New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-24
H4RTiRD MEN TTSIT TfLES QUARTERS
LITTLE INTEREST 50 TtE IN THE CORNELL
COLUMBIA, YALE FRESHMEN RACE.

COLUMBIA, YALE FRESHMEN RACE.
New-INndon. Conn, June - (Npccall. Public in
tcrc,t In the college boat f, tardy showing it
self Although 10 morr0w's race IN tho opinion OF
old oar,men. promise, To be the most interesting event
Of the week. viewed sport. 1t /, completely over
,hadowed hy the Nalc-iarvari contest that no one
except the participants seem, 10 have the slightest
concern In il. Arrivals at the hotel, are few. some
fond parent, and proud sisters Of the Young heroes
from Ithaca swccd the list 81 visitor, {" day. and
Trainer Courtney was called on 10 issue paernAl III
functions 10 the lads who wished 10 enjoy their 50
cciy. touchng the wick"dnc,, of strawberries aud
tbc lniuuity Of being out Of bed after ocock But
ohcrw sc the surface of town life seemed und 'turbcd
The most notable arrival was " Bob Cook, who
came back from Philadelphia and resumed hi work
with the Yale crews early in the morning He had
l,, absent since the middle Of last week. and brought
back with him an explanation tp the elect thal ne
hid been obliged To 70 home to attend to the sale oi
some property. This. of course. to disabuSc the
mind, Of those who had been told that hi, confidence
In the Yale Crews was great that he felt that hi
labors wcro not required. II he /, not reasonably
oontcIcd man, however, appearance, are deceptive,
and well he may be. lie had both ont twice
od,y morning and evening Among the other In
cdcnt, of the day was the formal ana ccrenoni"n'
yi~ig paid by Harvard 10 Vale At the iatter8
onaricr- whcr, in addition to their antagonist, The
~
irnicr, Of the blue, among them the rcloniiabe
Cool GoudscI of the - crew George \. Adcc Of
go Gcorte st. John sheffield. John ". Keller Of 20,
and Percy Bolton, of -.
To fire the hearts OF the youthful ftlmcanS In tho
freshman race 10 morrow, came Charles Francis. who
won the American singlc-,cull championship at sara
toga In ls7G and Will olhcatc COrnclls Judge In
10 norrOws
The work Oh the river this evening was compare
iiv.y insignificant At least II furnished no data for
the reformation Of opinions touching the comparative
STRENGTH of the crows. The Harvard university and
freshmen crew, tiled II brush for mic. III" race
whs not ha.d both crews pulling smoothly thirty one
Strokes Ia the minute. The freshmen cluug deter
uiucdy To their elder brother Dr about three uHriN
of a mile and then entering the rough water thrown
M by a steamboat they began splaShDe pretty bdd.
ana were len several lengths behind. ihc ar'ty
crew then pulled over the fliii-lnr course ana went
incK In the club launch. fcnnSN wanna also
rowcd over the full course and back about ocloch
UOth Cornell crews put III some iltniul MorN
Starring from the flush At Nintlirop's Point
h., Civ, "A good account Of themselves. Tho
cornell freshmen viii 60 into to-morrow's race
with The freshmen Of Yale ami Columbia und r oD
Won. disadvantages. Yale has a heavier and strong
cr crew hut not one better disciplined. Columbia
has n little the advantage In braNn and dccd d one
in the szc and weight Of the boat CornclrS freshmen
hcing Obliged to row IN the shell Of III" varsity eight
There has hcen u marked improvement IN the t"lnm
bin crew since the work begun on the Thamc,.
thanks 10 the coaching Of Walter Il. Pc9t The rel
cree I'm tomorrow's race viii bo Il. Trnb'c' OF liar