CREW MATERIAL WELL DEVELOPED

With the singles race for the Regent's Cup last Monday the fall rowing season for the University oarsmen came to end. The prospects for a successful year, judged by this fall's work, are unusually good. Not only was a great deal of enthusiasm shown, but the crews were well up to standard and showed continuous improvement from start to finish. Over 200 men reported for practice at the beginning of the season--a record number. On one day, including the Freshman boats, there were 22 crews on the river, the largest number ever in action at any one time in the University.

The men were called out the second day after College opened and worked steadily till October 30, the last day of the fall regatta. The first two University crews, crew A and crew B, were very nearly equal all during the season. The third and fourth crews were known as the first Eliot and Thayer crews, with the remainder, ten graded crews, divided into the Eliot and Thayer clubs. Under fairly strenuous training the men rounded into shape rapidly under the supervision of Coach Wray. Special attention was given to perfecting a slow, hard stroke, with particular emphasis on an easy recovery. Previous to the fall regatta crews A and B rowed two mile races on different days, both finishing in dead heats. The slow stroke was probably responsible for this to a large extent. Good material from last year's Freshman eight has played a part in the efficiency of the rowing this fall and the Henley crew has also contributed largely.

Regatta Begins.

On October 22 the coxswains of the first two crews exchanged boats in order to make the crews still more even, Kreger taking Crew B and Cameron going to Crew A. A hard week's work then followed in preparation for the fall regatta which began on October 27. On this day the fifth Eliot defeated the fifth Thayer crew by a scant length. On the following day the third Eliot crew finished first in the race for the Filley Cup, the third and fourth Thayer eights getting second and third respectively. On the last day of the regatta crews A and B raced over a mile and seven-eighths and were less than two seconds apart at the finish. Crew B forged slightly ahead and crew A crossed the line a scant 10 feet behind.

In the final race of the graded club crews in competition for the Filley Cup, the first Thayer boat nosed out the Eliot crew by a scant 5 feet, but in the total count of points, the Eliot club won the cup, having secured 8 1-2 points to Thayer's 6 1-2. Individual cups have been given to the members of the first and second club crews which defeated their respective adversaries and medals to the members of the third, fourth, and fifth club crews.

The make-up of the crews in the most important races were as follows:

University A.--Stroke, Harwood; 7, Ely; 6, Stebbins; 5, Schall; 4, Talcott; 3, Richardson; 2, Fuller; bow, Busk; cox., Kreger.

University B.--Stroke, Lund; 7, Cabot; 6, H. S. Middendorf; 5, J. W. Middendorf; 4, Brown; 3, Meyer; 2, Culbert; bow, Murray; cox., Cameron.

First Thayer.--Stroke, White; 7, Potter; 6, Young; 5, Coolidge; 4, Fisher; 3, Apollonio; 2, Ingalls; bow, Eaton; cox., Henderson.

First Ellot.--Stroke, Chichester; 7, Wilkinson; 6, Jeffries; 5, Lyman; 4, Graham; 3, Whittemore; 2, Phillips; bow, Higginson; cox., Gallaner.