The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27

Coach Courtney watched the Cornell young
sters win from ROCKY point }1st below S me
n glass. and although four mil and over from
the finish he timed them SO closely that he was
only second or two out OF the wayirom the
The launch broke down Just as we needed
h a2s in no hs
as told them If they did not 60 on the obser-
walton train we would all go out together on
too bad they missed It,"
Courtney listened to a description OF the
the Cornell four to bad steering. He made no
comments. but seemed disappoInited when .r.
their str stroke even when pressed hardest by
"Oh no they knew better than that"
1t was nearly AL hour alter the freshman con-
house The varsity men were getting ready to
s R" T9 9Swn sey r SSS Il anu pon i'
Cove they ran out on the platform in front Of
o tSP.S who also rowcd up When the fresh
%s4 1%nSf' by "0s on " thr"ns " crew
men and congratulated, Courtney asked not
to be quoted about the chances OF the varsity
crew lie said that the men are in excellent
physical condition but so tar AS making any
prediction the race would show WHICH was
learned that the best the varsity has been
able to do in composition with the freshmen
was to beat them two lengths in two miles,
| iresh m"n to the winning eight in, the
%s Howe 4s' Of t9 the led and dnoS White
/ An old crewman stated that he had
/ reliable information that the Cornell vars y
il thirty SECONDS slower than last year Nobody
doubts that the crsw is a good one. but 1t is
moi the equal Of the best during recent years.
J. OF coniIdcnc~ that to. morrow will bring victory
to the Blue and Red standard. Pennsylyaniais
JOSH E% s sq 'IE roRer OF Es Wad GsS
vanIa's coach. WAS up TO see the races to-day.
I and to a SuN reporter he said:
, Il looked the crews over saturday and wnlle
! | did not see enough OF the practice OF tho
other crews 70 pass an opinion. can say that
/ crews for many years; l am satisfied That in
to the last stroke. The boys are in splendid
. physical condition and in good heart. They will
| last to the end. and Will cut figure at the
Before leaving for his home at Cornwall Ward
to roy any Go" Nee r., egn. on
man for his eight under 80 years old.
H." ANIL years Of agy i, AMI have done EN- my
hes, eight the colleges can turn out"
opera house tonight which was attended by
nearly thousand people One OF the
was the cornell Row ing Song" which con
tanned appropriate references to, Cornel's
on the water Most b OF the yschhts
| course this afternoon are still there,
| and will remain for tO-morrow's big contest.
| A number OF additional yachts and other craft
are on their way up the river and are arriving
! here hourly. The prospects are that the var
/ sity contest will att ract large crowd.
The fourth division Of the naval reserves
from Brooklyn. composed largely OF college
) men. are hore on tho converted yacht Aileen,
They arrived this morning and will remain
! until after the races Tomorrow, when they
will 90 to New London, for the races there.
! The men ar" in command of Senior Lieut.. NJ.
A. OrIopp. Shore leave was granted tonight.
and, many Of the reserves came upt9wp. Their
uniforms were conspicuous around the hotels
| and the streets. go
contest IN to-morrow's race is over. The
| Columbia. Wisconsin. PENNSYLVANIA and Cor
nell eightS were al out to-day .practicing
starts and squirting Courtney gave the Cornell
eight a couple Of stretches and instructed them
what to do in the race; The Prnnsylvania
varsity eight went up the river way and,
after praCticinE starts and squirting few times.
| returned to the bOathouse. The Wisconsins
did not Ovcrwork themselves. and the Column
| bia eight put in enough work to timber up and
get their wits on edge for quick start and
, hard pull tomorrow.
The hour OF the university race has been
even later than that to avoid question as to
one crew receiving more benefit from the
tide than another. Wisconsin, has the inside
no 3 and Cornell No. i, the outside course,
which ia considered the most favorable. The
d9ef nS R%@yf anita
Columbia freshmen had the outside this after
noon and were defeated; Tho officials Of the
race to- morrow will be the same as to-day.
The victory of the Cornell freshmen this
afternoon marked tho thirteenth they have
won since 1915 During that time they have
1897 at PouGhkecpsie and lSiiS at New London
The betting on the varsity race Is even money
between Cornell and PENNSYLVANIA, Between
$4,000 AMI $1,000 has been wagered on that
basis No money has been placed on either
bia or Wisconsin.
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