"A PRACTICE PADDLE"
CAMBRIDGE WIN WITHOUT
APPARENT EFFORT.
(Australian-New Zealand Cable Assn.) LONDON, 28th March.The race was most remarkable for Oxford's surprising crack up. They only feebly responded to Cambridge's special deciding effort. Over tlvc long straight to Barnes' Bridge and passing Dukes Meadows, Cambridge were doing a'pleasant practice paddle, smooth and effortless. They were never sufficiently pressed to ruffle the rhythm of their bladework. A neck and neck race might have told another tale, but beyond one scrappy patch when Oxford was leading the Light Blues outdid them in liveliness of catch, drive, and length of stroke, though generally rowing fewer to the minute. Steve Fairbank, interviewed after the race, said that J. B. Bell was the best man in both crews. Ho revealed that the Cambridge coach, F. J. Escoinbe, "built up the crew on Bell, also that during the. last fortnight Bell was the mainstay of their improvement, exercising as much influence as the stroke.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 75, 29 March 1926, Page 9
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