The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-27
Oxford and
 Cambridge eToRow
By Associated Pres.

BY 4SsOciatc0 Ffess
 New York, March 26.-After lapse
 of six years, the classic collegiate rowing test between the Oxford and
 Cambridge University eights will be revived tomorrow in England. This
 annual rowing event, which was first decided in 1S41. was won thirty-nine
 times by the Oxford oarsmen. The ,, Cambridge crew finished in front in 1 thirty-one races and once, on March A, 1877, the result was dead heat. On
 one other occasion neither crew scored a victory. This was on March 20, 1912, when both boats were swamped in the rough water and the race was declared vcid.
 The last time these rival college crews met was in March, 1914, when Cambridge proved the victor. Then the world war interrupted all sporting events of any prominence in Great Britain, so that this year it was de- cided to revive this event, in which the
 British sporting public takes very keen interest. many big wagers being lost and won on the results. This year, however, American oars- men and followers of rowing on this side of the Atlantic will be interested in the outcome of the English varsity rowing contest inasmuch as there is | proba bi1ity that one or more Amer ican crews may meet either or both Of the English collegiate crews dur ing the English Henley regatta next July or the Olympic games regatta at Antwerp later.
 The course over which the Oxford Cambridge race is rowed is on the Thames river between Putney and Mortlake, distance of four and a quarter miles. Thousands of persons
 line the banks on either side of the
 river to watch the contest and every
 where one sees nothing but dark or
 light blue flags, streamers, ribbons
 and other decorations in the rival colors of the Oxonians and Cantabs. President Swann of the Cambridge University Boat Club thinks well of the chances of his crew against Ok
 ford, Tn recent interview he said:
 'It must not be forgotten that we have had a year of rowing at Cam fridge since the armistice, and it has Teen exceedingly useful. Still we are nothing like in the position we used to be in before the war when com mencing practice for the race. There has been a tremendous gap. Nearly all the members of the crew have had to learn their rowing in a year, instead~of the two or three years Fl ospective members of the boat crew were able to give it.. Still, this cir cumstance is advantage as well as a disadvantage.
 We have no preconceptions to com bat. The rowing will not be up to the hest as before the war, but the crew will be better than many of the mod crate ones. It will De a heavy one. Our style comes straight from Captain Bruce who coached the win ring crew in 1914, and we are as near to it as possible. We have not adopted | any new methods of training, except ] that We are not so strict about food l as in other days.H
 l President F. A. Berrisford of the ! Oxford University Rowing Club, who
 had been diligently coaching the Dark | Flues" for weeks before he was re- lieved by F. D. Horsfall, the ex-presi- l dent, also thinks we'll of his crew s | ability to outrow the Cantabs. He, as well as the others interested in the | coaching and training of the Oxford | eight, are well satisfied with the l work of the men and the progress they
 were making in their preparatory spins
 l Following are the names and V eights of the two crews as they were