Crew Upsets Penn, Navy to Win Adams Cup Tenth Time

The fortunes of Tom Bolles and Bert Haines were reversed this weekend. Bolles' varsity heavy crew, with a record of no wins in two attempts, rowed to a length and three-quarters victory over Navy and Penn on the Schuylkill, while Haines' previously undefeated 'fifties lost all three of their races to Yale on the Charles. The junior varsity heavies continued to win, boating Navy and Penn by two lengths.

For the tenth consecutive year the varsity heavies won the Adams Cup, but it was an upset victory for the Crimson. Last week Harvard lost to Princeton by a length and a quarter, and previously the Tigers had defeated Penn, so the Quakers were favored to win over the mile and five sixteenths downstream course at Philadelphia. Bolles' oarsmen finally realized their potential, however, and won easily in 6:38.4.

Crimson Never Pressed

The Crimson went out at the start on both Penn and Navy and was never headed. For the first ten strokes Harvard rowed a 43, and then dropped it immediately to a 31 1/2, which it kept throughout the body of the race. By the midpoint in the course the Crimson had a lead of a length and a half on both the Middles and the Quakers and increased it gradually. In the closing sprint Navy pulled a half length ahead of Penn and finished second to the Crimson in the time of 6:45. Penn's time was 6:48.

Harvard never needed to put on a final sprint and finished at 31 1/2. It was without doubt the Crimson's best race of the year, even though it used a borrowed shell. "We finally lived up to our time trials," Bolles said after the race. All the crews bucked a head wind.

In the jayvee race the Crimson, after dropping behind at the start, caught up on Navy at the half mile, and then put on a power ten to go from a half length behind Penn to first place. From then on, the Harvard second boat coasted in at a 31, again with no sprint. The winning time was 6:45.

In the 150-pound regatta at Cambridge, Yale's varsity went out to an early lead on Harvard and Princeton, and finished one and a quarter lengths ahead of the Crimson to win the Goldthwait Cup. The Tigers were a length and a quarter behind Haines' oarsmen. The Eli winning time for the Henley course was 7:13.3.

The 'fifties jayvee race was the closest of the day, with Yale coming from two lengths behind Harvard to win by four feet over the Crimson. Harvard jumped to an early lead and seemed to be a cinch to win, but in the last half mile the Crimson could'nt raise the stroke from a 32, and Yale put on a furious sprint to win.

The Yale freshmen won easily over Princeton in the best time of the fifties' regatta, 7:00. Harvard was over three lengths behind the winners