Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

Training for the Intercol-
legiate Regatta.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch TO The Star
PoUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. June "a
| Poughkeepsie has not as yet thoroughly
| awakened to the fact that the representa-
| tives of the six leading rowing universities
| will battle for aquatic supremacy June 2s.
| The crews that have been working during
| the winter are all gathered here, George
| town and Wisconsin being the last of the
| six TO put in an appearance. Georgetown is
| the only crew staying at hotel, all of the
| others having cottages of their own. The
| blue and gray men are quartered in the
| busiest part of the town, while Cornell and
Columbia are away from the noise and tur-
| MOL. Pennsylvania has. perhaps. the finest
quarters, being located on the top of a bluff
| which commands not only view of their
| boathouse, just beneath them, but the
| jestic Hudson as we'll After the days work
the men are conveyed in buses to the top
| of the hill and are there lost sight of until
| the following day. There are about thirty
! men in the party, and comprise the varsity
| and freshman Fights and university four.
| The men command attention by their
| physique and tanned appearance.
The entire squad out today and de-
| spite the white-capped waves managed, by
| hugging the west shore, to get up to the
| starting point of the big race. The Ben
| Franklin. with Coach Ward, then lined the
| crews up for starts, and after the two fours
were sent away the freshman and varsity
Fights started down the course, with the
freshman crew having a handicap of about
q quarter of mile. 1t not until the
| two-mile mark was reached that the var
sity caught the youngsters.
The Narsitys work is a bit ragged as the
men don't catch together, and are entirely
| too prone TO rush their sides.
Wisconsin the Heaviest.
Wisconsin has, perhaps, the heaviest crew
| here and the men should, with their power
| full proportions send the boat through the
water. They don't make the showing that
men as large they should do. The
Badgers are staying at private boarding
| house. AS If In contrast to the weight OF
the crew, they have the lightest and small
est coxswain of the crews gathered here,
a tiny chap, but he handles his men well.
Syracuse is not willing to give any one a
line on its work and with Columbia, IS do
ing most of the work down the river away
from the prying eyes of the other crews.
The men are fine specimens and capable
of rushing their boat along in fast style.
They rated as one of the most formidable
here, and when caught today We're rowing
a thirty stroke. Ten Eyck, their coach, de-
| MES that he has varied in his coaching, but
| il is asserted here that last year his crew
rowed much higher stroke and now they
have been rowing longer stroke. The men
are keyed up to the minute.
E. NJ. Packard. 1906, has been forced out
or the boat on account of pains in his
stomach, but under Ten Eyck will round
into shape again in time for the race, so the
followers of Ten Eyck claim.
Cornell seems to rank favorite with tho
town people and crew that is capable of
doing things sits in the red and white shell.
Georgetown in Hard Luck.
Georgetown seems to be In hard luck. for
Mudd and Stuart are in poor shape, but
Mudd will be all right in a day or so.
Stuart is source of more anxiety. The
day the crew left Georgetown he gave his
knee a bad wrench, and a sprain resulted.
Coach Dempsey has been working on the
injured member and expects to have his
number five in shape for the race.
The question as to which crew is the best
of the lot is yet hard to determine The
weather conditions have been very poor and
with the wind that has been blowing down
the course, ruffiing the water, the boats
have not been able to go their best.
Dempsey is not willing to talk much
about Georgetown, but is working twice q
day with them.
Fast Time by Cornell.
POUGHkEEPSIE, N. Y, June 24.-Tha
all-absorbing topic in rowing circles tonight
was the time trials made by Cornell, Wis.,
consin, Pennsylvania and Syracuse this
morning, and the remarkable time that the
Ithacans are known to have made. No Of
fetal announcement was made of the result
at Cornelrs headquarters, but it is reported
that Cornell went the distance under nine
teen minutes. and in a way that makes it
seem certain that If the conditions next
Wednesday as fast as they Were today
the record for the course is very likely to
be broken. Coach Courtney is absolutely
silent about the trial, but no one connected
with the crew denies that it was very fast.
While the managers of Syracuse, Penn
sylvania and Columbia have had better
success in keeping their time secret, there
Is q report that Syracuse, on one Of their.
trials this week. also covered the course in
less than nineteen minutes Coach Teneyck
is non-committal, but Coach Courtney,
when informed of the reported fast trial of
Syracuse, did not seem surprised. 'All I've
got to say said he, lis that If Syracuse
has done it in less than nineteen minutes,
the race will resemble a streak of varnishs
and want to see every inch of 1t. If Corr
nell is defea ted there will be no excuse Of
fered by our crowd. 1t will simply mean
that there is better crew on the river"
The time of last years race, won by Sys
racuse, was 20.22 3-5. No time Is forth
coming as to the trials of Pennsylvania
and Columbia this morning, but there Is no
doubt that they We're not as fast as that at
trfbuted to Cornell
All the Cornell men were in high spirits
for the practice this evening. Beautiful
water favored the work. and the sight Of
all the crews rowing al the same time was
extremely picturesque. The Ithacans pad
died two miles down the river and then
paced the substitute four back to the boat
house by way of putting the latter on edge
for their race with the substitutes of Co.
lumbia, Pennsylvania and Syracuse next
Tuesday afternoon The Syracuse crews
rowed about three miles down stream along
the east shore and back to the boat house.
Stroke Packard has practically recovered
from his lame back. Wisconsin did four.
miles this evening, unaccompanied by Coach
ODea, who had no launch Georgetown.
rowed over the full course this evening, but
not fast after the first mile, owing to the,
continued lameness of Stuart, No. 4. Coach
DeYnnsaY instructed the TO more