SMOOTHER WORK BY CREWS

The University crews for the past week have been made up as follows:

University crew.--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Metcalf; 6, Newton; 5, Bacon; 4, Leslie; 3, Hooper; 2, Sargent; bow, Whitney; cox., King.

Second crew.--Stroke, Forster; 7, Coe; 6, Strong; 5, L. Smith; 4, Cudahy; 3, Loring; 2, Waite; bow, Wiggins; cox., Voorhees.

Third crew.--Stroke, Trumbull; 7, Jowett; 6, Parker; 5, Beane; 4, M. Peabody; 3, Anderson; 2, Hoar; bow, C. Peabody; cox., Strauss.

The University crew has rowed a trifle smoother this week than last. The second eight has lacked snap at the catch and has also been a bit unsteady. The third crew has been rowing in better form this week than last.

Balch has been rowing in a single shell and not in the eight because he is not yet in condition; Whitney has filled his place. Waid has not been in the boat this week on account of tonsilitis. From now until the end of the season, the competition for bow will be between Balch and Whitney; for 3, between Hooper and Metcalf.

On account of the changes necessitated by illness, the crew is perhaps not so far advanced as at this time last year. The most notable progress took place at the end of last week and on the last two days of this week. Improvement has been towards steadiness and better slide work which has brought about better spacing.

Individual Criticism.

Cutler, at stroke, has been rowing in very good form. He is getting his body down over his knees quickly, so that he has had time to slow out his slide. Practically his only difficulty is in not keeping his arms straight on the recovery.

At 7, Metcalf has been rowing smoothly but has lacked life and dash and has particularly lacked a drive at the finish. The feature of his rowing is its smoothness.

Newton has been steady at 6 and has proved valuable in passing back the stroke to the other men in the boat. His main difficulty is in not bevelling his oar at the catch.

Bacon is in very good form at 5--better than on the port side, where he rowed last year.

At 4, Leslie has been improving steadily. At the first of the spring season, he let his shoulders jump up in the air in the first part of the recovery; now, however, he has remedied this to a large extent and gets a cleaner, more even finish. He is still a trifle stiffer than the other men in the boat.

Hooper has been only fair at 3. He is unsteady and has not good control at the catch. This is owing to the fact that he doesn't tighten up with his knees on the last part of his recovery.

At 2, Sargent has been rowing a fairly smooth oar. He proves more effective on this side of the boat than on the starboard side, where he rowed at bow last fall and also during the early part of the spring. His trouble is in not keeping his eyes in the boat.

Whitney, at bow, has displayed equally as good form as last year. He is inclined to drop down over his knees too quickly and not to take enough time in squeezing out the finish. He has improved, however, in the last two or three days.

King, as coxswain, lacks one of the qualities which Blagden had last year--namely, a keen conception of the rhythm, and an ability to call out to the men and inspire them with this rhythm. He is not over critical.

In the second boat, Forster has been doing very well at stroke and Cudahy has been showing good form at 4. Strong has also improved.