The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-28
CORNELL RULES THE PAYORITE
ITHACANS At 3 TO 8 TO WIN VAR
SJTY RACE TODAY.
Syracuse. Last Years victors. Now Only
Second Choice In POuEhkeep sic re.
administrations for Good Weather
and Close, Record Breaking Contest.

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PouoHKEEPsIE, June 27.-The tenth re
newal OF the interoolle gia regatta, the even
In which six Of the big universities of tn,
country compete annually. la to be held here
Tomorrow. Fit and ready. the crews OF the
colleges arc resting tonight for the contest
Tho town 10 filled to Overlooking with the
students and graduates who have gathered
Tor the boat races and the CUSTOMARY crowd
that follows college sport No less interesting
Is THE competition than the Yale Harvard re
Gatta. and 1t Is estimated that 10000 person
Will see the races from the val taRe points tina I
offer. Main street and Ma rket street to- nigh {
are busy and lively as they are once only in each
year. for II lisa regular Rip Van Wrinkle awak en-
Ing for Poughkeepsie. except that it happens
once . year, instead OF once in twenty years
The shops are lighted and gay deoorat cd
and the hotels are humming and busy with
the excitement OF regatta time
There are three race, to be rowed to -mor-
row. but. so far as college opinion is concerned,
| there Il really only ono. That Ia the varsity
eights competition. In which Columbia Cor
nell. Georgetown. Pennsylvania. Syracuse
, and Wisconsin all have entries. To win this
race ia the big thing in rowing. "A crewmight
we'll be beaten in the races for the fours and
the freshmen. but TO win the varsity race
would be glory moro than enough, Who will
! win this race Ia the question all the college
| to"ihB "OIlu uoTo II Hsklng ana one whose
solution would put money in the purse Of the
| lucky guesser
The Indications are that II will be the closest
race rowed since 1901. and there la hardly aay
! question that only slight favor from the tide
| and weather is needed to produce time that
will put the record Of Is minutes 80 Is seconds
among the things that stood once but have
fallen. 1t Is likely that the weather will be
good. because for the past three da%s tho
wind haa blown out ~
northwest. and there was little rain to-day.
But the wind has shifted to the south and as
result the low pressure area has been dis
placed by what should be tomorrow Gear
warm weather. with q bit OF q south wind
The varsity race will be rowed 80 late In the
afternoon that IL Is more than likely that
tho wind blowing up the course will have
lost some of its power and the water will be
smooth. although 1t will be slack tide There
will be no favor for any course in particular
under these conditions. but it Is said by the
weathe rwlse that il there is any slight ad-
vantage 1t will 60 to Wisconsin and George
town. whose crews have the courses num-
bered and 4. Should the wind be fresh,
Cornell. on course q. will reap most OF the dis
advantage. while Columbia. tucked in under
the hills on the east bank, will be favored
cornell tonight rules the absolute favorite |
for the race. The lthacans have taken a |
big bound in public estimation since yester-
day. Some OF the change is due to the pres
ence Of many more Cornell Undergraduates
and alumni. who brought along a lot OF money
to bet on their boats. They have bet the
Syracuse people to a standstll. Early IN
the day Samuel II. Cook, the graduate
athletic director OF the Syracuse crew which
won last year. brought out lot OF money
that had been sent to him to bet. At first
offers from Cornell individually. and in other
cases TOOK the Held at even money against
the lthacans. But 30 quickly was this money
they demanded that Cornell lay 5 to ]. VII" The
h. made nT ey N Snr to
because they could not get their Syracuse
r, Id on 70 Tager on any other terms The
gains ground that Cornell cannot well be
oE Of sy 1hs. can
Syracuse crew is not believed to be capable
Of, Georgetown has moved up almost even
in the Morgan House on Columbia against
odds Barring the possibility Of a surprise sur
similar to that which Syracuse sprung last
year. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, are not ,
The freshman, and four oar crow races ;
shnd race bsnnsylEEania is considered as a
b well all Sc, season practise here they
much as four lengths in two miles and once
'eat ,or them hem length in four miles. No
ay shows S i to be not 80 bpd-the freshmen
Citing crew. as has Columbia. While "t the
, yTao 90 yonnsstersd who average more
seconds S f or SsT two mai e. aG Sns
II is considered BY the wise ores that Cornell
| the varsity Fights. Pennsylvania in the
good tSnfs Of the day. Bn ns .G STofse
arlock or berry crate adrift can break
In the race Tor substitute fours this after
as .. an :. easy winner They finished lengths
aRead Thn ss In 'in tour
he Columbia third four met with an accident
the start Mclean. .. breaking his oar'ock.
,inute' 80 seconds. unofficial, ,syracuss
fused to start tio although cGpmbis offered
a. there to win, not to be made a laughing
.ock for the river"
Both Packard Of Syracuse and Van Meter
Whatever the result may be. Columbia Is
o"dwn do G not Care to rive SaG out 0a i6a
sat OF The time trials They we're not
iais rowed was to ind out the best way va TO to
certain objects. and in that respect
ey were successful As basis Of COM
lrson with the ability OF other crews time
at. ere most unsatisfactory Conditions
ary thirty to forty seconds often in an hour
There Is no illness at Columbas quarters
re varsity eight rowed two short stretches
wn the river and back to the boathouse in
perb form this morning
The Qnnkrrs may be expected to show grit
d determination. Coach Ellis Ward said.
w. are in. no sort OF condition at all
n Z see where there is much prospect for
,o 20 VIII "ihst th!s o, year nhe hard luck talk
IN what At We have had 70 contend with
air studies then We lost Croweil, the ST roke.
70 died from typhoid fever, two weeks
en- here No. l in the varsity has been suffer-
7 with a sore throat and No in the fresh
N boat Is unable to sleep on account OF hay
The Cornell crews ought TO make a good
n much worried about Barton at No
t tne war VARSITY lie caught cold, which az.
care Of PomR hkeensie nhvslcian lad n