New-York tribune., 1910-03-24
OXFORD CREW WINS
Pulls AWAY FROM
RIVAL EIGHT.
Ccmbrid &c Makes Good Fight
for a Mile, bit Fails 10
Hold Pace.

Ptfncr. England. March 23.-OXforc de-
soatod C'Gmhridee m tie annual o;sht dared
s..n race over the championsslp course
from I,utnev to Mortlalze in hollow fashion
to-day by three ard q hsn lcusths. The
t.me was 80 minutes "a ss.Voas- Last year
Oxsord won lN taree and 6alf lengths IN
l9 minutes Sd seconds
For the mrs. mile tins aftt-noc2 the cam
bridge eieht made q sood nan, and aattened
their followers. hut thereafter The race was
9 procession the only question be.ng Just
how Tar in front the oxford crer Vould be
al the winning post
The inter-'varsitv race was never rowed
under more favorable weather conditions.
IL WAS perfect spring day. the sun shining
brilliantly. while there was hardly a ripple
on the Thames There Was practically no
choice in stations. but the ONfoEd eight was
q strong favorite Despite tie carly hour
az the start. tho crowd in attendance was
quite up 10 the usual STANDARD al points
along the river from which even . glimpse
OF the passing boats could be ooteined were
lined with spectators. while. Sc always.
nest OF launches and pleasure craft fol-
lowed in the wake ~ The shells, while
others were anchored az the finish.
While the oxford men, were picked 10
Nin by tho critics. partly because Of their
hdvantaee - thirty-fiNe pounds In weight
aud their clever workmanship Ia practice.
the repressntatlNes ~ Cambridge turned
out IN force and checrea encouragcment 20
tile wearers of the leht bluo
The 0fhciGl time az the Winning crew al
;he various points or the coursa was as
follows: sta. /. y rs. frs' mile, minutes
20 seconds Hammersmita Bridge. Z min
utes A. seconds. ChisWick ChurcG u min
utes - SECONDS, Barnes's Bndse, l6 min
utes ss seconds. hnish. ~ minutes "a sec
onds.
Accorcirg 70 the English practice, the
time of the defeated crew was not taken.
Cambridg, won the toss and chose The
NiddleseN shore. but the conditions OF
wind AID water were such that there was
practica-y no advantage i'm The selection
The cress caught the water toeetheg and
Were on 70 a splendid start. With a slight
lv quicker stroke the Camhridge men forced
the nose OF their shci in front. but the
boats had hardly covered a dozen yards
before the ON0nians drew up 10 level
with their rivals. and before The hall mile
had been covered took a slight lead.
Rounding The curve. Cambridge, having
the advantage az the inside position. grad-
ually overhauled Oxford. and In turn Sc
cured "a lead m crab Tree, just beyond the
one-mile post az nearly "a quarter length.
Al this pont oxford raised the stroke
slightly. So that passing Harrods the
crews were practically OF even terms
Gradually the shell of the Dark Blue
forged 10 the front and shooting unde'
IIannorsmith bridge was the bette par
of boats length in advance of the Liet
Blue boat The Cambridge oarsmen has
shot their bolt and the ONonians settle,
down 20 the long, steady stroke which ha'
made them such favorites throughout M
rcriod az their training
one more efort on the part ~ Camhridg
shortened ONforGs lead 90 Eaf a lenet
a. the two-ndle post. hut with splendu
rh,rhm and rowing thirty-four strokes q
n the minute the oxford shell steadily drew
MI away. 80 that daylight showed between M
~ boats lefor, Thorneycrofts was reached
q A skinner the Cambridge coNswain
called on his men for a splrt but although
they struck The water at clip 81 thirty
ElN strokes t0 The minute. rfey were IN
able % make amy material gain The OK
onians gradually Wldened tae Vreach. sn0
under Barnes's Bridge TWO ana three-Quar
tNs lengths 20 The good. and passed th'
winning post The easiest OF v.ctogs thet
margin heirg officially recorded as thre,
and halt lengths.
The struggle to-day was the slAtN-scF'
cnth renewal az The ONford-Camhrides
race oxford has now won thirty-sx con-
tests ana Cambridge thirty. In lS77 ths
race ended iu a dead heat The fastest
time on record is d minutes a. seconds
MADE by OXioTd On lAo and hy Camlridgs
in i9o0
The OAtor5 cIcW had three veterans IN
The bost. ID Mackluaon az 40. .: A $
Carton al No e. and R a. R0urue l-er
years SIX. Cambridge also had thret
old men D.. R. " 81 Arhuthnot bow. T.
q NlE;ar.s al; SO. 8. and = ID Kosher. al
30 & The lag.er was tie heaviest mar
in either crew. tipping the beam ~ IS.
pound Tie ONfaTd eight. however. va.
much tee heavier The crews were hoate1
a. f0llONs:
OXFORD