Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-03-29
CAMBRIDGE To ROW
AGAINST OXFORD ON.
THAMES MARCH 50.
AN AMERICAN HAS ENLISTED IN
THE OXFORD GREW WHILE
CAMBRIDGE HAS AN AuSTRAL.
IAN FOR A STAR.

New York, March % over tt
four mile course from Putney to Nor
lake on the Thames river Euglau,
the rival crews from oxford and Can
bridge universities will renew the
annual struggle for rowing honor
Wednesday. Eighty.two years ago tn
initial boat race between these uuiyul
sites was a twO-mile contest on HI
Thames at Henley and Oxford was III
winner All subsequent races how
ever were decided over a four mil
course. The following six races wcr
contested during aperiod of seven
teen years up to lH4I, aud II
five of these Cambridge was the vic
tor In 1876 the crews rowed in out
riggers for the first time The lS5
race was the first in which either crew
rowed in the present style of eight.
without keel and both used rount
oars and sliding seats were introduC
ed in 1879
Owing to "A cessation of all snort
ing events during the war no race wa,
staged from 1913 until last year wher
Cambridge won by four lengths in -
minutes. eleven seconds. excellent
time considering the unfavorahlc con
ditions Of wind and rain which pre-
vailed throughout the afternoon.
In all seventy-two races have been
rowed by representative crews from
these rival universities. Cambridge
has won thirty-nine of them, oxford
finished in front thirty-two times and
In 1877 a dead heat was the result ON
March &c. 1912, both boats were
sWamped during a storm and the race
was rowed over two days later. OK
ford scoring win
This year international interest is
added to the event because an Ans
traIian, J. A. Campbell of Melbourne
IS member Of the Cambridge crew.
while the United States will he rep
resented in the oxford boat by f r
Lothrop who r0wed No on last
years Harvard Varsity eight: 10th
rop viii be in the same position to-
morrow in the oxford bout This is
not the first time, however. that Amer.
Hcan coIlegians took part in the uni
VerSlty race on the Thames The Mil
burn brothers, John G. and Deveraux
Of Buffalo, n Y, and Harvard we're
members OF the oxford crew in 1902
John G. was No and Devoranx No
: in the oxford bout that year and in
1909 Deverauy roWcd No for OK
ford Since that time DoverauX Mil
burn has became more prominent as
polo player and he will leave for
England next month to captain the
American polo team in the nterna-
lonal match at Nottingham in June
Speaking Of Tothr0p's winning a
place on the oxford crew Coach
iiainea of Harvard recently said. 1T
proves that our systems have much
in common In fact they are very sim
liar The principle difference lies in /
mechanical factor, the length Of
slide. We use a long slide, they use
short one, The result is that the
English have to use the body for the
drive while we use the legs II isl
comparatively simple for q man to
make the change from long slide to
short but, it would be another story
to change from short slide 10 long"
Another factor which increases in
terest in the race on the part Of Amer
leans is the possibility that one Of the
crews which row tomorrow may ac-|
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