The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25
COLLEGIANS FIT FOR REGATTA
rORNEIL TtN(IED TO WIN VAR
,III RACE ON HUDSON.
sracu,r. Last Years Victor, and Columbia
Expected to Finish in That Order
urnIM C0rnrllians-LOcai Oarsmen
Ma, Prove big surprise, However.

prnLh Cornrllians-LOcai Oarsmen
Ma, Prove big surprise, However.
pnr."fgr r,IF, June ?i.-Therc IL little
/ "A h. UO.. luw before the big intercollegiate
4 soat r....- nrrc OIL Wednesday, but to take
he fIrI ,l-r training rows. Wisconsin and
i Gsorrr'u.u. tie last of the squad 10 arrive
,atc. ,au" 10 loushkccpsc on Thursday.
They ,...I" their first essay on the Hudson
,os,.rta. and the Wrsterners showed UP
,.p.,a... we'll. III" outlook for this year =
ace y. .o.r'lnN, hccausc there are three and
ro..il .oJr crews, whose abilities arc 10
iule Known that the winner cannot we'll be
.ur,! ~. IS. ,nCr. Cornell, Syracuse, CO.
mmba and Wisconsin that is about the way
,to, u d.. 'sIrci hy those who think they
l,ow Syracuse, despite the fact that her
,.rsm,u won the race last year, is not q hot
a,or''c In met the men who have accom-
,anied 'ho oar-ncn her" from up the State
.,sto Niafr, a great deal for this situat ton,
| ar ,Lsy Themselves have been unwilling to
hot OF ,Go race except that the Cornell men
,ssr oid, ON their crew. Syracuse is far
from Wiling 10 risk any money on her crews
rulsss Oh" cornell men make it perfectly
aie r., hr odds appear from the reckon
i insof S,raclsc to be to on Cornell
The ltnAcans on the other hand have rated
i themselves : TO in the race. with Syracuse
tto 5 Columbia and Wisconsin follow in
bat order Coumbia'S odds are about 3tS
,ol while " Wisconsin is about a point removed
IN puhur favor Georgetown and Pennsyl-
yanla are not much regarded in the betting,
The PanrS, wanna eight has been beaten time
md again m practise by the freshmen and
that ha, sent It's odds up to about 10 10 /.
A GEORGETOWN j. rated about IL to l.
of the university crews. Wisconsin has the
heaviest her men averaging close to l75
r,unds syracuse has by far the oldest Of
ina university boats. her men being on the
/ sveraca ?9(. wears The Syracusans have the
o,dest in all three races. Pennsylvania has
,bs talIest varsity. her men a veraging a little
over fcct Cornell has the heaviest fresh
man boat
From present Indications Cornell should be
the winner Of the big race. Leaving aside all
I opestons of betting the Comedians appear
n stand out Oh form. They row with their
accustomed smoothness. from which they
never have deviated for the ten years that
thsy have been associated with intercolle-
s Thdh for or fbSnd IS second to
| CCGouuff',neys style. Their !smoothness and
for no other reason. Then again. II H. to be
considered that this is a crucial year for Court
The ,, c9 pr Ma so: .s s' III. sH II,
year. and that II beaten by crew W hich rowed
sSeh id not de depend merely See and
trawn he would accept the issue unoues-
ionlnely This is taken to mean that he
Is now conforming more, closely, to the ortho-
to1 rules OF TTa ,ls,. and that beat
syracuse this year. aside from the TEN.
toTary indspositlon Of Edgar Packard. the
SsT IF tn he Sanfds sea aoSs
boat inspires. There seems TO be g lot OF
doubt among those who are in charge Of the
Far 'y nstanS S Coach Ten Eyct ssy. shst his
lgen have not changed 9 bit in style and that
hex are rowing nov quite TIE game me-, as they
Rey and . Dea. directly they saw the Sy raouse
boat, declared that fep Eyok had prodNced
rowing coaches Ike Courtney and O'Dea
should be able At sight 70 detsSt d!nssehess
stll have, Ten Eyck contend that the style
Again. Ten Eyck says that his men now
that Of he other crews. his seems to Be
Sfmany men WHO counted 10 strokes 81 DO
SYRACUSE crews from the observation train.
, isn Il, Eyck h9STeves says that h. esunted
this can be disputed by, some Of the news
tbs year. Only recently they took tn e count
OF the syracuse stroke and found that it
ranged from ~ TO IS. much higher than III at
" the other boats. The change in style is
likely to work fatally against Syracuse In a
race. for the men when hard pressed will
revert to their former style. experts think
ND bod &C. podge of styles will result, SO
hat Syracuse will go up In the air.
Columbia Is considered the third choice
IN the race. The New Workers. like Wisconsin,
have little except mystery to stimulate their
hackers, because little of the tangible result
Of their pre- minary work has become known.
On the whole. however. IL is known that Coach
Good win has produced fast. smooth rowing
boatload, and the New Workers. feel justified
IN hoping tor third or better Wisconsin
+ admitted by ODea to be much weaker
than last years crew which finished in the
rlck, so that unless he is working a foxy
tick little may be expected from Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, does not appear to have very
strong crew, but since the mistake that was
made IN undertaking Syracuse last year.
me nlckers are little wary. Georgetown.
90, is not highly regarded
The finish is though likely TO result: Cornell
sy length and a half; Syracuse. second.
hy length over Columbia. with Wisconsin.
Pennsv!vania and Georgetown in that order
Inc time with fair tide conditions is estimated
as likely to be nearly 10 minutes The race
Is sure TO he close, and Cornell Columbia
and syracuse certainly look the logical dis
pu'antS for the prize, In fact there are
many " no will back Columbia against SYRIA
clse, and apparently not without reason,