A Harvard Oarsman at Oxford

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

About ten days ago I received from my father, who is now in Vienna, the enclosed clipping from the London Times of a little over a month ago. I am sending it along to you in the hope that you will publish it in order to show the rowing men of the University that not only is the rowing taught here very similar to what is being taught abroad at the present time but also to show that the material available for the crew here is fully as good as that in England.

Lothrop rowed on the last two crews against Yale at New London and is now studying at Trinity College, Oxford. The enclosed description is written of his work on the winning crew in the contest between the trial eights at Oxford. FREDERIC B. WHITMAN 1G.

January 3, 1921.

Lothrop, at six, was the strong man of the crew. He has quite a lot to learn, but he has improved remarkably, and is very teachable. It was due to his and Coates's efforts that their crew won, and they proved as formidable a combination in the middle of the boat as Lucas and Raikes did last year. Lothrop is a really fine worker; he weighs almost 13st., and certainly pushes every ounce of his weight. He has a good long swing and does not bend his arms a moment too soon, as so many modern heavyweights are inclined to do. When he does do so, however, he draws his elbows right past his side and has a strong, well-supported finish. This was all the more noticeable in contrast to most of the other crew, whose finishes were chiefly conspicious by their absence. At present he is a trifle slow in the water, and there is a tendency to row the stroke in two pieces. In a light boat this would not be so apparent, but in a comparatively slow-moving boat it is very difficult to keep a really hard pressure on evenly throughout the stroke.