SECOND NEWELL CREW WON

The interclub graded crew race held yesterday afternoon over the mile and seven-eighths course, between the first and second graded crews of the Weld and Newell clubs resulted in a decisive victory for the second Newell crew with the first Weld second, and the first Newell third. The second Weld crew did not finish, as Burden at bow broke his oar just after passing Harvard Bridge; the boat shortly after filled with water. A brisk wind blowing across the course created a choppy sea causing all the eights to ship water. The time, 11 minutes and 45 seconds, was therefore as fast as could be reasonably expected.

The race was started upstream from the Union Boat Club at about 4.25 o'clock, with the crews in the following positions, beginning at the Beacon street wall: second Newell, second Weld, first Newell, first Weld. For the first few hundred yards all four crews kept well together, but gradually the second Newell gained a lead which they slowly but steadily increased, rowing at a stroke of about 30 to the minute. The second Weld, after a spurt at the start, settled down to a 26 stroke and passed the first Newell and first Weld crews before reaching the three-quarter mile mark. At this point the race began to assume the appearance of a procession, the second Newell in the lead, followed by the first and second Weld crews, and the first Newell last. Before entering the bridge the second Weld gained a little, in spite of the fact that they were rowing a much slower stroke than the other eights. Just above the bridge, however, bow broke his oar, giving the first Weld second place, and the first Newell third. At the 1 1-2 mile the second Newell was almost a length of open water ahead of the first Weld and rowing well together at a 30 stroke. The first Newell was hopelessly behind, showing no drive or ability to keep together. At the finish the second Newell was a length and a half of open water ahead of the first Weld; the first Newell by a spurt at the finish came in about three lengths behind.

The orders of the first and second crews were as follows:

Second Newell--Stroke, Gregg; 7, Warren; 6, Amory; 5, Davis; 4, Richmond; 3, Nash; 2, Shepard; bow, Irving; cox., Ogilby.

First Weld--Stroke, Soule; 7, Corlett; 6, McLeod; 5, Brooks; 4, Sabine; 3, Joralemon; 2, May; bow, Williams; cox., Risley.