The evening world., 1903-06-18
CORNELL WILL
Be FAV0R|TE
Columbia Next In Favor for Big
College Boat Race at Pough-
keepsie. 4aHSA
Especial to Tho Evening WORLDLY

NopNNlah y
POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, June 49,
| Charles Courtney. the famous oars.
man and coach OF Cornell University
| does not believe in four-mile Gin FOL
| college oarsmen. or for any other class
OF rowers. for that matter. Courtney
| couldn't go out with his crews this
morning. as his launch was laid up for
inspection, and while sitting in the boat
houss he expressed his views on thil
interesting subject.
st have never believed in the four
mile rowing race, and IL l could have my
way it would be abolished in this coun'
try" said Courtney. In all my eH'
perience l never knew a race In "hial
I the same questions Of relative speed
could moi have been settled Ia three
indies as we'll as four. 1t Is too much
of an exertion for any set OF human
beings to pull an a four miles At tn;
smashing rate which they are
to in a race such as the one 10 "he'
these boys are training.
ASK any one OF them or any othe'
man who has ever rowed a fou:-ml1'
race and see IL they won't tell you lh'
same thing. l have often thought ina
II the men who sit back in comtortaoie
easy chairs and arrange these races "aS-
to row them themselves they wouIo SUI
enough shorten the distance and mar
the four-mile course n thing OF the pas'
For my part I would Xix TO see d.
agitation in favor of tile three-m!iS
course. and IL the influence or Inc
Evening World can bring about the
a. -tIt .va rarnnva1 from COL
lese rowing the one evil tendency ina
to my mind Is connected with the Sport
In the mean time we shall have to recon
Gle ourselves to the four-mite couFs'
and regulate our training accordingly,
That the Cornell varsity Is as ape
70 row four miles as any other Gre"
m the river was not doubted by AM
one who saw them when they appeared
last eyening for the first time. ihes
we're not sent over the course az Il
rained and the water was a tribe choppy'
hut Courtney had them row up ue
river for three miles. which gave ths
u~iseacres a fair chance to get a iihe
on their work, and 1t was the consen.
s,,s NJ opinion that Ellis Ward knew wei
whereof he spoke when ne warned a.
hands TO LOOK OuL VI
In form. the popular 1thacans are
fuI,y I'D to the Courtney standard whi4e
In Drawn and muscle they are as prom
ising and fine to look upon as any crew
| Cornell ever srnt here, averaging loi Ii
mounds and 6 feet in height. There IL
no betting as yet oil the result ou'
there dsn't any doubt that Cornell vii
be a prime favorite when the men WIZ
make the odds arrive.
Second place in popularity Is a tie be
tween Columbia and Wisconsin. boil
being considered excellent crews. Re
garding the former, Coach Hanlan. say
| mali his recent Encouragement OF tbs
crew has worked a marked improvement
in the combination. Hanlan is so wei
pleased with the new shell that was
built as an experiment for the fresh
men that he is thinking of having IN
varsity use the boat. 1t follows some
what the model OF Reliance. being muci
cut away at the bow and having a IONS
%overhang. which makes 1t ride NOR
There was a little furry In the Penn
~sylvania camp last evening when Cath
cart, Keagey and two or. three otnel
substitutes, disgruntled at having failet
TO make either the varsity eight o.
four. decided to break training and lief
In something of q hun. Their action wa,
OF no moment however, as they coult
have only rowed for practice even !
thev a remained.