NEWELL WINS THREE RACES.

In the interclub class races rowed yesterday afternoon the Newell won the 1903, 1902 and 1901 races and the Weld won the Law School race. The weather conditions were not very favorable and the times of all the races were slow. In the race of the Junior crews the Newell coxswain allowed his boat to drift into the Weld course, causing a foul. As this foul, however, did not affect the result, the referee gave the race to the Newell crew. This decision may be protested by the Weld crew and if the protest is sustained, both crews will enter the class races on Thurday.

The first race, that of the 1903 crews, was started shortly after three o'clock. The Weld had a better start but the Newell crew, rowing a faster stroke, soon took the lead and held it to the finish in spite of the advantage the Weld crew had from the outside position. At the half mile, the Newell boat was two-thirds of a length in the lead. Then the Weld spurted and reduced the lead to half a length at the Harvard Bridge. Neither crew was very well together, but the Newell seemed to row easier. From the bridge to the finish the race was a succession of spurts, the Newell winning by half a length. The time was 10m. 15s.

In the Junior race both crews started with a very high stroke, but the Weld, with a lead of one-eighth of a length, soon settled down to a long stroke, thirty two to the minute. The Newell was rowing about thirty-four. About three-quarters of a mile from the start, the boats came so near together that bow's car in the Weld boat struck the oar of stroke in the Newell. The foul did not hinder either boat materially however, and at the bridge the Newell led by one eighth of a length. For the rest of the race the Newell gained steadily and finished ahead by half a length of open water. The time, 9m. 57s., was the best made in the afternoon.

The race between the two Senior boats was the closest and most exciting of fall. Both crews got a good start, rowing a thirty-four stroke. At the bridge the Newell, with a more powerful stroke, led by two-thirds of a length. Then the Weld began to spurt and gradually overcame the lead of the Newell. About a quarter of a mile from the finish the two crews were nearly even, but then the Newell made one last spurt and finished a quarter of a length ahead. The time was 9m. 57 3-5s.

The Law School crews got away with the Weld slightly in the lead. The Newell was even at the half mile, but at the bridge the Weld led again by half a length. By repeated spurts the Newell gradually gained, but about a hundred yards from the finish, Farley, number two in the Newell boat, broke his oar and jumped overboard. The Weld then won by half a length, in 10m. 6 3-5.