UNIVERSITY SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20243, 1 May 1929, Page 17

UNIVERSITY SPORTS.

VICTORY FOR CAMBRIDGE.

SEVEN EVENTS TO FOUR. " 1 I / ; *- ■ [ITROM our own correspondent.} " LONDON, March 27. Last Saturday was a Cambridge day. First, it •won the boat race, which was decided shortly after noon. During the afternoon it won . the inter-university sports by- seven events to four. The competition was held this year at Stam- : ford Bridge, instead of, as at Queen's Club. From the spectators' point of view' the- change .was a -great success, for the attendance on Saturday could never have got into; the grounds at West Kensington. A great struggle was anticipated, an the teams were, according to previous form, well matched. As it wqs, , there was. hardly an event which was not hotly contested.. The most sensational event of the day, perhaps, was tbo quarter-mile, in which E. Leigh-Wood, the Oxford president, was • defeated by Tcbitcherine, the Cambridge second string. From the beginning Leigh- : Wood went off in front, and tho race was between him and Tchitcherine some way : from the finish. Leigh-Wood led , into V" the straight and then Tchitcherine came on the outside, and, running on with great pluck, caught him sorie 15yds. from the winning post and went on to win by inches in 50 2-ss. Oxford began badly. Its first string in the sprint, H. V. Warren, was for once badly away and never in the picture. G. Wilkinson got off well, and although the Yale man, B. M. Norton, pursued him valiantlv he was beaten. Next came the mile. C. E. G. Green, last year's dual victor, was second string, and proved the best of the "light blue" pair. H. S. "Townend ran a really fine race, but after he had done with E. S. Franklin ho found Green too good over the last lap. . Yet a third race went to Cambridge, the high hurdles, and a record string. H. F. Bowler was, perhaps, unlucky not to score. He certainly rose a shade ahead at the last hurdle, but brought it down and stumbled. However, his first string won. After Leigh-Wood had lost the quarter-mile the score stood at s—l. Then' J. iM. Pumphrey raised Oxford's hopes by winning the three miles, in which D. M. Wilson appeared to err in tactics. After a fast seven laps he went ahead, but did not force the pace, so the "dark blue" hung on and beat him in a great last lap. Oxford won both high jump and' pola vault. The low hurdles was thought to be a certainty for Cambridge and proved so, R. M. Tisdall outclassing the rest. With the sprints won, C. E. G. Green turned out again 'in the half as second string to Gutteridge, and right well 'ho acted, winning a 56 4-5 quarter to shake up the Oxford men,, and still fighting Wentworth when the latter made an effort. Then M. H. C. Gutteridge cams ah-ay a furlong from home to win as ha liked. -