CREW OFF FOR ANNAPOLIS

The University crew will leave tonight on the Federal Express for Annapolis, where it will race the Naval Academy on the River Severn next Wednesday. The crew will row in the following order: Stroke, Sargent, 166; 7, Richardson (capt.), 188; 6, E. Bacon 184; 5, Waid, 175; 4, Lunt, 179; 3, Severance, 177; 2, Fish, 171; bow, Faulkner, 177; cox., Blagden, 106. The crew will be accompanied by Morgan as substitute, coach Wray, and manager Howes. The squad will stay at Carvel Hall, and complete their training on the Severn.

The work last fall consisted of very slow paddling, and the stroke was kept low with the aim of teaching the crew to row smoothly. Considerable time was devoted to trying out strokes in all three crews on the squad. In the first crew Bacon was tried for the first month, and then Sargent was put in. At the end of the fall rowing a race was held over the four mile course in order to try out the men; and the rowing of the University crew in that race was fairly smooth. This spring six men picked from the dormitory crews were added to the squad; and these, together with the men who were on the squad last fall made up the four crews which started work in the tank on February 10.

The crews got out on the river on February 21, nearly a month earlier than last year. For the first month Sargent was tried at stroke, and then Morgan was tried for two weeks. On March 23 Sargent was taken back into the first boat where he has since remained. The only other change in the make-up of the crew was the shifting of Waid to 5. By making the rowing smooth the work at a low stroke last fall accomplished the desired end; and the crew has developed fairly well this spring. The showing of the last few days has been below par, but nearly a week remains to round off the crew. The two-mile race with a lighter crew, under conditions which will doubtless be most favorable to a light crew, will be a very interesting try-out for all the men, and especially the stroke.