Rowing

The Dartmouth Rowing Club moved its crews into the big time this spring and while the results have not been spectacular, they have been satisfactory. As Coach Thad Seymour puts it, "The crews have greatly improved over last year. They are thinking in terms of the competition and are out to prove that Dartmouth crews are a force to be reckoned with. While we didn't come in first in any of the major races, we never finished last, and I think this year is just a good beginning."

In the first heavyweight race of the year the varsity and jayvees beat both Amherst and LaSalle. A week later the heavies made a clean sweep over Brown, with the varsity winning by five lengths in the newly christened Jack. Davis '25 shell and the jayvees and freshmen winning by equally impressive margins.

On May 5 the heavyweight crews really hit the big leagues when they raced Columbia, Syracuse and B.U. at Cambridge. It was the first mile-and-three-quarter race Dartmouth had rowed. The frosh were barely nosed out by Syracuse for the best Green showing, with the jayvees finishing fourth ahead of B.U. and the varsity also fourth ahead of Columbia.

In the E.A.R.C. Sprints in Washington, D. C., on May 13 against the top crews in the nation, the freshman crew was the only one to qualify, as it beat out Syracuse, but finished last in the finals. The jayvees were eliminated in the first heat as was the varsity, although the varsity outrowed Wisconsin and finished a close third behind Navy and Cornell in their heat.

In the most recent action at the Compton Cup Races at Princeton, against Harvard, M.I.T. and Princeton, the varsity turned in its best performance to date, finishing a close third to Princeton and Harvard. Princeton's time was only one second off the course record and the Dartmouth crew was only 2½ lengths behind with Harvard only one length behind. The jayvees raced down to the wire with M.I.T. but caught a crab and finished last while the freshmen also came in last.

The lightweight record has not been so impressive. The lightweights lost to Yale on April 21, and could do no better in the Biglin Bowl race against Harvard and M.I.T. at Cambridge. A week later all lightweight crews lost to Harvard, Yale and Princeton in a quadrangular meet. In the E.A.R.C. lightweight sprints at Princeton the freshmen and jayvee teams were both eliminated in the morning heats, while the varsity got through to the finals but was stopped by Princeton in their heat by a narrow margin of two seconds.

The all-important I.R.A. Regatta at Syracuse on June 16 remains ahead for the varsity heavies. The Dartmouth fouroared crew makes its bid for an Olympic berth on the same weekend.