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The llengers for the China Weekly" Cup, the trophy which was presented to Shanghai for competition among club teams a few years ago, were the International Swimming Club, from whom the Rowing Club took it last year.
Both clubs entered the pick of their swimmers for the contest, but as events turned out the Rowing Club selection proved just so much stronger than the other that it enabled them to retain the trophy without being very seriously challenged. For the Rowing Club Rodger secured a lead at the start, and this was maintained until the concluding men went off, when it was increased. T. W. R.
Wilson made a fine effort to retrieve the position of the 8. I. 8. C. but although he pulled up a few feet, it did not result in any sustained improvement, and when Drummond, the Rowing Club's last man, came in, he was a quarter of a length ahead of Berthet.
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