New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-22
COLLEGE ROWING.
TO-DAY'S GREAT CONTEST.
vALE. HARVARD AND CORNELL VIII
MEET on THE THAMES.
c ,RNEI.Ls VETERAN CREW IS A STRONG
FAvORITE WITH YALE NEXT CHOICE
AID Harvard THIRD


AID Harvard THIRD
b. rEL1onArH TO rHs .rIr1>r.i
New-London. Conn. June 21-With the set
Z g Of another sun the great triangular boat
r &c between Yale. Cornell and Harvard Will
hove passed into history.
On the eve of the battle the cohorts Of the
Z Yerent colleges are making things lively in
tie old town. All day long they have been
coming in and tonight The usual scenes Of
rJise and confusion are IN progress Belated
rooters are running around trying 20 hnd place
Z sleep but IS the hotels and boarding houses
IRE all full the chances are that many VIII
b We to make use % :he tirne-honOrej billiard
table The return Of the race 10 The Thames
4 a thing q hatterlng prospects 70 the local
,-desrnen. and the stores are ahaze With color.
FLAGS. FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
The flags Of Ya,e. Harvard and Cornell
e-erynhere Cornell IS an overW helm re favor
fe The betting has become spirited with al
syrts Of odds Harvard money Is conspicuous
s., its absence cornell supporters cannot get
,aeir coin up fast enough while Yale Is work
IL along cautions Ines IN an effort 70 gel the
; ST % the speculation
There r. one Cornell man who holds 81 Co0 20
lace even on he crew against Yale. one bet
~ 5000 even mas been made while several a.
500 and 500 are recorded. There are three
Nookrrakers here-two at the Pequct House
nd one at the Croker House. With the pro-
fsssionals the ODDS tonight are quoted as fol-
BE- VS.. Cornell. ! 10 .. Yale. & 70 =. Harvard.
: - A guaranteed stakeholder is also on
land who charges 81 for bets ~ So or under.
AID 3 per cent on all amounts over $50.
All the crews have been out on the river for
i-ht practice Eary IN The morning onth me
ale and Cornell launches came down 20 town.
he Cornell launch had On board the members
r.cff MA .rs-,,S
The rner strolled around New-London for over
sn hour. Bob" Cook and several old Yale men
Who are nov staying az Gales Ferry were ;he
tnlv paseeo gers on the Yale launch.
Mr. Neik,eharn. the referee together win
Mansy4r White and Captain Coson. Of Cornell
and Managers Mann ard Glide. CoXswain orion
and Coach Lehman. Ct Harvard. started from
New London a. a. IN. IN ne ldarN ard launch
FOR g. THO over the course with one CORRECTION
e the flags AT the half-nl.ie pos when we're
IN, on. further into the river give more
room the course was approved Nh COOK hau
gene over the course lest night and expressed
his satisfaction with II
EARv.Ro DRAWS TIE BEST POSITION
Quite Unexpectedly the drawing for positions
took o,acs his morning Harvard was the
lucky one 70 draw the east course consoeIed
ny Courtney end Others to have an advantage.
f6le gCt inc Uluule p'H'N'''''
NE west All arrangements for the race are
now complete
The rules adopted are the same as dst year
A. poughk.onsie Some few minor regulations
have been made the most important being that
y breakdown occurs during the first nteeh
strokes ali the crews are 10 he recalled ana ne
race started oyer again Each crew must sep
It's own cocrre. falling in which. y may DC
disqualified,
Word has been received from }. Addison Por-
ter thsf ne Government has sent the revenue
cutter Manhattan to a.d ia policing the course.
The Yale freshmen invited to witness the
race from the cutter
At 10 O'clock NE Cornell Varsity and freSn-
men went or the water making fast iriais h's'
down the river about two miles and hen back
The Varsity was N maenihcent form an1 bett
the freshmen 1ut by ovcr ak lengths dH'
Courtney considers the freshmen very speeNy
for two-nile distance.
harvard Calls ON CORNELL
Soon after the men rad dressed the Yale
Varsity was espisd coming down the course
with Bob" Cook coaching from the "uhoh'
This was the 5rs, time Courtney and his men
had had a good view Of the New-l'aVen men,
and glasses were lsvelled ON the swift moving
Yale boat The crew stopped opposif" the Cor
heH quarters ana appeared 90 be Studying INC
course carefully AS Yale started hack up me
river the Harvard launch came by with the