SHIFT QUARTERS TO RED TOP

The University, second, and Freshman crews leave for their spring training quarters at Red Top by the 1.03 o'clock train today. All of the men had a final workout on the river Friday, and immediately afterward the shells were shipped to New London in charge of boat-rigger Harte. The launches "Pup" and "John Harvard" are already at the training quarters, having left Thursday. Everything will be ready at the arrival of the men this afternoon, so that they can take their first practice row on the Thames river today.

The University crew has been doing good work for the past few weeks, seeming to have developed the strong catch and snappy finish which has been a determining factor in many previous Harvard victories. What is of still greater importance, the men appear to have acquired the ability to pull together better, this having been gained from their rowing in the same order for so long a time. B. Harwood '15, who has been out for some time on account of a slight injury to his arm, is expected to be back in his old position at number four.

The second boat has much room for further development and should benefit greatly by the extensive facilities for practice which the summer quarters so adequately afford. The oarsmen have not had the advantage, which the first crew has had, of rowing together in the same order for nearly two months, shifts having been both frequent and complete. The present order given below will in all probability be permanent, and this final training should bring about a unity which will go far toward improving the form of the second eight. The boat has suffered a great misfortune at such a late date in losing two of the strongest oarsmen, captain E. W. Soucy '16 at number 5 and K. P. Culbert '17 at 4. Soucy has a severe cold and a bad knee which will prevent his taking the trip to Red Top at all, while Culbert as has been previously stated, underwent muscle strain which also rendered further work impossible for the rest of the season. H. H. Meyer '15, the number 7 oarsman, has been appointed acting captain.

The chief asset of the Freshman boat at present seems to be power, but it does not as yet seem to have developed this quality to its full extent. Whether this has been due to poor food or to some other cause is a matter of doubt, but the healthy life at Red Top and four square meals a day will surely bring out all that is in the 1918 crew and permit it to show what it is really good for. The probable orders of the boats as they will row this afternoon at Red Top follows:

University crew.-Stroke, C. C. Lund '16; 7, H. B. Cabot '17; 6, K. G. B. Parson '16; 5, J. W. Middendorf, Jr., '16; 4, B. Harwood '15; 3, T. E. Stebbins 17; 2, D. P. Morgan, Jr., '16; bow, H. A. Murray, Jr., '15, (captain); cox., H. L. F. Kreger '16.

University second crew.-Stroke, F. W. Busk '16; 7, H. H. Meyer '15, (captain); 6, H. S. Middendorf '16; 5, J. W. White '17; 4, J. Talcott, Jr., '16; 3, A. Potter '17; 2, R. R. Brown '17; bow, F. H. L. Whitmarsh '16; cox., A. A. Cameron '17.

Substitutes.-J. A. Jeffries '16 and W. Richardson '17.

Freshman crew.-Stroke, M. Wiggin; 7, H. A. Quimby, 2d.; 6, Moseley Taylor; 5, E. Nathan; 4, A. W. Pope; 3, B. Williams; 2, H. G. Simonds; bow, N. Brazer; cox., M. A. Hawkins.

Yale Eight Well Balanced.

The Yale crew will also begin practice on the Thames this afternoon. The crew at New Haven this year will be a tried boat which has already shown its power. Coach Nickalls has gone at his work this year with unprecedented directness and has turned out a boat containing only three veterans, which bids fair to give a race certainly equal to that which the wearers of the blue exhibited last year. The men have had their difficulties with rough water this year, and welcome the opportunities which they will now have