Former Cox Finds Dearth of Heavyweight Material in Review of Fall Crew Season--150-pound and 1933 Prospects Bright

The following article on the fall crew season was written for the Crimson by C. H. Pforzhelmer '28, assistant coach and former University coxswain.

The 1929 fall crew season, which ended two weeks ago with a aeries recited a lack of heavyweight University material, stork oars in particular; excellent 150-pound material; and great potentialities in the Freshman squad.

The University squad, working under Bert Haines, comprised four crews made up largely of oarsmen who have had experience on minor crews at Red Top. Only two members of last year's first crew were not in the graduating class: Captain Lawrence Dickey '30 and M., M. Johnson '31; who rowed three and five respectively against Yale last June. M. R. Brownell '30, jayvee captain last season, and C. C. Mason, Jr. '30 of the 1928 first crew were the only other "H" men on the squad.

The greatest problem confronting Coach Haines is the development of a new University four-mile stroke to fill the vacancy caused by the graduation of James Lawrence, Jr '29. The out standing candidates are P. H. Watts '31, J.E. Lawrence '32, S. W. Swaim '32, and R. W. Pearson '31. Watts rowed two in his freshman eight and last year stroked the first crew against Navy and Tenn and the jayvees against Yale Lawrence stroked the combination crew two years ago. Swaim was stroke and captain of his Freshman crew and last year stroked the University against Tech and Cornell and rowed bow on the second University against Yale Pearson stroked the combination crew last June A. H. Parker '32, Freshman pace setter last year, has been playing football. None of the stroking candidates have had four-mile experience, but all have been seasoned in races.

Starting with nine crews, Coach F. R. Sullivan '27 reduced his squad to six 150-pound crews, four of which raced in the Basin on November 8, R. R. White '32 of last year's Freshman lightweight crew winning handily. There is plenty of material on this squad, seven of last year's American Henley champions bolstered by the members of the 1932 crew that defeated Yale and Tech with ease.

Upperclass coxswains are plentiful this year, both E. L. Belisle '31, first string steersman and former Olympic four-oar cox, and F. S. Holmes '31, jayvee cox, being available. Other promising candidates are A. H. Stebbins '32, L. E. Becker '32, L. L. Wadsworth '30, and Crispin Cooke '32. First-year coxes are also plentiful