The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-18
HARVARD CLASS CREWS
ROW STIRRING RACE
Two Boats Swamped-A
Third Fails TO Finish.
WELD SENIORS THE VICT0RS
Launch John Harvard Had Busy Time
Picking Up the FIounder-
ing CIassnen.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April l8.-The
Weld senior class crew won the cham
pionship at Harvard yesterday afternoon
In one Of the most exciting races that
have been rowed at Cambridge for many
q day. OF the FIVE crews which started
only two were able TO finish. or the
other three crews two were swamped
ard had TO be taken aboard the launch
John Harvard. which followed the race
for rescuing purposes The freshman
beat was able 20 row home, but had TO
go slowly and drop out Of the race. The
men in the junior and sophomore boats
we're in the water up 10 their chests,
and after being taken on the launch.
where they we're huddIed around The
boiler. they were landed at the Long
wood bridge and sent home on the run,
q distance Of a mile. THIS is the first
time that-crews have been swamped at
Harvard since 1898, when all five
crews in the race went down. Several
men were ready 10 jump out OF the
swamped boats today. but they were
ordered TO Keep their seats, and there
was no trouble in getting them aboard
the launch.
In the race were the Weld senior.
junior. sophomore. and freshmen boats
which won their heats with their Newell
rivals in the preliminary races last week,
and the Newell law school crew. The
race was rowed upstream over the one
and seven-eighths Of = mile course in
the Charles River basin from the Union
Boat Club to the Longwood Bridge
The Weld seniors got the better Of the
start, closely followed by the freshmen,
while the Law school crew was the last
away. At the Harvard Bridge, which is
the halfway mark. the seniors had
safe lead, with the freshmen second and
the law school third The Juniors and
sophomores, who were IN the toughest
water. had their boats more than half
filed with water, ard we're cut OF the
race The seniors went under the arch
of the draw span. and in the sheltered
water spurted, thereby increasing their
lead 10 a length over the law school
crew, which had passed the freshmen
boat n the squirt
Taken Aboard Launch.
a half-mile from the finish the juniors
and sophomores we're taken aboard the
launch, and the freshmen were put out
/ Of the race. The law school crew on a
I beautiful squirt almost caught the SEN
iors. but the latter ran up the stroke
and finished IN the final squirt a length
/ ahead Of the lawyers" The two boats
( that finished were the only ones in the
race provided with washboards. The
time was u minutes 1 seconds. The or
/ der of the crews:
Weld senIors-woleott. stroke; Hart
well. :: Derby, Q; Bent. .. Greenough. 4,
Ernest, 3; Roberts, ,; George, bow;
/ Kelly. c0xswain-
Newell Law SchooI-Brlghan, stroke;
Swain, Z; Colby, g; Duffy, >; Howe, I;
Marvin, 3; Brooks. 2; Morse, bow;
BouelH, coxswain.
/ Weld Juuiors-DidinSham stroke
Minturn, Z; Sanger, 9: BIeakie, 3; Lind-
sley. 4 Lloyd. 3; Macomber. 2; Derham,
bow; Swan. coxswain-
Weld Richmond, stroke
Lawson, Z; Ober, 6; Abbott. ;; Denning
! 4; Eayrs, 8; JOY, p Johnson, bow;
/ Chase. coxswain.
Weld Freshmen-FilIey, stroke; Gill
Il; Pleasanton, s; Hollingsworth. ):
/ Shepard. :; CorIett. 3; Hyde, 2; Judd,
bow; Borden, coxswain.
The following men have been picked
Tor the varsity squad. and they viii 60
into training under Coach Htgginson al
once: Captain AcGrew, J. B. Aver, J. "
iC. Foster. Haycock. s. H. Woleott. G.
A. Hartweu. r Derby. and E George,
seniors: Harold Dillingham;, R. Sanger.
r. Foster, juniors; Webster. Ober, Law
son. Swain, Locke, s5phomores, and J. 2,
B. Duffy, law school
The freshman squad has been picked
as follows. and viii begin training under
H. f Perkins next Thursday: 0. D.
FiIley. \. G. Gill, F. R PIeasanton. V
ToIljngsworth, O. n Shepard, ". y
CorIett, D. c. Hyde, \. G. Judd. r r
Borden, J. l. White, F s Kellogg, r
r Guild, K NoiIer. ". Sabine, P. "
Flint, G. Switzer. c. MonTo. ". VIII
Jams, J. NJ Montgomery. L. Burehard, II
H Whitman.