CREW STARTS TRAINING FOR FOUR MILE CLASSIC

Winding up a rather discouraging, but not discreditable short race season with a defeat by Syracuse and Cornell last Saturday, the Crimson oarsmen tomorrow resume training for the four mile classic with Yale, entraining for New London Saturday.

The seating of the University crew, shaken together only two days before the regatta last Saturday after two weeks of being juggled about, at least proved to have possibilities. Coach Whiteside evidently hopes these may be brought out better in the four mile endurance test than in the very high-stroked, fast-rowed race which was put on by Syracuse and Cornell last week.

Harvard's lead up to the half-mile mark was an expensive one, and cost her dearly when her opponents settled down to a steady 34 and 35 to cover the last mile and a quarter. As the Crimson stroke was lowered the power in the boat seemed to drop also, and the crew rowed the remainder of the race at a stroke comparable to Syracuse, but without Syracuse's rhythm or drive.

How Harvard might have fared had she been more interested in settling into a powerful racing rhythm than in taking the lead at all costs with a heart-breaking clip which she could not possibly keep up, that is a matter for conjecture.

Coach Whiteside would not say last night whether Captain Armstrong, who was arrested Sunday night, would row with the Varsity crew