New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-25


NATION OF THE KNOWING ONES AT POUCH
KEEPsIE-MAKEUP OF THE CREWS.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE rmBuyE1
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 2f.-Corncll. Har.
ward and Yale are well In readiness for their
struggle the Hudson tomorrow afternoon
All that their coachers could do In months or
steady training and careful watching has been
done. The seed is sown. Tomorrow is the har-
vest day. Tomorrow 1t will be shown whether
the seed was good or bad. and what sort Of
ground 1t fell upon.
Poughkeepsie has been growing constantly
more lively for week, and. although II is not
crowded tonight it is comfortably full. To-
morrow. when the excursion trains roll In frora
New-York and Boston It Will fairly run over.
There was nothing talked Of this evening in the
streets of the town but the OF tomorrow.
The race is the business Of the town, and OF all
who have come to 1t. The Nelson House is the
headquarters Of all the college enthusiasts, and
the lobby is even now full Of prophets and the
sons Of prophets
But the prophets are not plying their vocation
as confidently of yore. Doubt seems 10 hang
in the air. Now at the eleventh hour. after the
experts have had weeks to get line on their
crews. and days to watch their every movement,
than they were a month ago. ALI this means
that 1t Is a tossup. guess. a grab In the dark.
The Oldest oarsman. the shrewdest Judge Of
rowing, cannot pick the winner and can hardly
be persuaded to express an opinion.
CORNELL STOCK HAS FALLEN
However, the groups who stand and speculate
on the corners or in the hotel lobby do not men.
tion the Cornell crew anything like as often as
thayI do yora
be an inclination to consider the Ithacans as
third best. Possibly. indeed probably this Is dus
to the fact that Courtney has made so many vio-
lent changes in his boat in the last fortnight
That Is not COurtney's fault however. He was
forced to do It, If the Cornell crew that will
flash from the starting line tomorrow is almost
wholly the Cornell freshman crew OF last year.
it is the fault Of the Cornell upper classmen who
would not train faithfully and who could not be
made to appreciate what was taking place.
There Is rather more betting than prophesying.
but that does not mean that there IS much bet
ting. There is not. The doubt that fills the at
mosphere has kept the crowds money In the
crowds pockets. The bllard-room Of the Nell
son House the headquarters for the quota
tions Of odds tonight. and some money was
posted and covered. Neither Yale nor Harvard
would give odds to each other and il stood at
even money between them. There was plenty
of Yale money to be had at that rate but there
were few Harvard takers. Yale men were per-
fectly willing to give odds Of ) to 3 and TO that
their men would beat the Comedians, and there
considerable betting of that sort Cornell
men would have taken any Harvard bets of
similar Sort but there were none. There were
a number of spectators who gave odds against
any ones being able to pick the winner, bu,
they wouldn't give big enough odds to attract
many players.
TIME AND PLACE OF THE RACE.
1t is now planned to row the big three -cornered
race down the Hudson from place three miles
above the bridge to d place one mile below the
bridge. at 330 o'clock In the afternoon The
start is almost sure to be late however. 1t al
ways is even under the best conditions. More
over, every day for the last two weeks strong
southwest breeze has swept over the river in the
middle Of the afternoon. Should this happen TO-
morrow the start Will undoubtedly be delayed
until after o'clock in the hope Of the wind
dying out. If the weather should prove very bad
indeed the referee may order a postpone
ment until Saturday. This contingency, however.
IS improbable
The last practice Of the crews Of the
usual last-day sort. 1t was late for all hands.
Cornell out only once, and that vas late
in the day, just before the dinner hour TIE
men were in the boat only little more than al
hour, and did only a little padding. Courtney
apparently believed that his trained
to the very hour. Indeed, he is reported to have
said that had the race been set for THURSDAY
instead OF FRIDAY ii would have pleased him
better. His men rowed in good shape. except
perhaps Captain Spillman. who complains lit
tie Of his arm. Cornell is the favorite crew
with the natives Of Poughkeepsie, possibly be-
cause their training quarters the only ones
within the limits of the town.
f.lIa Nkralr1
Bentley. .; Moore. 3; King. f. Odell 8: Spillman,
&; Savage. I; Briggs, stroke; Colson, coxswa!n.
LEHMAN SILENT But CONFIDENT.
The feeling at the Harvard quarters at Red
Top to-day was clearly hopeful. Mr.. Lehman
would say nothing. but he looked far from dis
The entire lot were well pleased with
Wednesdays freshman victory Cornell. Mr.
Lehman had the eight out twice, in the
forenoon for a three-me spin at an easy pace.
and again in the twilight To practice starts. The
eight kept well together. but their stroke never
ran above thirty-flve. The men were evidently
merely taking exercise.
Harvard will row as follows Marion, bow:
Bull .: Wrightington. 3; Sprague. 1; ]. II. Per-
kins. >: J. +. Perkins. 6 Goodrich 4; Boardman.
stroke.
Yale is just as conhdept as Harvard. The VIC
tory OF her freshmen crew on wednesday has
given her renewed confidence. Still. there are
experts who say that the Yale freshmen crew Is
faster than the Yale varsity. But Bob Cook
knows a great deal better
The Yale did the hardest work Of any of
the three this morning. Mr.. Cook put them
through two-mile spin. one mile UP and one
mile down. following them in the launch all the
way and never leaving off his instructions He
sent them out again to practice starts in the
early evening. but after that they merely pad
died about bit and went in.
THE DRAWING FOR POSITIONS.
The captains Of the three crews drew for posi-.
tions soon after dinner tonight. Yale will row
close to the western shore. Harvard in the mid
die and Cornell on the stream. This will not do
Cornell any particular good she will catch
the brunt % heavy tide there. Her adherents
are making the most of the news tonight how
ever.
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