Monday, Mar. 21, 1927

Port, Champagne

Goaded by the announcement that a special brand of beer was being used by the Cambridge University crew at their training quarters, Richmond-on-the-Thames, England (TIME, March 14), the president of the rival Oxford eight, also in training, made a statement in behalf of his men. They would drink dark beer during the training period as a matter of course; would sip port on alternate nights; once a week indulge in champagne.