New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-02
CORNELL IS THE FAVORITE.
ALL THREE CREWS IN FINE TRIM FOR
TO-DAYS RACE.

ALL THREE CREWS IN FINE TRIM FOR
To-DAY's RACE.
IN THE DRAWING FOR POSITIONS CORNELL
AGAIN GOT THE OUTSIDE couRsE-PoUGH-
KEEPsrE REMARKABLY QUIET
LAST NIGHT.
rry TELEGRAPH TO rRIBrNE.1
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, July 1.-The last or the
four races of the Poughkeepse college regatta
Is TO be rowed late tomorrow afternoon Inc
Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cornell crews are
, all In the best Of shape. and however the race
results there will be no excuses alleging tnat the
defeated men were In poor pnyslcal cohui''oh
from having been overtrained or having gone
stale. The combination OF the best crew ana '"e
hest stroke will win. The Regatta ommttee has
decided to start the race at O'CLOCK pro"p.'S'
and unless some exceptionally untoward weather
comes along at that hour. there VIII be no post
| ponement Only a heavy storm will SEND the
| race over until Saturday. At the hour chosen
| there will be a strong ebb tide running, ana SO
| far as the water Is concerned the race VIII be
| rowed under conditions almost Identical Win
those that governed the freshman race OF yester-
| day.
| The captains Of the three crews. spillmah' OF
| Cornell; Boyle, Of Pennsylvania and Pressprich'
| OF Columbia, met this evening and drew io's LUZ
| positions once more Cornell drew the ou's'uc
| course Pennsylvania will row on the insioe' anu
| Columbias shell will lie between the other wv
| This is the third consecutive time Corhe" mas
| drawn the outside course. and In two races VIC
tory has gone with Il. In the Cornell Y aie-H
ward freshman race the Ithacans were not on the
| outside, and they were beaten
| There is little question that IN the eyes Oh 'he
| ..n,,,o ,,o-,d tomorrow's race is in the nature
| NJ an nti-climax Whether the existence OF th's
sentiment is due to the interest felt In the test
| 80 hranr.. work afforded by last weeks race.
or whether It Is due to the general behel 'ha'
| corre,, will lose Pennsylvania and Columbia Is
no, certain. But however that may be. foush-
| keensie Is a graveyard for stiffness coHpareo
| with what II was g. week ago tonight Inc"
| the strects were full OF eager. anticipating
| c,oud EARNESTLY canvassng the coming race'
| ordaovor,np 70 wager their shekels AT 1aVorao'e
| odds and Haunting their colors and their re-
| snoct,ve cheers between bets. but to-nlsht 'he'e
"a LITTLE. except at the Nelson House, 70 sho"
that one of the big races Is to be ro"eu 'o'o.
row There Is no noise. and there Is "o N'o"N'
and without these an important lnterconee"'e
contest Is like Hamlet with the me'a"o"o'' O
gone a duck shooting. ,..
Cornell Is confidently expected anu coiiu 49,
| exnects to win to-morrows race. anu IL 10 VA
| acult 10 see how she can lose. her ere" 10 "ea
IN nsrfect condition for Courtney has expehueo
much care in recovering his charges itoi" INC
efsects Of the reaction that followed 'ne'i b"
effort OF a week ago. To that end the "oiA "a
The Ithacans has not been severe al al! '''"e
during the last six days. The ere" o'u "o. o.
-. .h,. morning In the early evening trey
took a fve-mile spn but they dio not app'
racing speed for any considerapie u's'a"'e
~. ,,,a,,oun ~ the crew will be Identical with
,ha winning crew of last week, and seldom II
.,.o. hoyo eight better men Of their weight SAT
IN a boat. Briggs, the sturdy little stroke Is
pulling in his usual tortn' ahu '"'
as fit as fiddle.
columbia "a hopeful and by no means concedes
tho rare and Il should be said that gooo Judges
o,rs,der her oarsmen physically at last the
| a,uols NJ the '07 Yale and Harvard crews. MT
Cou,,eo has done his best work with theni' anu
ha "a inc, az satisfied with them as Courtney u
uitb his charges Columbias stroke IS no'
greatly different from Yale's. The recover now
over ,s slower and this. II Is thought VIII chech
tho speed OF the boat less between strokes "
lumbia's work this year has been accoHphsheu
in the face Of extraordinary dimculties i'o"
",oes within and foes without and she VIII oe-
serve every bit of what success she has 'o''''''
row. and probably more ,,
pennsvlyanians when asked what they Will
A. .o-,rorrow reply: Cant tell, but the crew
that wins will know were there. that IS all.
1-ndoubtedly Pennsylvania has eight exceedingly y
strong and plucky men In her boat, ana @ tmey
Y,,u nril the short "dabby' stroke that Ellis
Ward has taught them as hard ana as Iast a.
anybody could pull 1t. They took three-inile
enin this eyetl,ng and made favoraDie lH'
nression on those who watched them otii IL
is "a hard TO see how they can win as 10 see
nov Cornell can lose. Cornell won from the
Annapol!s cadets, who afterward peat feiln
sylyania by eight nine length. That was no,
vestardav- 10 be sure but 1t seems unlikely that
"Pennsy" has experienced any such remarKapi:
change of form as to make up the difference.
There Is almost no betting on the race. Cor
nelIians are willing to back Cornell against the
aeld at something like to s. but there are nc
takers at those odds. and the lthacans are ho'
confident enough to do any better
George Mumford has not yet appeared ana ~ ~
his absence Harris 5. Reynolds OF 1aie' WIN
probably referee the race.
The enthusiasts are still talking about tha'
hammer and -tongs freshman race, and all agree
that no such race ever seen In this coun'
try At no time during the two miles did open
water appear between any OF the three boats
Mr. Cowles tried Bogue. the freshman cox
swain, In the Columbia Varsity boat to-day
and was so we'll satisfied with his work that ne
decided to have him steer the varsity crew TO-
morrow in place Of Schlussel, the regular cox
| swain, who Is thirteen pounds heavier.
STYLE OF THE THREE STROKES.
| CowIEs WARD AND COURTNEY DESCRIBE THEIR
METHODS OF USING THE OAR.
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