Crew

At Mortlake, England, J. A. Brown stepped from a slender shell, grinned with gratification. Coxswain of the Cambridge University crew for four years, he had just participated in his fourth straight triumph over dark blue rivals from Oxford. The Oxford eight, conceded little chance to win, was kept in the 4 1/4-mile race mainly through the heroic efforts of Howard T. ("Ox") Kingsbury Jr. This gentleman, captain of last year's undefeated Yale crew, pulled a mighty oar, shouted encouragement to his wilting shell-mates, kept the winners' margin to an honorable three lengths. The Cambridge time was 20 min. 14 sec.; the course record, held by Oxford, is 18 min. 25 sec.