Without upping its stroke, Winthrop's crew scored the biggest upset so far in the House sports season yesterday, by edging over the finish line in the Charles Basin a bare three feet in front of heavily favored Eliot. This is the first time the Elephants have lost the event since the war.

Eliot lagged behind the Winthrop boat by over a length most of the way. Halfway through the mile course; the Elephants pushed the stroke to a sprint, and were still gaining on the Puritans at the finish line.

Bill Crook, cox of the Eliot, boat, attributed their loss to his faulty steering. Crook brought his boat too close to the Cambridge bank, throwing the stroke off and also cutting in on the Dunster boat, which had the inside lane.

Behind the two leaders by three lengths were Kirkland and Dunster, in that order. The Deacons managed to stay a length ahead of Dunster most of the way, although the Funsters crept to within four feet of Kirkland near the finish line.

Time for the winning boat, which kept a fairly consistent 35 to 37 strokes per minute all through the race, was 4 minutes, 49 seconds.

The 19-year-old Agassiz cup went to the victors. Ronald M. Ferry '12, Housemaster at Winthrop, who followed the race in the launch, marched into the Eliot House dining hall last night, took the cup from its six year resting place, and brought it back to Winthrop, where it now reposes in the dining hall. The last time the Puritans had captured the cup was in 1933.

Lowell was next in line, but Kirkland had turned in a faster time. The two held a preliminary yesterday, and the Deacons qualified to meet the big three