBLE OLYMPIC EIGHTS" OVERWHELMED HARVARD (USA) UNIVERSITY CREW IN THE HEATS OF THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP. THE SOVIET CREW EQUALLED THE COURSE RECORD.

A LITHUANIAN EIGHT COVERED THE COURSE OF ONE MILE 550 YARDS (2,112 METRES) UN 6 MINUTES 30 SECS. THIS EQUALLED THE RECORD SET IN 1957 BY CORNELL (USA) UNIVERSITY IN THE GRAND HEATS.

THE VICTORIOUS LITHUANIANS SAID IF THEY HAD HAD STRONGER OPPOSITION THEY COULD EASILY HAVE BEATEN THE RECORD. THEY FINISHED UNCHALLENGED AND FRESH COMPARED WITH THEIR AMERICAN OPPONENTS WHO STRUGGLED PAST THE POST EXHAUSTED. THE LITHUANIANS AVERAGED ABOUT 193 LBS (88 KILOS) COMPARED WITH THE AMERICAN'S 179.5 LBS (81.6 KILOS).