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Show CAMBRIDGE WINS R0W1NGC0NTEST Annual Eight-oared Race From Putney to Mortlake on the Thames. CREW MAKES FAST TIME Winners Cross Line Four and a Half Lengths Ahead of Oxford. London, March 2S. The Cambridge university crew today won easily from Oxford in the annual eight-oared race from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames. The distance. 1-4 miles, was covered cov-ered in the fast time of 20 minutes 23 seconds, Cambridge crossed the line 4 1-2 lengths in the lead. The Cambridge crew had been the favorite throughout the training season sea-son and justified the predictions that it would win by making "the race a procession from start to finish. ' Cambridge won the toss for position posi-tion and chose the Surrey side of the river, thus obtaining the advantage of shelter from a light wind. The oars of tho Oxford crew were the first to grip the water but the longer stroke of tho Light Blues immediately im-mediately gave them the lead. After this there was no doubt as to the result. When tho crews shot through Hammersmith Ham-mersmith bridge, the half-way mark, Cambridge had a lead of two lengths. This was maintained until the boats approached Barnes bridge, where the leaders spurred and took another length. A gallant effort was then made by the Dark Blues and the gap between the boats was momentarily lessened. G. E. Tower, the Cambridge stroke, made a final call on his men as they approached the finish and Cambridge still further widened the gap between the shells. The weather was Ideal. A platform on which 150 spectators were standing collapsed during the race and all were thrown Into tho hold of a barge. Fourteen persons were badly injured. |