Varsity Heavies Romp; Lights Hold Slim Lead

It was the same old story with Harvard's heavyweight crew Saturday; the Crimson won everything, sweeping five races from Brown and Rutgers at Providence.

Here on the Charles, however, the lightweights had more trouble. The varsity and the first and second freshman boats prevailed over M.I.T. and Dartmouth, but the junior varsity, the third varsity, and the third freshman boats bowed before the opposition.

The varsity heavies finished their mile-and-three-quarter race on the Seekonk River in 8:14.7, 3.5 seconds ahead of Brown. Rutgers was five-and-a-quarter lengths back.

The junior varsity suffered a bad start, but took the stroke up with three-quarters of a mile to go, and edged Brown by a length in 8:22.1.

The third varsity race over 2,000 meters followed much the same pattern as the junior varsity. With half a mile to go, Harvard was down by three-quarters of a length, but pulled ahead of Brown by the finish line.

The first freshman heavyweight race, Coach Ted Washburn says, "showed all the signs of first-race nervousness" on Harvard's part. Behind at the start, the Crimson pulled even with Brown at the quarter-mile mark. They shortly took a one-length lead, which the Bruins could not narrow.

Lightweights Win

The varsity lightweights stroked an exceptionally fine race over 2,000 meters on the Charles, covering the distance in 6:09.5, and winning by a margin of two-and-a-quarter lengths.

Coach Bill Weber said he was "fairly optimistic about the rest of the season" after watching Saturday's varsity race.

In all six races against the Crimson Saturday, M.I.T. apparently decided to make its big push at the half-mile-to-go mark. In the junior varsity race, M.I.T. had a half-length lead at this point and protected it for the rest of the distance.

Harvard's third varsity boat dropped its contest with Tech by a length.

In rough conditions, the first freshman lightweights edged out M.I.T. by two seats.