The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-23

Associated Press to The Evening T1mes.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June o.
Everything is in readiness for the an
nual intercollegiate regatta The
weeks of training are over, the crews
are as fit as, under the circumstances,
their coaches can make them. All
they ask is good, quiet water and no
favors. They'll get the latter, AS for
the former, the wind gods will decide.
All three races which make up the
days program will be pulled off late
this afternoon, when the sun is de-
clining over the western hills that
fringe the Hudson. The four-oared
argument at two miles is down for de-
cisiOn at the of 4, while three-quarters
cision at the hour of 4, while three
quarters of an hour later the two
mile affair between the freshman
eight-oared crews will be decided. The
principal contest of the day-the
heart-breaking pull of four miles for
the six varsity crews-comes off
promptly at o'clock. AS usual, all
three races will be rowed downstream.
The Cornell crew, as usual for the
past five or six seasons. again are
regarded as almost inevitably the vic
tors. 1t is practically almost as GER
tain that the margin of victory will be
nothing like the twenty-five lengths
that separated the Cornell and SYRIA
cuse Fights last year in the big race.
Not only is it likely that some crew
may give Cornell particularly hard
race, but it looks as if several colleges
would be well up at the finish. There
is even hope that another such grand
finish as that which marked the race
five years ago may be forthcoming this
afternoon.
One thing that lends an exceptional
interest to the race this year is the
fact that it is likely to signalize the
last appearance on eastern waters, for
some years at least, of the plucky
oarsmen from Wisconsin. The Bad
ger eight is we'll thought of by the
critics. Every man in the Wisconsin
shell is Poughkeepsie veteran. This
means great deal, and there are few
experts today who would be surprised
to see the Wisconsin shell one of the
first three to pass the line at the
judges boat.
Syracuse has sent one of the best
crews that ever wore the orange. I'm
less all signs are misleading Syracuse
will furnish the crew that will give
Courtney's men the race for first
place. Columbia's crew has SO often
been disappointment that it is not
much regarded in the big race, and
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and George
town are expected to fight it out for
third place. The Pennsylvania crew
this year is regarded with consider
able favor because it was the only one
that defeated Annapolis on the Severn
this spring.
Today's races practically mark the
tenth anniversary of the big Pough-
keepsie regatta. Various attempts
were made to establish an inter-col-
legiate regatta that would be worthy
of the name as far back as 1875, but
with little success, and it was not until
1896 that the present intercollegiate
association assumed control and the
races on the Hudson began at attract
general interest throughout the coun-
try. Since that time Cornell and the
University Of Pennsylvania, with SYRIA
cuse in 1904, have divided among them
the honor of winning the varsity eight
cared race. The red and white crews
have crossed the line winners six
times, while the Quakers have led the
way in three races and Syracuse in
one. All these races were rowed over
the Hudson river course, with the ex-
ception Of the 1898 race, which was a
three-mile contest and was held on
Saratoga lake. This race was one of
the three won by the Pennsylvania
crews. The race last year was won
by Cornell, with Syracuse second and
Georgetown, Columbia, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin fighting in the order
named.