HARD ROWING YESTERDAY

With only eight days of actual practice on the Charles left before the Annapolis race, the University eight was put through a short but hard drill yesterday afternoon. The river was very rough, and the wind dead ahead upstream, but Coach Wray demanded a high stroke. On the first sprint the stroke was rapidly put up to 33 to the minute, and in the stretch extending from below the Stillman Infirmary to the boathouse it was raised to 36. The crew showed even better form with a high stroke than with a low, although it tended naturally to clip the stroke a little at the finish.

No changes have been made in the orders of the University boats, and it is quite probable that no further alterations will be made for the time being. The crew with substitutes will leave for Annapolis on Thursday, April 16, and will race the Naval Academy the next day at noon. On the following Wednesday, April 22, the race will be rowed over the two mile course, and if the weather permits will start at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Crew A--Stroke, Sargent; 7, Richardson; 6, E. Bacon; 5, Waid; 4, Lunt; 3, Severance; 2, Fish; bow, Faulkner; cox., Blagden.

Crew B--Stroke, Reece; 7, Marvin; 6, Lovering; 5, Wyman; 4, Morgan; 3, Tilton; 2, G. Bacon; bow, Cutler; cox., King.

Freshman Rowing for the Week.

Few changes were made in the Freshman eights during the week. Cutler and Snedeker have stroked the first and second crews respectively ever since they have been on the river; Hooper has continued to hold down seven, and Forster two on the first boat. Although the first crew rows fairly well, it is palpably weak in certain points; it fails to keep the boat on any sort of even keel, washes out on the finish by feathering under water, and hurries the slides back before the catch has fully been made.

Crew A--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Hooper; 6, Eaton; 5, Jowett; 4, Withington; 3, Waite; 2, Forster; bow, Reece; cox., Fales.

Crew B--Stroke, Snedeker; 7, Smith; 6, Ellis; 5, Harding; 4, Sabine; 3, Shaw; 2, Richardson; bow, Coe; cox., Everett.

Advance in Class Crew Work.

The program of the class crews has been somewhat hindered this week by the cold weather; but fair improvement has been shown in most of the boats. The definite announcement that the winning class crew will be sent to the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia on May 23 has added considerably to the interest taken in the work.

1908--Stroke, McDonald; 7, Warren; 6, Hyde; 5, Marsh; 4, Fahnestock; 3, Edwards; 2, Despard; bow, Young; cox., Dutton.

1909--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Withington; 6, Hanfstaengl, 5, Rackemann; 4, Butler; 3, Richards; 2, Vaughn; bow, Ellis; cox., Simon.

1910--Stroke, Maxwell; 7, Macleod; 6, Hill; 5, Deming; 4, Vogel; 3, Hadden; 2, Frye; bow, Forster; cox., Warren.