St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

Cambridge Crew BADLY Democrat
izcd-Never in the Race From
start to Finis h-Oxford Under
| the Wire Three and One. Half
] Lengths Ahead-Official Time
Was Fl Minutes 80 Seconds.
| Copyrighted. 1894. by the Associated Press. !
LONDON, March II. The iifty-frst
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 Il 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 a
| half leng tbs. in eighteen minutes. forty
seven seconds, the best time on record
by long way, as nineteen minutes,
| twenty-one seconds, the time made III
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 h0u ;eS
! 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
T trials Oxford obtained a good margin of
the time in its favor, anu consequently
the Dark Blues were strong favorites i'll
the betting today and during the past
/ week.
THE OXFORD CREW
improved very much i'll form and speed
after its arrival at Putney, and showed
that it 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 a 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 we'll able to stand
| oil I'm. Nft md
not looked upon as overturned. The
! CantabS kept together during practice
! all through a long spin in better trim
than the OXfords, but the leg-drive and
deviiment of the Dark Blues were miss
J ing from the opposing crew.
| In the Cambridge boat four of the
men had previously rowed III 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.
ii. b. Cotton. of. Magdalene, again
took the bow oar in the Oxford boat, but
the dark blues had new stroke in C..
NJ. Pftman. of New college.
In the Cambridge boat, a. q. 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
! ghtS were as follows.
OXFORD.
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