150-Pound Crews Race Here In EARC Regatta Tomorrow

Five days before tomorrow's lightweight crew regatta Crimson Coach Bert Haines switched the strokes of his varsity and J.V. boats. Sophomore Dick Lincoln will be in the stroke seat for the first 150-pound crew when it meets Yale, Columbia, Cornell, M.I.T., Penn, and Princeton in the E.A.R.C. races on the Charles at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Jerry Wells, who stroked the varsity 150's in their second-place effort against Yale last Saturday, was put in the second boat Monday. Haines says he had no particular reason for the switch except to make the boat go faster," but the change appears to have had results. During practices this week the varsity has been beating the J.V. shell by bigger margins than had been the rule.

Haines intends to have Lincoln stroke a lower beat than he used in the junior varsity race last week. In that race Lincoln got his second boat off to a very fast start against Yale and Princeton, and held a two-length lead for most of the event, but the Crimson could not get up its stroke to withstand a finishing sprint by the Elis.

Along with Lincoln in the first boat will be--starting with the bow--Joe Brown, Sam Allen, Ted Barrett, Frank Benson, John Morgan, Ray Burns, and Lindy Watkins. Bill Chadwick will be cox.

Haines' first boat will meet some stiff competition over the one-and-five-sixteenths mile upstream course. Yale, which won last year and defeated the Crimson and Princeton Saturday, is the obvious favorite. Penn gave Yale a good race earlier in the month and has beaten Princeton. Cornell--second last year--has not raced much. Haines' own varsity has a two and one record so far this spring. It placed fourth in 1950.

The varsity race is preceded by a freshman race at 2:40 and a junior varsity one at 3:20. As in the varsity event, there will be seven boats in the final which will end near the M.I.T. Boathouse.