St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18
CHEERS GREETED OXFORD.
FfFIEFL2ST BOAT RACE BETWEEN
0Xf04D AND CAMBRIDGE.
DARK BLUE AN EASY wINSz-.

Cambridge Crew BADLY Democrat
| ized-Never in the Race From
start to Finis h-Oxford Under
| the Wire Three and One. Half
Lengths Ahead-Official Time
Was Fl inmates 80 Seconds.
| copyrighted, 1894. by the Associated Press
| LONDON, March II. The iifty-firSt
boat race between crews representing
| Oxford University and Cambridge
University Boat clubs, took place this
morning over the usual four mile, two
furlong course. from Putney bridge to
the ship at Mort lake. Oxford won by
three and d half lengths.
| Of the previous contests between
! these two universities, Oxford won
twenty-seven, including the races OF the
| last four successive years. The Cam
| bridge victories amounted to twenty
| two, and one race in 1877 resulted in a
| dead heat. Last year the Dark Blues
won really splendid race by two and
| half lengths. in eighteen minutes. forty
seven seconds, the best time on record
by a long way, as nineteen minutes,
| twenty-one seconds. the time made in
1892, was the best previous record.
After the customary course of strict
training at home, the two crews arrived
at Putney Monday, Feb. 20, and since
that time have been practicing daily on
| the Thames.
Crowds of sightseers each day
, thrOnged both banks of the river when
the men were out. and the boat house
of the two universities were constant
| center of attraction. The crews were
out generally twice a day, and both
crews have frequently rOwed the full
course at racing pace. During these
7 trials Oxford obtained good margin of
| the time in its favor, ami consequently
| the Dark Blues were strong favoriteS in
the betting today and during the past
/ week.
THE OXFORD CREW
improved very much in form and speed
! after its arrival at Putney, and showed
that IL was composed of a powerful and
even-pulling lot of men.
| On the other hand, the Light Blues
rowed very neatly and prettlly, but dur
ing the trial work on the river it was
seen that they were wanting in leg
! work and required longer finish. The
| coach of the CantabS did his utmost to
remedy these defects. and it was be-
lieved that he had been to great de-
| gree successful.
As regards condition, the Cambridge
men appeared 10 be well able to stand
all the work required of them, and were
not looked upon as overturned. The
! Cantabs kept together during practice
all through long spin i'll better trim
| than the OXfordS, but the leg-drive and
| deviment of the Dark Blues were miss
J ing from the opposing crew.
| In the Cambridge boat four of the
men had previously rowed i'll the inter
university contest, while Oxford had
| five old hands i'll its boat.
Of the Cambridge crew six men be-
longed to Third Trinity. one to First
Trinity and two to Trinity Hall.
OF the Oxford crew, the largest num-
Der were New college men, four of the
| oarsmen hailing from that college, three
Others from
| MAGDALENE COLLEGE,
| one from BraSenose college and one
| from University college.
took the bow oar in the Oxford boat, but
| the dark blues had a new stroke in G.
NJ. Pftman, of New college.
| In the Cambridge boat, A. G. Lewis,
| of Third Trinity, pulled stroke. the same
| position which he occupied i'll last years
race. The Cambridge crew had new
bow oar and a new c0Xswain.
The names and weights of the rival
! efghtS were as follows.
OXFORD.