Varsity and House Crews To Enter Charles Regatta

More than 60 oarsmen will represent Harvard in the fourth annual Head of the Charles Regatta a week from Sunday.

With the Ivy League ban on fall varsity crew competition lifted, three varsity heavyweight fours and four varsity lightweight fours will compete for the Crimson. Eight-oared shells from Dunster, Quincy, and possibly Kirkland will race, also.

The Head of the Charles, which attracted 300 oarsmen in its first year, is likely to draw 600 participants this year, making it the largest regatta ever held in the United States. It has become for rowing what the Boston Marathon is for running, and entries from as far west as Santa Barbara, California, have been accepted.

The three-mile course, which starts at the Boston University Boat House, continues upstream to a point opposite the WBZ Tower. The first event begins at noon, and the last event will end at about 4:15 p.m.

Lowell House entered last year's Head of the Charles and captured the "senior four-oared shells with cox" division in record time. Rowing in that boat were four of the oarsmen in this year's Olympic Boat--Dave Higgins, Cleve Livingston, Fritz Hobbs, and Art Evans. Andy Larkin, also in the Olympic Boat, easily won the "junior single sculls" competition.

Arthur Smithies and Alwin M. Pappenheimer '29, Masters of Kirkland and Dunster respectively, will compete in the "veteran single sculls." In this event for men over 40, a six-second handicap is given for every year above that age. Rowing for Harvard in the "junior light-weight single sculls" will be Bill Burns.

New Goal

The lifting of the Ivy League ban has made this regatta a new goal for fall crew training. The sponsoring Cambridge Boat Club expects 11 boats from Columbia, six from Dartmouth, and boats from Brown, Yale, Princeton, and Penn.

The college, club, or school with the highest number of overall points wins the Paul Revere Point Trophy. In 1967, M.I.T. captured the Trophy and Harvard finished 21st.

Due to staggered starts, action on the River will be continuous.