The evening times., 1900-06-30
READY FOR TIE REGATTA
In Exciting Rowing Contest Ex-
peeted at POHghkeepSie.
Cornell, Georgetown, Wis
cOusin, aad PennSy Ivanfa Crews to
Interest In the Varsity Eight
EVent-QUakers Great Favorites.

POUGHKEEFSJE, y Y. June 30--Wind
and water permitting. there VIII be a row
ing regatta here this evening. which. Un-
less the experts are greatly deceived,
should be worth coming from far to see
Eighty-eight brown-backed youths, with
coils Of muscles like steel under their tan
ned skins. VIII contest for the glory Of
Columbia. Cornell. Georgetown. PeR1sylva-
MA. and Wisconsin universities. IN three
different races. and a mighty crowd is eX-
pectsd to witness the struggles and cheer
the athletes en- II is hoped that there
VIII be no UltCWa-d happenings such as
The berry crate. which. floating on the
Hudson : surface last year. got in the way
Of MiscCls-l's boat. 50 its coZsW1in said,
and made the -Yara' OaTsm5n feel that
they lest TO Pennsylvania Oliy by ven
ture- All anyone asks here is clear
course Cn fairly smooth water With little
O. no wind
Seldom has there been - much uneer-
tsi2yy attending 4 contest OF this kind, and
JnIs element mas given 70 IL a Eeeuness
Of anticipation that has set the adherents
OF the FIVE universities Ct fever heat
All the early morning trains brought
sqUalrCus CT rOOIers. gay IN Jleir various
COlo-s and loud n predictions Of victory
There are hundreds OF rOsy-cheeEed young
women who talk the science and speculate
o. stamina and speed Ike seasoned vete-
rams. There are uen who have watched
the work o. the crews On the beautiful
calm stretch Of river who predict that the
struggle viii be q heart-b breaking one WITH
= sensational ending
Pennsylvania wen the event at Saratoga
in 1SSS. and last year. over this course
II is predicted. viii be a showing Of a
'--aiIe OF Tudder-' 10 some o. the others at
he finish Many CT the wiseacres say
PecnsylvG-ia's crew VIII lead the process
SEX. and Ellis Ward. who is cne Of the
best trainers in the world and who knows
the Hudson Ike a book. is confident that
INC CuaEe-S VIII repeat the trick Of last
year and the year before.
These Pennsylvania men are pleasing %
lcok upOn. They look rs though they could
70 into any kind Of q smashing contest
and come out VIGOROUSLY
Pennsylvania. ready 10 put up the fight
OF its life viii find . Periious rival IN Wis
ccnsin- Five CT the men who sent the
Quaker shell 10 victory last year viii
bend their sinGwy backs in the struggle
today They are like seasoned timber, and
have the staying qualities which will
take them safely over the foUr-uile way.
Whether tie ottsr three can stand the
stress is speculative
There are many who are keeping eyes
on Wisconsin. vEo suffered LAST year
through a mistake OF her coxswafn- The
Testerners also have five men who were
in The heat CT the conflict last year. and
they declare they are IN better condition
Eow than a. tEa- time The Wisconsin
athletes are a bToad-sECUl5ercd lot OF
giants. TEey arc determined to snatch
victory from TIE error OF q year ago
There are comp arativeiy few displays OF
their cOICrs. but they have q strong sym
pathetic following. Their coach. O'Dea. re
fused 10 say anything this morning
The performance OF Columbia viii be
watched with more than usual interest
for Edward Hanial has had charge Of the
lads only ten 61ys before the race. IN that
tine Re has made them unlcarn rnuch that
they had acquired by long training IN a
wholly difeTe-t style. II thsy hold to the
Hanlan stroke they are likely 10 give an
excellent account Of themselves but cN-
perts think that when they are in the
heat Ct IL anl the slow forging ahead Of
some other ccr.est2nts cxcitC5 the row
+ eres. they may mix up their methods.
Bsc-ing. which was somewhat leDguid
+ last night. took on new life this morning.
I The principal money was pl1ced on the
Big Three at evens, Pelnsy ylvania wag-
! eTs against Cornell. and Cornell against
! Pennsylvania and each vaSers at the
/ same ODDS against Wisconsin. There IS
! plenty of Pennsylvania money On hand
/ The four-0ared over the two-mile course
/ and the freshman race over the same dis
! tance. are dwarfed by the bi sevent
1 Coach Courtney is inclined 70 boast over
! the prospects OF the Ithaca boys. only n Z
more cautious way. He has sent forth tbs
/ tip hat the Comedians cannot lose On thi.
/ occasion and the Cornell Varsity viii d.
backed for hundreds Of dollars today. Whet
/ little rowing the I;bacan men nave done a
( POughkeepsie has more than favOTably i'm
pressed the local critics and they say con
| idently that the famous old coach will no
see his third defeat
The big race is scheduled TO start at
o'clock The other two smaller events vii
take place between 5 and o'clock. bu
many say the principal event viii no
start until o'clock