'VARSITY BOAT RACE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17420, 3 April 1922, Page 6

'VARSITY BOAT RACE.

CAMBRIDGE WINS EASILY. (By Csbie— Pr««» Aiaoriation—Copyrichi.| iAustralUr and N..'.. Ciblo Association.; (Received Auril L!nd, 0.0 p.m.i I,UN DON, April 1. C:niiljci<.i.i£<J won the be;H race, which was rowed in line., wintry weather. A bleak easte:\y wii.s blowing, 'ml the ivaU'J- condition-, ivcio jro-d. lliijie crowds lined the banks. The Dnke of York followed in n motor-bout.. Cambridge "on the tees mid olio c the .Uiddle>x-x side. Oxford bei-an villi Unrlv-ciidit MroiitA to the niinnle niul Cambridge Willi tlurl\-s;x. 'I I-• lead alternated in the i\w minute;-. At the wilo post Cambridge, were leading by a length, iiiui retained this advantage throughout. At Mismiiier»niit!i I hoy led l>y a length and three-ijiuirler.-, and at Cliiswiek Step.- by two. Therealter the i:icl- developed into a procession. Cambridge were rot in;.; only L'S strokes to the niinnle, nev.ithrl *- Oxford could not overtake them in *rdie of spurts, and Cambridge won by three tind a hn'.i lengths. Time, lftinin the slowest since li'll. Oxford finished r.iggvd'y, severul in?n lx?mg dibtri!i:.ed, Inn Cambridge fin Mic 1 qtlite tresh An unfortunate clevonth-lic.iir oaauge in the Oxford crew made Cambridge favourites.