Crimson Key To Broadcast 3 Crew Races

Crew spectators, this year, will be able to follow the three races on the Charles with their cars as well as their eyes. The Crimson Key Society has announced that it will set up a public address system to broadcast a stroke-by-stroke description of the Adams Cup Compton Cup and inter-Boston triangular meets.

A powerful transmitter operating from the officials' launch, will relay the race reports to the finish line where a group of technicians will broadest the information to crowds along the shore. Several loudspeakers, newly acquired by the Crimson Key, will assure a wide range of audibility.

Announcing of all the Crimson's home races is an outgrowth of the broadcast last year at Eastern Sprints Championship by two students, Gerard H. Fisher '49 and James T. Otis '45. At that time, they followed the races with a walkie-talkie system which, though clear enough to those who could hear it, was too feeble to reach most of the crowd.

Running Commentary

This year's onlookers will miss the police prowl cars that carried the loudspeakers last year, but they should receive more complete coverage by the Key's new system. The funning commentary planned for this spring will surpass last season's intermittent announcements.

Fisher, Frederick L. Helburn '49, and Curtis Jones '50 will form the broadcasting staff. William Coburn, an engineer at Cardex, Inc. and former lecturer in field communications at Harvard, will give the students the necessary technical assistance.

The present system still does not equal the service that Yale provides for the races on the Thames. For the past few years, the Elis have broadcast a close up report of strokes and positions over a regular network to Connecticut fans.