Yardling 150's Down Tech Freshman Crew

Polished form and a quick start brought victory to Bert Haines' Freshman 150-pound crew yesterday in their first race of the season against the M.I.T. first-year lightweights and Browne and Nichols school.

Rowing downstream to counteract a strong wind and quartering chop, the Crimson jumped into an immediate lead and breezed over the one-mile course to win going away, with two lengths of open water between them and Tech. Stroke Julian Roosevelt settled into a smooth 32 beat which left the Engineers behind.

The Browne and Nichols crew, off to a bad start, gave Tech a serious scare by coming within a half-length at the finish.