UNIVERSITY EIGHT TRAILS 1926 CREW

Sheer fighting spirit, combined effectually with a stroke which remained crisp and powerful throughout the gruelling mile and seven-eights course, gave the Freshman crew a well-deserved victory over Coach Muller's University eight Saturday afternoon on the basin. Nearly, two lengths of open water bore mute testimony to the decisive character of the defeat as the shells filed across the finish line.

It was within the first half mile that the University oarsmen gave evidence of the weakness that cost them the race. The two shells went off the line together and for a quarter mile or so there was not much to choose between them. At this point, however, Brown essayed a higher stroke to keep pace with the heightened beat in the Freshman boat, and it was here that his eight began to lose ground. Unable to continue effectively at this pace, the University stroke lengthened the beat and dropped to an even 30 where the added power and drive began to show in a steady gain on the flying yearling boat.

1926 Crew Adds to Lead

At the Harvard bridge Coach Muller's eight was within half a length of the 1926 crew, but the latter, spurred at this point by fresh competition in the form of the junior University eight, soon regained the upper hand and added consistently to its lead for a three length margin at the finish. The Crimson seconds, starting with nearly two length's advantage at the bridge, had their lead whittled to a quarter of its original proportions before the end. The Freshman time was 10 minutes, 18 seconds for the mile and seven-eights.

The seating of the University and Freshman crews as they will row aginst Princeton and the Navy next Saturday is as follows:

UniversityA--Bow, S. B. Kelley '25; 2, H. S. Morgan '23; 3, G.R. Johnson '25; 4, C. K. Cummings '23; 5, H. H. Fuller, Jr. '23; 6, A. H. Ladd, Jr. '23; 7, B. McK. Henry '24; Stroke, S. N. Brown '24; Cox, S. C. Badger '23.

Freshman A--Bow, V. F. Righter; 2, F. P. Weymer; 3, Richard Trimble Jr.; 4, W. K. Marly; 5, D. C. Gates; 6, C. F. Darlington, Jr.; 7, D. H. Leavitt; Stroke, J. W. Adie.

Other races Saturday afternoon included the Union Boat Club's defeat of the third University eight by two lengths over the Henley distance, the victory of the third Freshman crew over the second and "black" combinations, and the triumph of Sophomore A over Sophomore B by a matter of four lengths on the mile and seven eights course.

The Freshman four-cared crew A was defeated by Exeter Saturday afternoon by three lengths in the second race of the 1926 crew season. The opening race, a few minutes earlier, was a victory for the yearlings, the 1926 four-cared crew D winning from the Exeter second boat by two and a half lengths.