CLOSE RACE GOES TO SECOND EIGHT

Rowing smoothly and with length in their strokes and fighting for the lead all the way down the mile and seven-eighths course in the Basin, the first and second University crews came into the last stretch of their race yesterday, practically a dead heat; a final spurt sent the second eight across the finish line about a quarter of a length in the lead.

The race was held partially to determine what men should go to Red Top, and as a result of the showing Dr. Howe will send the first two University crews and the first Freshman combination intact and the following substitutes: D. B. Campbell E. S., Francis Fiske '23, E. S. Matthews '23, C. H. Hollister Jr. '24, W. L. Boyden Jr. '25, Alfred Codman Jr. '25, H. G. Curran '25, W. M. Fairleigh '25, and W. J. Cunningham '25.

Off to Smooth Start

The three University eights got off to a smooth start at about 36 and held even for the first hundred yards. Then settling to a steady pull around 30, the first crew, began to draw away from the seconds who were rowing a point or two lower, while the thirds, unable to hold the hot pace set by the two leaders, gradually dropped behind.

Up to the half-mile it seemed to be the University's race, are Captain Appleton's men flashed by the mark half a length ahead. For a hundred yards or so there was no change in the relative standing, and then as Amory put the stroke up a beat, the seconds began the draw up Just before the bridge the two boats were almost even, the seconds rowing a little higher, around 32 and forging ahead by inches. But Amory's chief bid for victory was still to come. In the shadow of the bridge he put on a spurt and when the two eights appeared on the other side the seconds were a quarter of a length in the lead and widening the margin.

First Creeps Up Again

Meanwhile Brown had been holding his crew to a slightly lower stroke, and when the seconds dropped the beat after their spurt, the first eight began to creep up again. All the way down the lower Basin the two crews held their own with a slight margin favoring the seconds. A hundred yards from the finish only a few feet separated the crews as the two coxswains called for the final spurts. The thirds finished about four lengths behind.

Similar Race at 4 Today

The two University crews will race over the Basin course again this afternoon at 4 o'clock with no changes in the seating of either eight.

Earlier in the afternoon in a race for the four leading Freshman crews, the first crew took the lead from the start and finished with a four length margin of victory over the seconds. The third and fourth crews were in a dead heat and trailed the seconds by about a length.