Second Crew Defeated Freshmen

On Tuesday, April 19, the second University crew raced the first and second Freshman eights over a one mile and 500-yard course in the Basin, from below the Harvard Bridge to the Longwood Bridge, and won by about two lengths.

The second Freshman crew was given two lengths over the other two boats. The crews started rowing about 36 strokes to the minute and the stroke was not lowered during the whole race. As soon as the Harvard Bridge was passed, the second crew took the lead with the first Freshman second, and the second Freshman in the rear. About fifteen strokes from the finish, when the first Freshman crew was almost even with the second University boat, bow on the Freshman caught a crab and the rest of the men stopped until he got his oar again. The University eight finished first, while the second Freshman just managed to pass the first Freshman crew. All three eights rowed very well, though two of the second University crew's regular men, Strong and Metcalf, were at Annapolis as substitutes for the University crew.

The orders:

Second University crew.--Stroke, Forster; 7, Anderson; 6, Withington; 5, Leslie; 4, Smith; 3, Loring; 2, Waite; bow, Wiggins; cox., Voorhees.

First Freshman crew.--Stroke, Goodale; 7, Moffat; 6, Cutler; 5, Roosevelt; 4, Lincoln; 3, Nelson; 2, Stratton; bow, Meyer; cox., Abeles.

Second Freshman crew.--Stroke, Chadwick; 7, Warren; 6, Weston; 5, Frothingham; 4, Talbot; 3, Parmenter; 2, Sullivan; bow, Handy; cox., Bowne.