THAMES TOO ROUGH FOR MORNING SPIN

Red Top, Conn., June 11.--A strong head wind which turned the Thames into a sea of white caps forced three of the four University crews training here to forego the morning row today. Coach Spuhn's Combination eight was the only one of the Crimson crews to venture out in the rough water for the early spin.

In the afternoon, all four combinations were put through hard workouts in anticipation of time tests to be made tomorrow. Captain Kelley's eight will be sent up the river for the four mile distance, with the Second crew pacing the University shell for the first two miles, and then the 1928 boat for the last two miles. All three boats will be clocked separately, and the performance tomorrow will be a fair indication of the progress of these crews to date.

Observation Train Oversold

The record of the Yale First shell in covering the four mile course in a time reported to be 20 minutes and 40 seconds last Tuesday night is the best performance of the year on the Thames, and approaches within a few seconds of the record for the course made by the Harvard 1920 crew. Remarkably fast conditions prevailed Tuesday night, however, and Coach Haines' had predicted that the Elis would make between 20 minutes and 40 seconds and 20 minutes and 55 seconds before the Blue shell even started up the river. If conditions are anywhere near equal tomorrow, it is confidently expected by the coaches here that the Crimson eight also will better 21 minutes.

Combination Crew Still Shoddy

The Combination eight is still having difficulty in getting together on the swing, and Coach Spuhn believes that the only thing to remedy this trouble is a long, hard workout twice each day. This crew is not getting the speed work that features the practice of the other boats, but a speeding up process in the last few days before the race will undoubtedly be productive of more result when the timing has become perfect. The presence of six Freshmen in the boat this year, and only two substitutes from the University squad has made the task of the 150-pound mentor a difficult one, but a daily improvement in the form shown by the Combination oarsmen will enhance the chances for a Crimson win in this event on the afternoon of June 18.

The rough water today caused the Yale crews to go for only short paddles in the morning, the First Blue eight limiting its workout to a mile row. In the afternoon, all the Eli boats went for long spins. Coaches Leader and Murphy devoting their energies to correcting petty faults which have become manifest during the last few days. Visitors to the Yale camp at Gales Ferry have become so numerous in the last few days that the coaches are seriously considering putting some ban on the hours which people may visit the camp.

The rejuvenation of rowing that has come this year with Captain Kelley's powerful eight is manifested by an increased interest in graduates of both universities in the annual Thames classic through an oversubscription of the seats on observation trains. Both the Harvard and Yale allotments have been exhausted, and it has become necessary to curtail unusually large applications. Tickets for the University, and Freshman races which come in the morning are two dollars, and those for the First race in the afternoon are five dollars each.