Fred Perry, the British pr fessional Lawn tennis player and former amateur champion, netted over, $70,000 in his. series of matches with Ellsworth Vines, the American professional, ace cording to the promotors.
Perry is mow engaged in a series of five matches with William T. Tilden at Madison Square Garden, of which he won the frst somewhat casily.—Reuter Bargemaster, "one of the best days known for ihe year." Nevertheless, Ju view of the fact that to-day" was week-day, the crowd was small in comparison' with the" multitudes which have Watched the race in former years.
There were several changes in the weather "before the race. slurred, conditions suiting first Oxford and then Cambridge. but when the crews took their positions the water, which had been "rough, was fat, and. the breeze was very light, Coronation favours sold quickly on the tow-path, which, while not 30 densely crowded as it has been on other occasions, nevertheless presonted an animated appearance, everyone wondering whether Oxford would at last win." Both crews conformed in using swivels for the first time, The crews were:—
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