The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
CORNELL AND PENNsY ARRIVE.
All but the Georgetown University Crew Now
at Poughkeepsie.

P~ouoHKEEPsIE. June 23.--With the date Of
the intercollegiate regatta only aWeek ahead
the situation resolves itself into the loss of a
coin for the choice OF favorite as between Wis.,
consin and Pennsylvania, with Cornell and
Georgetown as the dark horses. The crews OF
Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
are all here now and Georgetown Is expected to
arrive on Wednesday. The Pennsylvania
Fights got here at 2 o'clock this afternoon and
three hours later both the Varsity and fresh
men Fights took a row down the river to limber
up a bit after their journey.
Ellis Ward. the veteran coach Of the Quakers.
would not confess that his boys were In the
pink Of condition. They've been resting very
well" he said. but l want to see them do q
little better.
What do you think the 'varsity's pros
pects are?" he was asked.
There was a merry twinkle In Wards eye,
He replied. We've come here to do the best we
can, INC II we don't win we wont have anv ex-
cuse to make about the crew being stale or a
berry crate being in tie way
Judging from what was seen OF the owing
of the Quakers on heir limbering-up spin their
b AIDE work Is not as clean as the Misconsin's =.
They size up well with the Westerners in
physique, however. and WORK together Splen-
The Cornell crews arrived at Red Top this
evening, The train WA due at Highland at
8:32 which they were passengers on. and it was
stoppei .oupostt' their quarters where they
got on. Their baggage and shells were taken
up later by u special engine.
Both the Wisconsin fights were out early this
afternoon and rowed up the river for two or
three miles on the east SIDE. O1Dea coached
them ron the steam acht Wala Walia. Ihr
men were back In the boathouse be ore the
Columbia sights went out M o O'Clock. Han
Ian is still workiNgthe Columbia crews by lours.
putting the lore and Mt SQUAD through a cour e
ot sprouts In turn. This morning the VARSITY
went over the course on tim and sicce ded In
ctvering the four miles in ten seconds less { AN
twentv-one minutes. The conditions were ex-
caedlncly favorable, the water being smooth and
the tide runni'g u strong ehp. Hanl1n gave
the Columbia freshmen q sh1ke up by taking out
Hull, Smithers and NOlr and substituting
Townsend, BE 'kman and Clark,
The ~Interco! egiate Rowing Association met
here TO-DAY and decided TO anchor ruide bont-
onc-1uarter of n mile below the bridge on the
ems, and west sides Of the course 50 that the
coxswainS after los.ng the bridg,, as a earring
can have som" mark to keep them straight
Last year Wisconsin's coxswain steer ID way on,
of the course. 1t was also dec .dnd to run a
telegraph wire from tMe ~&Oat al
the finish to the shore ov'r which the officia
time. the name OF the winners and tho numteI
OF lengths the Fights are apart will b. sent
and posted on a bulletin board for tn beneh'
OF the spectators, Bombs will he set on from
the bridge announcing the start OF the crews
and tn 2ir positions ut various, points.
The races next saturday viii be started at
y. NJ. and will be rowed d wn stream from
Krum Elbow. The time schedule follows:
aP. M.-Two- mile event for four Dared crews DO
tween Cornell. Columbia and PENNSYLVANIA.
AP. M.-Frtshran race, two miles; same colleg 70
with the addition Of the Wtsconslns.
from Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
and GeoT gctown.