CREWS TAKE FIRST WORKOUT ON RIVER

Two eights, the first of the 1942 season, took the water late yesterday afternoon, well ahead of last year's late starting mark of March 25. Softened by Tuesday's torrent and forcibly ejected by Tom Bolles and his helpers, the ice no longer blockades Newell Boat House.

Bolles said that crews would start rowing regularly immediately, and this "spring" the Varsity coach will have plenty of time in which to decide which crews to keep over the vacation. At present five heavies are working out in the tanks, but one will probably be cut before the end of the month.

Three-eighths-Mile Run

This sudden arrival of the vernal season, so far in advance of its usual late date, caught the boat house partially unprepared, and there were no launches ready when Bolles sent his two shells out on the chilly water. The eights, stroked by Dave Noyes and Bryce Seligman, restricted themselves to working out in the three-eighths mile space between Newell and the Cambridge Boat Club.

Tech has been out on the river for quite a while, since the ice breaks up earlier on that part of the river than it does near the Anderson Bridge, but by the time the two crews meet late in April this early start should mean very little.