JUNIOR EIGHT VICTOR IN INTER-CLASS RACE

In the first day of the Class and Club crew regatta the Junior eight won the interclass championship of the river by a lead of a clear length and one-half over the Sophomore boat, and will, in consequence, meet the winning Yale class shell on the Housatonic two weeks from tomorrow. The first Eliot crew scored an easy victory over Thayer in the race for the Inter-Club championship, in a contest greatly marred by the handicap which the losing eight sustained when one of their seats split in two at the end of the first quarter-mile and left the shell with but seven active sweeps during the remainder of the mile course. In the opening event of the regatta the 3rd Freshman boat defeated Stone School by an easy margin.

At the very start the 1921 oarsmen got away to a slight lead, but were passed in the next few strokes by the Junior shell. The latter crew, maintaining a high stroke, gained steadily on the Sophomores throughout the first mile, while the Senior eight, after a short brush with 1921, dropped well to the rear. As the boats neared Harvard Bridge the leaders were a length to the good. Both coxswains called for a spurt, and the Juniors added a half length to their advantage before running into the rough water of the Basin. From that moment until the final sprint both, strokes lowered their cadence considerably and, matching spurt for spurt, held their relative positions until the finish line was crossed by the 1920 boat in the time of 10 minutes and 46 seconds.

The feature of the Eliot-Thayer race was the breaking of No. 5's seat in the Thayer boat at a moment when that eight was taking the lead and seemed to have a first-rate chance for a victory. This handicap proved too much for the Thayer oarsmen and their opponents rapidly increased their lead to three lengths, which they held to the finish.

In yesterday's regatta the Junior eight was boated as follows: Stroke, Saltonstall; 7, Wheeler; 6, Dickenson; 5, Sanderson; 4, Pavenstedt; 3, Williamson; 2, Palmer; bow, Hardy; Cox., Louderback.