The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-01
Predict That Cornell Will Finish
Second and Columbia Third in
/ the varsity Boat Race.
SURE TO BE A GREAT CONTEST.
Cornell Freshmen Expected to
Bent Columbia and Pennsylva-
MIA, and the Latter's Four
Cared Crew Ought to Win.

poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 3o-The
varsity race-Wisconsin first; Cornell. sec
s oqd:. Columbia. third. with Pennsylvania.
Syracuse and Georgetown fighting for
fourth place.
The freshmen race-Cornell nrst: Column
bia. second: Pennsylvania. third. and SYRIA
euse. fourth.
- The four-oarcd race-Pennsy1vania, drst:
Columbia, secor d: Cornell. third.
These arr the results. US predicted by
those who are recognized as. or alleged to
be. experts in anuatics. There are plenty
here to-day. many OF them men who have
watched the crews train and who believe
that they know something OF the relative
capacity Of each. who will not concur in
these selections. The judgment as to Wis.,
cousin winning the varsity race comes
from an excellent source, and after those
crew ON the river last night.
This was the practice Of which ODea
said he was not proud. but the knowing
ones winked and called attention to the
fact that last year nobody knew OF the
splendid ability OF Wisconsin.s crew. while
!. its coach was continually bemoaning the
fact thai his men were not in the most per-
!: feel shape.
Watched from the Associated Press boat
last evening, and with unfavorable water
conditions, Wisconsin's Varsity crew kept
the boat perfectly trim and sent her along
~ q marvellous speed without q check be-
tween the strokes.
There are still those who believe that Co
lumbia. because OF her wonderful time
rpwed the other day. will have a splendid
chance for first place. But 1t is generally
believed. despite protestations. that 1t is a
settled fact that the crew is not rowing
~ well "a it did a week ago. while both
Cornell and Wisconsin. and even Pennsyi'
NAniais crew. have all improved.
VIII BE Exciting Event.
no matter what the critics may say. or
how winners may be picked for the next,
xorty-eight hours. the fact remains that
this varsity race will be one of the most
plcturesQuely exciting events ever seen In
Sssgs g. tics There = nS meayy Set
ore offered.
be the hardest kind of a fight. Then. judy
Ing from the present condition OF the crews
and barring accidents and sHbstitutions, It
= isoush5 5as. slo fSa atb sna sn
xlGht It ont for first, second and third places.
me reasons the sharps pick Wisconsin as
winner Is that + Is believed Georgetown g,wn
two miles. Will do the same as Georgetown
did last year. and cut out terrible pace
led Which s' viii help them to finish Well
Tho result Of Georgetown's efforts last year
was to tire out Cornell 30 badly that at the
third mile she was unable to pick up the
stroke enough to keep in the van.
Wisconsin, however. never seems to bother
about these little things and has always
hxd enough Of reserve force in her boat to
MISUNDERSTANDING In the last mile...- -,
q ~ HehmDdyanfa It may be said thAt Mr..
yG11n does not expect that Ills crew will
~ much toward getting near f1rsS place.
sSytoeuqe ana sGe0rgetoWn are both rowing
svefywell, keeping their boats on even keel
mot nplashfng and not catching very badly,
but 20 far as can be observed, they do not
appear ts have the eetam for q long row
that 10 apparent in the other boats.
. Cornell Freshmen's. Clever Work.
The picking OF a winner in the freshmen
race Ii based mainly on the clean and clev-.
er work Of the Cornell freshmen crew. They
have q boat that goes along all the time.
and while Columbia and Pennsylvania also
have splendid crews, 1t IL said by those who
have watched them closely that no fresh-
nhenss boat on the river travels to smooth.
Is and speedily as the Cornell boat.
4 In the four-eared race, Pennsylvania Is
put down az I sure winner, although Co
3umhla's men do not concede 1t. Several cf
the coaches on the river declare that the
Renn1y1vania boat will have little or no
trouble In walking away from the other
boatA
! Poughkeepsie Is expecting the vanguard
sUf the crowd tomorrow morning, and the
general idea here is that there will be
mare people here to witness Tuesdays races
HAN have ever before been, although very
few are here yet.