Crew Will Seek 51st Regatta Win Over Bulldogs

In the 97th running of the Harvard-Yale Regatta on Saturday, June 16, the Crimson heavyweights will be going for their fourth victory in a row and a possible 51st win over the Elis.

A four-mile endurance test and the only race of its kind still in existence, the Harvard-Yale Regatta was inaugurated in 1852. The classic event is America's oldest intercollegiate athletic event and will be run on the Thames River in New London, Conn.

The varsity squad will include five veterans from last year's winning varsity; but the absence of Perry Boyden, captain and stroke in previous seasons, will make this spring's match a close contest. Finding an adequate replacement for Boyden has been a season-long problem for coach Harvey Love.

Opposing the varsity veterans will be a comparatively young Eli team. Yale's crew will probably line up with five sophomores, two juniors, and two seniors.

The Bulldogs are the Eastern sprint co-champion with Pennsylvania and have gained a reputation for being a quick-starting and smooth-stroking shell over a short distance. But Eli coach Jim Rathschmidt may have trouble converting this ability to Yale's advantage over the strength-sapping four-mile route.

Both crew camps have been launched and the squads should start full-scale drills Monday or Tuesday. In an effort to whip their oarsmen into winning form, Love and Rathschmidt have scheduled two-a-day workouts on the river for most of the upcoming two-week period.