FIRST CREW ROWED ON RIVER

The ice on the Charles River has opened from the Boylston Street Bridge down-stream for about a quarter of a mile, and the University crew took advantage of it by rowing on the open water for the first time this spring yesterday afternoon. The ice was still clinging about the Weld boat-house, so the shell was carried from the Newell boat-house and launched from the bank opposite Weld.

The crew is out on the water just one day later than last year, and rowed remarkably well for the first day, making six complete trips back and forth over the short course at a slow stroke. The boat was unsteady, but the oarsmen caught the water cleanly, and worked with a good body swing. They also spaced well most of the time. Coach Wray watched the crew from the bank.

The second crew worked in the tank, and the third and fourth on the machines up stairs.

The order:

University crew.--Stroke, Chanler; 7, Newton; 6, Strong; 5, Mills; 4, Goodale; 3, Q. Reynolds; 2, Stratton, Morgan; bow, Balch; cox., C. Abeles.