New-York tribune., 1906-06-23
CREWS READY FOR RACE
THE FAVORIIE.
Big Cro5cd viii See intercollegiate
Regatta at Poughkeepsie.

| Poushkeepsie NJ Y June 22.-The annual
| regatta OF the intercollegiate Rowing Associa-
] tion will take place here tomorrow afternoon
| on the Highland Poughkeepsie course on the
! Hudson River from point three miles north OF
the towering railroad bridge 10 point one mile
south Of the structure.
There will be three races The first will be
rowed at .. m. for university four-oared
shells at two miles. in which are entered crews
representing Cornell. Columbia. Syracuse and
Pennsylvania. The second race. for freshman
eight-oared shells. at two miles, is scheduled
| for 4:45 p. m. with Cornell. Columbia, SYRIA
cuse, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as contest
ants. The big race of the day, for varsity
| eight-oared Shells at four miles, in which the
entries are Syracuse. Columbia, Wisconsin, Cor
nell. Georgetown and Pennsylvania, will be
rowed at D. m.
The varsity eight-oared race last year was
won by Cornell by twenty lengths with Syra-
cuse second The four-oared race was won by
Syracuse in a close finish with Cornell second.
The freshman race was won by Cornell, with
Syracuse a close second
All OF the crews had their final practice to-
day. During the morning hours the course was
in good condition, but this afternoon strong
breeze from the southwest kicked the water
into waves which at times were capped with
white. Cornell and Georgetown did not venture
out under these adverse conditions but the
four other varsity crews had slow padding
exercise IN the lee of the west bank
AS a prelude to to-morrow's championship
races there interesting event on the
river to-day, when the 'gentlemen's race" of
four-oared shells. manned by substitutes was
rowed. Cornell had in two crews. one of var
sity substitutes and OF freshman extras.
These crews finished first and second in the
order named. with Pennsylvania third and Co
lumbia fourth. The distance was two miles
The crews were boated as follows:
Cornell 'varsity-Earle. bow King 2; Bromley.
3; Holt stroke.
Cornell frcshmen-McCutcheon. bow; McCul-
lom, =; Pellet 3: Halberg, stroke.
Pennsylvania. Hendrie, bow; D. Hendrie. .:
Lavery, 3; Roberts. stroke.
Columbia -Snevilly. bow; Wood 2; Mclean, 3:
Mitchell, stroke.
The city is thronged tonight with visitors.
In the pools that are selling tonight Cornell is
held strong favorite for all three events At
one of the most prominent betting centres prices
the university eight cared race were quoted
as follows: Cornell, 70 3; Syracuse. 3 to l;
Wisconsin. TO 1; Pennsylvania, 6 TO 1; Colum-
bia, 70 l. and Georgetown 10 to /. For the
university four cared race Cornell is held a
to favorite, with Columbia second In demand
at TO 8. The Syracuse four is quoted at TO s.
with Pennsylvania the outsider at to l. In the
freshman eight cared race. Cornell is again
10 ., Win wisconsin second choice at to g.
Syracuse is held at to l, Columbia at to l
and Pennsylvania at 10 TO l.
Little else but boat race talk and discussion
Of the chances of the various crews is heard to-
night. The old arguments for and against are
being rehearsed with great particularly Much
Of the information is mostly hearsay. 1t is GER
tain that Pennsylvania, by rowing IS minutes Sc
seconds for the course has done the fastest
Ime triaI' Cornelts best time is a little slower
than this while Columbias best trial was around
20 minutes. Wisconsin and Syracuse have had
no time rows over the full course here The
Syracuse men have done a lot of two mile
brushes, and some Of these have been fast
Georgetown's best known performance here is
for three miles, negotiated in Il minutes %
seconds.
This presents about all that is sure about the
crews in the line Of preliminary dope" The
talk is that Pennsylvania despite time rows Is
not the dangerous crew that il looks TO be Cor
nell, II is realized. has lost ground since com
ing here. and for that reason the Ithacans are
feared The men have picked up a little IN
weight and they are a powerful lot The Syra-
cuse crew is looked upon as the best tin for
second. P i'
Columbia should beat Georgetown and Wis