Centennial Event Secured by the Light Blues in Contest Watched by Huge Crow dds: Both "Varsities with Forty Victories Each London, Mar. 23.
"Oxford met Cambridge to-day over, the; historic Putney-Mortlake course "inthe centenary race between the two ancient rivals and Jost by seven lengths, in 19 min, A crowd estimated at about a aniilion and drawn from all ranks and classes lined both banks of the Thames the whole four and a quarter mile of the course.
The dark and light blues have met 81 times since the event was founded in 1829." Oxford has won 40 times and Cambridge 39 with tone dead heat, Cambridge entered the water to-day determined that the first century of boat racing should end in a tie; Oxford was equally determined to break the yun of hard luck which has. been theirs ever since "Pussy" Mellon, a Rhodes scholar from Dartmouth stroked the dark blue to victory in 1923, The fastest time for the course was made in 1911 when Oxford covered the stretch in 18 min, 29 sec. beating Cambridge by 2%
'AS was the ease last year, no Americans were included in either boat. Some observers believe this 4g because none of the American students were able to quality; others think the recent agitation allowing the historic event to become largely a foreign contest has had its effect.
Before the race experts were unwilling to commit themselves as to the outcome. Although the Oxford crow averaged lighter than their APppnonents, they had not been quite handicapped by influenza during the training period,
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