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...situation in the lightweight division has been complicated during the past, few days by radical changes in the boatings, in an attempt to develop a powerful unit to row in the Henley regatta at the end of the week. The third University crew will entrain with the 150's for the Quaker City tomorrow...
Although last night it could not be determined whether both the first and second Union Boat Club eights would join the University 150-pound navy in a race over the Henley distance in the Basin this afternoon, it is assumed by the coaches of the respective armadas that they would. The lightweight flotilla, which has been given light workouts during the first part of the week, is schedules to contend over the Henley tomorrow, in its last time-trial of the week. A recent shake-up has relegated John Wiggins, '33, and C. C. Campbell '33 to the second boat...
...Parker '32, was timed at 9 min., 22 sec. This will be its last row at a high stroke before the race with the Yale Championship Class crew on the Charles tomorrow. The first Union Boat Club crew paced the class shell as far as the Henley finish, being clocked...
Oxford born, educated at Cowley. hard by the spires of Oxford, Sir William started life as a bicycle rider. He still is proud of his large glass case full of medals. Now, he often hustles off to play golf on the course he owns at Henley-on-Thames. His hired men there may see him playing, but they know they would be fired if they told any bystander that the man in the tacky looking grey flannels is Sir William Morris. Sir William's factory whence issues the Morris Cowley car has put Oxford town on England...
...races staged over this course in the Basin on Thursday and Saturday of last week, and in a trial over the Henley distance on Friday, the crew stroked by Armstrong showed itself to be definitely superior to that paced by Lawrence. In each case the former boat crossed the finish with a lead of over a length beyond the latter...