PROGRESS OF CLASS ROWING

With the Beacon Cup Regatta only four days off, the class crews are fast rounding into shape for the race. The crews will start from the Longwood Bridge at 2 o'clock Saturday, and row over the mile and seven-eighths course to a point opposite Otter street. The members of the winning class crew will receive their numerals, and will be sent to the American Henley Regatta.

Immediately after the class races the single scull race for the Carroll Cup will be rowed over the mile course from Longwood Bridge through the Harvard Bridge. Entries for the latter event should be made at once to Charles Hart at the Newell boat house or to K. Howes, Holworthy 21.

The Senior first eight have been together for nearly two weeks, and have developed a long, smooth stroke. The men are powerful, and would show up well against a head wind; but they seem to be unable to row a high stroke. They row well together, but their work does not show the life and dash that it should.

The order of the Junior crew has been unsettled all spring, no one combination having been used for more than a week at a time. The frequent changes have severely handicapped the crew, and their time is none to good. Individually, the men are smooth oarsmen, but they do not work together as they might. Their slide work is fair, and the boat has plenty of snap and drive.

The Sophomore crew has been rowing in substantially the same order since April 27, and should have improved more than they have. They have poor control of their slides, and do not get in and out together; consequently the boat checks very perceptibly on the catch. The men put a great deal of spirit into their work, and are able to maintain a high stroke.

The Freshmen have a great advantage over the upperclass crews in that they have rowed in practically the same order since early in April. They row a long and smooth stroke, and the boat runs well between strokes.

The orders:

1908--Stroke, Ball; 7, Amberg; 6, Hyde; 5, Warren; 4, Edwards; 3, Lowell; 2, Despard; bow, Comstock; cox., Dutton.

1909--Stroke, Reece; 7, Rackemann; 6, Cutler; 5, Cable; 4, Butler; 3, Richards; 2, Haines; bow, Vaughn; cox., Simon.

1910--Stroke, Martin; 7, Wyman; 6, Buxton; 5, Macleod; 4, Hill; 3, Hadden; 2, Loring; bow, Maxwell; cox., Warren.

1911--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Hooper; 6, Eaton; 5, Withington; 4, Waite; 3, Whitney; 2, Forster; bow, Shilitto; cox., Fales.