WATTS PILOTS CREW TO WIN BY NARROW MARGIN

By a three-quarter length margin, the University crew stroked by P.H. Watts '31 yesterday repeated its victory of Saturday afternoon over crew X, stroked by S.W. Swaim '31, in a closely fought contest over the Basin course.

The race rowed yesterday was called by Coach E.J. Brown '96 on account of the unsatisfactory time shown by both crews in covering the mile and three-quarter distance on Saturday. Watts held the beat four or five point higher throughout the race yesterday than he did three days ago, but Swaim's crew were prepared for a close contest, and made a much better showing. The crews rowed down the course at a 32 stroke-per-minute clip, little hindered by a light head wind, which had less effect than did the cross chop from several launches which had passed over the course. Crew X had a slight lead as the two eights passed under Harvard bridge, but Watts forced his shell ahead to a position almost a length in front of crew X. Swaim retaliated, but was not able to shorten to less than three-quarters of a length, the lead gained by his adversaries.

The seating of the University eight will be announced tomorrow evening following the practice. Several new combinations were tried yesterday after the race, with E.L. Millard '31 rowing in place of C. McK. Norton '29, who has been out of action since last Friday.