Sophomore Crew.

When Captain Loring made his first call for candidates for the sophomore crew immediately after the close of the Christmas recess, he had the satisfaction of seeing about thirty-five men respond. These were more than he could conveniently manage, and from that up to the present there has been a gradual weeding out of the bad from the good material, until now only sixteen men remain. Of these only two rowed in the freshman race at New London last spring, Thompson and Loring. Saltonstall, Williams, who was a substitute, Johnson, Bond and Waters are all in training with the 'varsity candidates. Glidden, who stroked the crew, has not begun to row yet, but it is possible that both he and Shea may take their old places in the boat after the mid-year examinations are over. Fay has not returned to college.

The loss of these six men has temporarily crippled the crew but there is some promising new material and the large number of places which are open is an admirable incentive to those who are now trying, still some of these positions will doubtless be filled later in the year by the men now in the 'varsity squads.

The training consists of the conventional round of work; first, rowing on the weights, followed by dumb-bell exercise and a run up the avenue. D. R. Vail '93, is acting as coach, and is gradually getting the men into better form, but naturally there is considerable awkwardness owing to the short time the men have been together and to inexperience, many of the men never having tried to row before.

The weights of the men and the make-up of the crews as it was on Saturday is here given:

FIRST CREW.

Stroke, Bell, 158

7, Breckenridge, 152

6, Thompson, 158

5, Blake, 165

4, Weed, 157

3, Crane, 154

2, de Rochemont, 174

Bow, Davis, 170

SECOND CREW.

Stroke, Wrenn, 158

7, Eddy, 163

6, McDonald, 160

5, Heckscher, 153

4, Beals, 160

3, Turnure, 170

2, Lee, 170

Bow, Loring, 157

It will be seen by the above that the average weight of each crew is 161lbs. It is also interesting to note that Weed, Crane, de Rochemont, and Davis of the first crew are all new men, none of them having rowed before. Bell, Breckenridge and Blake have had the advantage of considerable training last year. In spite of the many individual faults which now exist, the chances of developing a strong crew seems to be very good.