Crimson Crews Rated Underdogs Against Yale

The Crimson crews are such underdogs for this weekend's races against Yale that they actually have nothing to lose and the season's biggest upset to win.

And varsity coach Harvey Love realizes this. Since he went to the pre-race training spot at Red Top near New London on May 30, Love has been shuffling and mixing his first two boats and has finally ended up with a lineup very similar to last year's crew, which lost out to the Elis in the final minutes of its race.

In the major change, Love chose stroke Carlo Zezza to replace regular first boat stroke Fritz Schwarz, who was moved to the J.V. boat.

The varsity race will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, over the four mile course; the J.V.'s will start at 6:15 over a two-mile course; and the freshman race will be at 5:45 over the same two-mile course.

A train-load of alumni will follow the shells in each race in moving grandstands along the bank of the river.

Although sportswriters have insisted that there are at least three crews in the East alone which are better than the Crimson, Coach Love still insists that the outcome of the Yale race will decide whether or not the varsity competes in the Olympics tryouts at Syracuse on June 28-30.

If Harvard surprises and wins, or even if the comes "mighty close to winning," then probably the crew will enter the Olympic competition. Thus far in Crimson rowing history no crew has ever represented the College in the Olympic races.

Conditions Good

Aside from Love's usual late boating changes, there have been no other developments at Red Top. The weather has been good and there have been no serious illnesses. Love also reports that his rowers' "state of mind has been good."

On the freshman crew, Coach Bill Leavitt made only one addition before going to Red Top. The new oarsman is Dean Wood, who will row at five. Although underdogs like the rest of the Crimson crews, the freshmen, encouraged by their performance against Princeton in the Compton Cup race, should give the Elis a close battle.

For the 7 p.m. varsity race, Love said that the Eli crew is probably the best Yale boat he has ever seen. He added, however, that one of his main hopes for victory is that the oarsmen in the middle of the Eli crew who are heavier than Harvard's, will get tired during the course of the race, and that their slide work will be poor.

The Boatings

Varsity--stroke, Carlo Zezza; seven, Stewart Hussey; six, Charles Atkinson; five, Ted McCagg; four, Larry Huntington; three, Sam Wolcott; two, Art Hodges; bow, Captain Jack Lapsly; cox, Peter Milton.

Junior Varsity--stroke, Fritz Schwarz; seven, Carter Harrison; six, Geoffrey Locke; five, John Eager; four, Charles Faulkner; three, Steven Hopkins; two, Henry Hammond; bow, Nick Tilney; cox, John Finley, Jr.

Freshmen--stroke, Mark Hoffman; seven, Pete Tullock; six, James Lenard; five, Dean Wood; four, Townsend Swayze; three, Jim McClennen; two, Tom Nuzum; bow, Paul Wolhford; cox, Barry Peale.

Combination (rows at 6 p.m. on Friday afternoon)--Stroke, Nick Platt; seven, Bill Henry; six, Milan Heath; five, Jack Farlow; four, Harry Fitzgibbons; three, Jim Meade; two, Toby Baker; bow, Robert Dole; cox, Joseph Polofsky.