Crew Departs for Secluded Red Top Today

Three heavy crews leave for Red Top today to train for the Yale race and for the first time in a decade the varsity isn't a favorite.

Tom Bolles, coaching his last crew before becoming Director of Athletics, will have two weeks to work over his two boats to get them into shape to avenge the defeat the varsity suffered at the hands of the Elis in the Eastern Sprint Championship regatta this season.

The coach's chief problem will be to mold his crew into a smooth combination without sacrificing power. Two of the strongest oarsmen, Jim Slocum and Ted Anderson, are currently rowing in the J.V. shell because of form difficulties. Bolles will definitely attempt to restore Slocum, a regular all last year, to the first boat. Otherwise he doesn't plan to tamper much with the boatings that worked so well in the Cornell race.

Red Top itself consists of three buildings situated picturesquely in a clump of woods several miles north of the mouth of the Thames. While the location is pleasant and the food well above dining hall fare, the two week session at Red Top is no mere vacation.

Red Top No Vacation

All crews get up at 6:15 a.m., guip a glass of orange juice, and take a workout south toward New London which piles up more than eight miles. At 8:45 a.m., they breakfast. Fifteen minutes later, those that have exams write them under the eye of a proctor. If an oarsman has no scholastic obligation, he can sleep or dabble around the croquet and horseshoe courts. These are the only sports other than rowing permitted at Red Top because they are the only athletic diversions not likely to injure the participant.

At 5:30 p.m., all boats go out on the river once again for an even more strenuous workout which includes a two or four mile time trial.