Glorious weather to-day" brought out a record crowd of spectators for the opening events of the Henley Regatta. Much to the surprise of many who anticipated records being broken, owing to the stream being slow as a result of the prolonged drought, no new times were registered, The fact that there were only a few close races and no heats in the Grand Challenge Cup was the probable reason.
American crews scored notable icterics to-day, Yale University defeating First Trinity, Cambridge, and the Molesey Boat Club in the' frst rounds for the Thames Challenge and the Wyfold Challenge Cup, respectively. Tabor Academy, Massachusetts, detented the Maidenhead Rowing Club in another heat for the Thames Challenge Cup. thus. providing an all-American heat, Yale v. Tabor, to-morrow.
'An' exception to the American triumphs was the defeat of Kent School, Connecticut, holders of the Thames Challenge Cup, who lost the Quintin Club by two-thirds of a length.
Four foreign competitors in the Diamond Sculls scored easy victories University, Buhtz, of Germany, and Zavrel, of' Czechoslovakia.
The Eton and Shrewsbury School boats won much applause by van~ quisling two Cambridge colleges. It notable that Cambridge crews have been more successful than Oxford, Reuter.
London, July 5.
One of the finest races at Henley for many years was witnessed to-day the first heat for the Grand Chal-
Tenge Cup, when Leander, using Oxford's 1934 boat, unexpectedly beat the London Rowing Club by 3 length. The winners broke the te-cord for the course, taking 6 min, 4 sec, London led' nearly all. the way. being actually a length ahead at Fowley, but they faltered at the mile, and Leander, containing four Cantabs and four Oxonians, made a wisely-judged spurt and gradually forged ahead.
'Yale University beat' Tabor Academy, Massachusetts, in a thrilling all-American heat for the Thames Cup by 3 ft, the winners equalling the record of 7 min. 6 a length, in 6 min, 45 see—United Press.
Ideal weather again made conditions fast at Henley to-day and spectators witnessed a thrilling levant when Leander lowered their own record by one second in defeating the Thames Rowing Club in semi-final heat for the Grand Challenge Cup by half a length. Yesterday, in defeating the London Rowing Club, Leander broke the record for the course, taking 6 min. 45. sec.
The Thames Cup record was lowered twice in ten minutes, Westminster Bank taking 6 min. 59 sec. and the London Rowing Club 6 min.
sec. compared with the previous ime of 7 min. 6 sec, 'W. Rutherford, jun., of Princeton University, made certain of the Diamond Sculls going abroad by de~ feating the British oarsman, Winstone, by one. length. "Rutherford, however, is, not. considered Ukely to defeat H. Buhtz, of the Berliner Ruder Club, who beat J. Zavrel, of the Verlarsky Club, Ceecho-Slovakia, after a hard race.
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