New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-26
CORNELL EXPECTS TO WIN
DEFEAT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSfL
vANIAs CREW LOOKED FOR
VALE MAY HAVE An EASY VICTORY on FRIDAY
YALE'S FEELING AGAINST ''oU 4siDEN'
-prss ABSTRACTION WITH PUBLIC
ARRANGEMENTS AT NEW
,,r TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUSE.1

| TELEGRAPH
| ~cw-London Conn, June 25.-Thc town mas oech
% r., ufeless to-day than before the freshman race o'
70 day although ii is the Of the CornclIPennsSi
vania University race This contest eXcltcs 50 ht'ie
interest that there Is scarcely ripple OF 1t 70 De seen
m the surface of town life The general IMPRESSION Is
that Cornells victory is foregone concinslon' lns
hoe been heightened day after day by the poor eAh'
hilton made By the Pennsylvania men In their pacuce
mills To add to the dishearcning feature OF U'eis
to and work since they came. A. l.. Harris, VINO sat
| in the boat as number until last sunday mas
| bean compelled to give mp his seat because Vi oil
ohscess in one Of his hands and j. H. Dewey nae oeeh
| substuted Mr. Dewey came from Philadelphia on
| ,,ndav and want Of practice seemed to show Usch
| ,t, ororing when the crew were for their semi
| dolly work on the water. The men have been put
| through vastly more work than any othcr Gre" OH
the river but no seems to think that II VIII prom
hcm sufficiently TO enable them to make go'd sho"
| with Cornell. .ho
trainer Courtney feels very easy In his mind on the
| suh,oct Of to morrow's There has been some
talk NJ Columbias freshmen taking the place OF the
disrnntcd university the but such foolish
stem has Of course, never been seriously consdered
As II is they have more racing work to 10 tnan any
ohor crew. and the defeat Of Tuesday cannot be looked
unon AZ an incentive to measure themselves against
Cornell University men the day before their regular
n,oe,ing with Harvard freshmen Friday forenoon
| rhoro never was any seriousness in the talk Inc
r.ferce IN tomorrow's race will be r. C. WATSON VI
| Harvard. - .,,
| An ,orr university crews were hard at work TINS
evening on the river under exceedingly faVoraoie oo
dton NJ weather wind and water Yale TOOK ahVah'ase
- tho happy combination and rowcd three mics 10 'lo
| all limo followed by the launch with ROBERT D.
| Cool, T., the bow and other coaches as passehee'S
| az course the details Of the performance nave poo"
lont surrounded by dense clouds Of mystery out inc
| distance was covered In less than sixteen minutes
Courtney gave the Cornell crew two pulls OF TWO anu
nd \
,udv Of the crews Harvard also being caug". 'Poe'
| inc nm strcan for a mile and A half was calculated
| N convey The impression that there are eood anu
sufficient reasons for the belief that fridays race Will
he a comparatively easy victory for Yale. IL Is DC
oved that Herman Oelrichs will be the referec on
| Friday, though there has not Deeh dill "'"'''' ~
| nOunccment TO that effect.
ho .rccoss ~ Cornclps freshmen IN Tuesday caused
bricf ontburst Of enthusiasm on Tuesday night but
there is little ebullitlon Of feeling among te oarse'
themselves even in the prospect OF announcer Victory
| tomorrow The fact IS that Cornell Is tired OF inc
| Thames She Is ambitious 10 measure strcnSth WIN
| Vale but the contamination, devoutly as It might
10 wished by the IhacanS and their friends Is beyond
| homo Mr. shear1 commodore Of the Cornell Navy
had a consultation with Mr. Cook Oday with view
| n arranging race for next year, but theic Wa
nothing promising TO the outsiders "a the 'ofheH
| mon are somewhat contemptuously called by some
yalenslans whose zeal outstrips their devotion to
|
tons There can be no doubt that the indnbitapc
excellence Of Cornell has created VIDE pfeh oe,pe
among the lovers Of rowing to see her IN ooniest
with Yale and Harvard, If for no other reason Una
10 have a trial OF the different styles OF rowing utus
| hv protest. scllers and college amateurs but
Vale and Harvard cannot look upon TINS desire a. An
.,iurcment to disturb the arrangement sahctlOneu DN
| fifteen wears custom. Corners pride, meanwhile Is
hurt AT the thought that. no matter now Wei ~
| may row against Columbia and the University III
PcuusylNarid and how strong the popular cohFltlpH
NAV be- that she outrow both (alc ana liarNalN;
she Is only participating In side now 70 me re-
event Of the week which Is the Yaellarvad contest
This feeling is stimulating CorneIs oarsHlen IN an
effort now making - organize an lntcLcpleelttc
regatta with Bowdotn. Columbia and the nHerslS
| VIII he abandoned in favor OF Lake George. euch
| result i, not a, all improbable.
| There Is little or nothing In the attitude OF Yale
| and lIarvad to encourage the " outside colleges IN
come IN NoCL ondon and less In the conduct OF the
| ncoplc Of the town The agreement entered into by
(cv ondoo's citizens the Northern Railroad and tho
| representatives OF the Yale and Harvard boating IN.
forests for the holding of the race on the Thames VIII
expire with fridays race shall II De renewed
Thi. question uppcrn0st In tho minds Of the friends
| II rowing, but New London seems 10 care nothing
| about II. The accommodations extended under this
-rc.ncui to the crew, and visitors becoming more
,cart and uiccdly year after year. New London ha'
| no pride in the Evidently those OF her citizens
10 whom the annual meeting i source oi prom are
Indifferent on the subject because they believe that
| Thames The railways and hotels are only concerned
I'm tho amount Of money which can be extracted from
tho ptticnt public in week. They contribute the
bulk Of all that Is given bur that bulk Is insufficient
| 10 give the the surroundings OF dignity Wh'n
| they ought 10 have. Visitors nceced In defiance
sefshness marks all the arrangements for the races