Three Houses Vie for Crew Crown Today

Winthrop's fagless, hagless, jagless training program paid off yesterday as the Puritan eight took an early lead over Eliot's bulking oarsmen and held on to win by 10 feet in the last of the semifinal inter-house heats. Lowell was third by a length.

This upset left Winthrop the only crew still undefeated going into the finals in the Basin this afternoon, where Eliot and Adams will have one more chance to produce. Since the course this afternoon will be a full mile, instead of the three-quarter mile of the qualifying heats, no predictions are possible as to which of the three crews--Adams, Eliot, and Winthrop--will wind up College champion. Partisans of all three are equally certain of victory.

Lowell Heat Postponed

Yesterday's race, postponed from Friday when Lowell broke an oar in a reversion to tactics first popularized by Quintus Fabius Maximus '00, was clocked at the respectable time of 4:15, sans tailwind.

This afternoon's championship race in the Basin, scheduled for 6:30 o'clock, will be preceded by the Bridesmaid Derby, in which Lowell, Leverett, and Kirkland will compete for the second division standings. The winners will have the privilege of throwing the last-place Dudley crew into the Charles.

On the Soldiers Field diamond, the Softball Leagues finished up the first tourney round, with Eliot besting Winthrop, 9 to 1, and Kirkland blasting out a 10 to 8 victory over Leverett House. House track, scheduled for next Thursday, remains the only intramural sport which has not as yet seen action.