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Show CLOSE RACE EXPECTED Cambridge and Oxford Ox-ford Rowing Contest Fixed for Thursday New York. March 11 Crew statistics statis-tics and other detailed information preliminary to the seventieth renewal of the Cambridge and Oxford boat nice on the Thames river near London, Lon-don, which Is fixed for Thursday next. hae reached here by mail. The race will be over the usual four mile course from Putney to Mort Lake Both crews have finished their preliminary pre-liminary practice and are now quar tered at the scene of the race. Oxford crew by their record breaking break-ing performance two years ago and easy victory again last year, are strong favorites for the present con-I con-I test, but a closer race than either I of these previous two is expected this year, for Cambridge has created a dis tlnctly good impression by its trial spins In 1911 Oxford established a record for tho course of 18:29 and In 1912 won by four lengths artcr both boats had been waterlogged |