A strong northwest wind turned back the four University crews on Saturday afternoon from their scheduled mile and three quarters race on the Charles River Basin. The weather conditions were so unfavorable even on the short stretches above Newell boathouse that Coach E. J. Brown '96 limited the practice to a few quarter mile sprints for the four boats. The oarsmen were not on the river longer than three quarters of an hour.

At the finish, Crew D, stroked by Janies Lawrence '29, had a 12 foot lead over Crew C with Captain John Watts '28 as pace-maker. The other two shells were bunched slightly behind Crew C.

Although the severe cross-chop on the course made fast time impossible, the oarsmanship was smooth in all the boats and the high beat maintained without raggedness.

It is reported that a change in the boating of the crews will be made today as a result of the trials on Satur-

Before the final dash back to the boathouse, the four crews lined up at the first bend of the river with Crew A, composed largely of Sophomores, having a length start. The distance to be covered being less than a half mile, the strokes raised the beat to sprinting speed and kept it there all the way to the boat.

day. The line-up of the four crews that braved the rough weather conditions was as follows:

Crew A--Stroke, A. T. Gray '30; 7, C. N. Comstock '30; 6, C. S. Petrasch '30; 5, H. M. Keyes '28; 4, P. W. Wilson '30; 3, W. F. Wyeth '29; 2, Walter Maynard '28; bow, A. C. Daniels '30; cox, J. H. MacCollom '28.

Crew B--Stroke, M. R. Brownell '30; 7, L. W. Dickey '30; 6, A. A. Campbell '30; 5, J. DeW. Hubbard '29; 4, James Roosevelt '30; 3, C. McK. Norton '29; 2, T. H. Eliot '28; bow, Amyas Ames '28; cox, C. G. Chase '30.

Crew C--Stroke, John Watts '28; 7, Guy Murchie '29; 6, Oliver Ames 1G.B.; 5, B. J. Harrison '29; 4, D. P. Donaldson '28; 3, D. R. Kroell 3E.S.; 2, O. S. Greer 3E.S.; bow, H. C. Wintringham 3E.S.; stroke, L. L. Wadsworth '30.

Crew D--Stroke, James Lawrence '29; 7, W. G. Saltonstall '28; 6, C. E. Mason '30; 5, W. T. Emmet '29; 4, Marshall Rawle '30; 3, Allerton Cushman '29; 2, D. S. M. Lanier '29; bow, Edward Hamlin '29; cox, R. W. Herr '28