The annual boat race was termed a substitute" event because -of the war and the old. Olympic course of 1908. was selected for the event.
Both crews started off strongly and Oxford jumped ahead but lost the lead in the first fifty yards and ofter that never overtook their rivals. Cambridge increased the. lead gradually, drawing ahead by using a stea cly 26 stroke. "Oxford's crew suffered difficulties on several occasions, running into heavy water.
Cambridge finished' off strongly, increasing their. stroke to a grand 35-clip-to win easily amid loud: cheers in the very fast time of 9 minutes 28 seconds. The winners were expected to register some ten minutes at least because of the strong heads winds and the fact that the race was staged up-stream.—United Press.
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