OARSMEN BEGIN REGATTA

The final regatta of the fall rowing season begins today, and will be continued tomorrow and Friday. The three first dormitory, crews will begin things by racing over the mile course from Cottage Farm bridge to Harvard bridge today at 4.10 o'clock. This race will be followed at 4.20 by the second and third Eliot and Thayer clubs crews, and at 4.25 by the second dormitory crew race, all rowing the same course. The third dormitory crews will race a half-mile down stream from Cottage Farm bridge at 4.40.

Tomorrow the first Eliot and Thayer club crews and on Friday the University crews will race. All crews will leave the boathouse at least 20 minutes before the time scheduled for the race to begin.

The dormitory and club crews will race under a point system of scoring. The winning first dormitory crew entitles the hall it represents to five points, the winning second crew four, and the winning third crew three. The runner-up of the first crews receives four points, of the second and third crews two points. Third place in any race counts one point.

In a similar way the club crews will contest for the Filley Cup, now in the possession of the Eliot Club. The winning first crew will obtain four points, the winning second three, and the winning third two. In case the winning crew is lapped by its opponent, that crew forfeits one point to that opponent.

On November 1 the comp and wherry races over the half-mile stretch up stream will be held. Blue books are now at Leavitt and Peirce's, Weld and Newell boathouses. Winners will obtain cups, and the races are open to anyone in the University who has passed the strength test.