The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-04
OXFORD Capture SQUI
BIG BOAT RlII
Weight and Stamina aadNs Carried
nltiCent Dash Wins for turet
0X0nian Blue.

on the Thames by three a...- -.
lengths. I'm the fast time Of 1s~
and 50 seconds.
Ten days ago tie Oz5us..
thought not to have d char..
day. under the Leadership .fs.
man. r. &. Bourne. who WAS
his first varsity race, they .f...
crew whose stroke y. O.. ~r--- +.
had brought his eight To victor
At the crack Of the pistol Bonn. +
oxford stroke. caught Tile rsf.- y
and Immediately showed his
opponent that Oxford was rssi-
nght il out from start t1 frfs
crews quickly settled down q. tie -tf
thrilling race of years. first the .-. 81
then the other forging ahead. u5r Ne
thirds of the course had bee. ss- IL
when the dark blues sursraay-+ IL
gan 10 tell. and slowly they erslf
front
BY the time Barnes 1rs liz
reached. clear water was veHa 81
tween the boats. and tHeraastsr II
only a question of how badly II
bridge would be beaten. Stuart n. ST
on his men for a final despcrs;- .-
but although the tired crew ~
pluCkily, the rally was sh1rr-Uvs
did not cut down their opponents rs
which az the end was being --ss
increased. BY this time tie ~
astic spectators on the banks n
Thames had grown 20 a Fever n
and deafening shouts ~ "OXfrH III
ford" shove that the -i.ta-r IL
popular one.
Cambridge Overrstsd.
Before the struggle was half us
was apparent that Cambrid-- bad
overrated The bow half a- Die
was already showing signs off the II {
ling contest. while the OEuJrlars 4
pulling easily and strongly. Wdr
Fights were approaching Burns ba
it was seen that No. 9 iu the rarnh
boat was almost i'm q state ~ 90
and at the finish the entire a.ga.
ceDt Stuart. were utterly exhaust.
Ozford's Improvement during -ts
ten days was little short Of marvel
From a ragged, uugainIy eight t ]
VelOped into one of the best crews
has represented the varsity i1 ia 1
The crew was not pushed ar The
or IL might have lowered the time 81
i'm the race considerably. EEids
the eight's rapid rounding into tr
shown by the betting odds.
dropped from 20 70 1 against oXir
months ago to 10 4 just betr-
race.
Cambridge won tine toss and OBJ
the surrey side of the river. but Il
absence Of wind the water was sa
and there was not much advanGr
the selection Of a station.
Oxford Takes Lead.
At the crack Of the pistol the .1I.R
stroke. Bourne. was the first s "A
the water. and for the first mi15sa \
oar moved at the rate Of thirdEz
strokes to the thirty-eight strSa
minute set by D. c. r. Stuart. the Cg-
bridge stroke. In the beginning q
nose Of the oxford boat showed s'g-
~ in the lead. Calling to his men
Beverly Brook, the veteran Stu
quickly overlook the leaders and fJg
to the front soon ne was a Guar.
length TO the good. Bourne. h0Tg-
was not to be outdOne. The 0x11lil
answered squirt with squirt. and lt SD
became evident the race Of 1908 E9-
be memorable.
Aware that his chances VI rra
rested in securing "a commaudiHg .=
early In the race. Stuart held 90 q sE
stroke. He was well backed up By
crew, who pulled in splendid TytlU q
pushed farther and farther ahead u
was on a level with the OSfJrl Del
Then the oxford crew came 0E ag
and closed up rapidly until passing
half-miie post. the two boats were les
Cheers for Oxford.
The excitement OH the banks vac
mendOus. and a roar Of cheering ir.
out a. the oxford men. gripping
water in great style. passed Their
pOneuts and establishc5 a lead u ;
a length at Harrods.
Stuart, however, Quickelel His std
and the Cambridge men. rowing 81
splendid dash. gradually OVERLAP
their rivals, and the two crews s
under Hammersmith bridga almost
a dead level
Here Bourne's stroke of lrirrv-frs
the minute, as against Stuarts tn-
six 70 the minute began t1 toll. and
OxuOnians drew away until . TP
tors boat got in the way and mad
swerve TO one side necessary. This
abled Cambridge again 90 draw W
a level OF Chiswick the JT9n
were again slightly fin the lead. but
advantage was only u0u=1ta-l,
stuart. by a counter squirt. brought
boats together again at Tlguertf
BY this time the excitement on 0l
the launches following the boats
along the river banks had arisen
fever pitch, and the shouts of e1e
agement were defeauiuE.
Cambridge Starts 70 Weaken.
Passing Barnes. the boats were D'
ically level, but from this point
the oxford crew drew away. ana
the time Barnes bridge was rede
there was daylight between them
Cambridge men were beginning
show signs Of the heroic struggle {
although they stuck CALAMITY On
work, the issue never again "eT
doubt The OxOnians came right d.
and soon led by two lengths
Near the finish. Stuart. the Canon
stroke made q desperate attempt
rally his tired crew. but bis spurl
snort-lived, and could make u1 imp
sion on the leaders. The further
Oxford crew went the better be s'
20 row.
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