FRESHMAN CREW SERIES IN FINAL STAGE TODAY

Completing the second stage of the three-day elimination schedule, begun on Thursday, Dr. Howe and Coach Bert Haines yesterday afternoon put their upper yearling crews through a series of four races. Owing to the heavy weather prevailing in the basin, it was decided to lay the course over the half-mile stretch near the Stadium, and in conformance with the narrower width the eights were split up in to groups of two.

Autumn crew number 1 was pressed to the limit to win from A. C. M. 2 in the initial contest, but the smoothness and precision of the first boat proved too much for their rivals and served to place three quarters of a length between the two shells at the finish. A. C. M. 3 won the decision from the fourth autumn crew by the same distance. The second experienced football crew, pitted against the inexperienced grid oarsmen, provided by far the closest race of the afternoon. The two shells ploughed their way through the waves on comparatively even terms throughout the course, a scant three feet being the latter eight's margin of victory at the finish flags. The first football crew experienced no difficulty in leaving A. C. M. 7 well in the rear.

Following the plan adopted earlier in the week of pitting the winners of the first two days' contests against one an-other in a final test, A. C. M. 1 and 3, E. F. M. 1, and I. F. M. 1 will compete this afternoon on the Basin. The race will be over the mile distance, ending at the Harvard Bridge, and is scheduled to start at 3.30 o'clock.

University Eights Out Yesterday

Dr. Howe kept at work with his squad of 19 oarsmen yesterday and had the remaining members of the University squad tubbing under the direction of Coach William Haines. Today and all next week will be devoted to the problem of picking a definite first and second crew. In this connection Dr. Howe and the coaches feel that they are well advanced on their schedule and that the importance of picking a definite first and second crew merits considerable attention to the work of all the possible men and that they can, therefore, afford to devote over a week to the problem.

Yesterday there were several changes in the seating of the two eights, E. S. Matthews '23 going in at stroke for S. N. Brown '24, A. L. Hobson Jr. '24 replacing M. W. McGreevy '24 at 7, and B. McK. Henry '24, going in for Francis Fiske '23 at 3. Daily shifts of this kind will characterize the work next week to an even greater extent than has been the case the past few days, the purpose being to try out the oarsmen in various combinations and under different circumstances. The three strokes and the coxswains will be retained until the April Recess.