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Show i NO RACE AT II-' PUTNEY, ENG. lu i Boats of University ?i Crews Were Soon IrsM Waterlogged r' I;J Putney, Eng. March SO The an- '.7 nual oighQared rownK contest bo- y- Iwcon crcJ representing the Ox- I f rd and Cambridge unlvorsltics, J which started this morning at Put- y nov Bridge, was declared no race af- i tor both shells had become water- , I gged Except for the presence of a strong westerly wind, which boating experts ex-perts on tho riverside estimated would rive an advantage to tho crew which wen th"e toss for position and selected 1 7i tho Surrey or southern shore, dollght- ,t 7 f.U weather prevailed for the slxty- y. I ninth Inter-varsity boat race. M ' The course was tho usual one from 'JM Putney Bridge to Mortlakc, a dls- J tance of -1 1-1 miles. At an early rOjf, hour the towing paths and other iKi vantage points along the riverside be- Ji 'I gan to fill with the tens of thousands 0 i who annually attend the great aquatic 1 "j strugglo between tho selected oars-3 oars-3 men of the two old universities. ifi J Tho Oxford crow, which has been V tho favorite for Homo time, even strengthened its position at the last famous old Blues and othor experts v were. howeer, or the opinion that, r although they considered tho Dark !- -k Blues the better crow, tho great odds Y. J. nfforpil .in 111 A in worn nn JncMflnr) f7 Tho public was somewhat influ- jj enced In favor of the Oxford men by W tho fact that R. C. Bourne had stroked the crew to victory In the three pre- j ' ceding races and It expected him to A estubllsh a record by winning a fourth I succossho race, I The boat houses of tho Surrey l ' shore at Putney Bridgo wore naturally v ' the center of tho greatest throngs H. and tho crowd made a bright picture 4 as cervlwdy sported dark or light I blue ribbons When tho shells were I carried down the slips by the crows J' and placed In tho wator, tho Oxford I men were seen to bo much heavier U than their opponents. Their average It weight was 175 pounds against tho h ICG poundB for the Cambrldgo men, r Tho toss for position was won by ' Oxford and tho crews then paddled ft off to the boats moored just abovo Jl"' Putney Bridgo. from which ther were to start, Oxford choso tho Surrey I bide." . . h At 11:48 the pistol shot was fired J for the start. Both crows were soon in dlfficulties owing to the rough wator created by , tho strong head winds. Their progress pro-gress was very slow and both shells were soon more or loss waterlogged. ; As they turned tho bcud off Craven . Cottage matters became worse and JB tho Cambridge crow eventually aban- j doned the raco before half tho dis- ! 1 tance had been covered, off Harrod's i Oj Stores. Tho Oxford crow continued strug- ! Jk gling against tho adverse conditions I but could make llltlo headway. The : boot, however, got as far as Chls-wick Chls-wick Eyot, nearly three-quarters of Jfw the course, when it collapsed. I 'T The Oxford men succeeded in J ' righting their craft and clambering In again. Thoy then paddled along ') the course to Mortlake and completed the course, hut the judges, after can't can-'t slderatlon, declared the contest no ; - 1 race I I The presidents of the Oxford and Cambrldgo boat clubs havo decided that tho race shall bo rowed Mon-f Mon-f I daJ. April 1 I oo |