Coach Haines has been trying out new combinations in his first boat this week and as a result sent out his men yesterday afternoon with two important changes in the seating. A. H. Ladd '23 has been advanced to 3 on the first eight, sending Lawrence Terry 3E.S. to 5, while R. M. Sedgwick '21 has gone to 5 on Crew B to make room for Terry.
The changes made yesterday are not necessarily permanent and represent only a part of the work of trying out new combinations. The eight is now seated as follows: Bow, John Codman '22; 2, H. S. Morgan '23; 3, A. H. Ladd '23; 4, M. E. Olmsted '22; 5, Lawrence Terry 3E.S.; 6, Captain L. B. McCagg '22; 7, T. T. Pond '21; stroke, L. B. La Farge '22; coxswain, E. L. Pierson '21.
Freshman Crews in Trial Race
At 3 o'clock yesterday, Dr. Howe, Freshman crew coach, accompanied by Coaches Haines and Herrick, took the first three Freshman crews down to the Basin for a trial spin over the mile and seven-eighths course. Dr. Howe tried out the first crew at different strokes on the way down, ranging from a very slow even stroke below 20 to a short dash at 30 or better. In these dashes, the boat was at all times very evenly balanced and the Freshmen stood the test well.
Once in the Basin the three boats lined up for the brush, the first crew two lengths behind the second and third. Walter Amory, the 150-pound stroke acting captain for this week, kept the stroke at 26 for the first mile, and despite the higher stroke and the lead of the others, the first boat was even with the second at the Harvard Bridge. From then on, all crews heightened the stroke gradually, and in a well-timed spurt at the finish, the first crew, with a stroke which reached 40, pulled away from the rest and ended two lengths ahead; time for the course, 11 minutes, 11 seconds. The third beat put in its final effort too soon and ended three lengths behind the second.
Coach Howe was well pleased with the result, and especially with the excellent showing of Amory at stroke. He is very optimistic concerning prospects for the season. What criticism he had to offer was mainly concerned with minor defects in the body swing of some men. After the brush he drilled the crews in getting the final drive with the legs at the end of their stroke which aids so greatly in carrying the shell forward between strokes. He also emphasized the spirit which the Freshmen seem to have and which is so necessary to a winning crew.
Today at 5 o'clock the Freshman four-car boats will be put through time trials on the Basin.
Vacation Rowing Plans
Plans for rowing during the spring vacation were announced by the crew management yesterday. Three of the University boats, Crew A, Crew B and the 150-pound crews will row on Saturday afternoon, April 16, for the last time before the vacation. They will report again for practice on Tuesday morning, April 19, and will row twice daily from then on.
The first three Freshman boats will be free from Friday, April 15, until the afternoon of Wednesday, April 20. From then on they will likewise row twice daily.
Three crews will travel to Princeton early in May for the race against the Navy and Princeton. The shells and equipment will leave on Wednesday night, May 4, and the men themselves on the next day, in order that they may get a day's practice on Lake Carnegie before the race on May 7
