The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-26
CORNELL IS TIE PAVORITE
ITHACANS LIKED FOR BIG VAR
SITY RACE ON THE HUDSON.
Coach CIendOn Says Navy crew VIII DO Well
In Case water IL Smooth "A Hard. Race
To Pick, Is Consensus Wisconsin Fresh
men. Syracuse Four Well Considered.

to Pick, 10 Consensus Wisconsin Fresh
men. Syracuse FOu Well Considered
PouoHKBKAsIB. N. Y. June 25.-"Corneil
Syracuse and Pennsylvania a as fas
crews as ever they have had and Wisconsin
Is better than usual. = said Richard Glendon
coach Of the Navy crews. this morning
There are better crews here than ever before
Picking is very hard. II the water Is smooth
Tomorrow for the varsity race and there II
no head wind I believe that the Navy crew
Can win. II there Is a head wind Cornell
and Columbia on the inside courses will have
an advantage. In fact the Navy might AZ
well leave the shell In the b%oathouse. l be-
heve that there Is a difference OF ten lengths
between the outside and inside courses for
the four miles in rough water"
That is about the nearest thing TO q predlo-
ton made by any rowing coach Of the seven
here regarding the race for varsity eight
cared crews on the Hudson tomorrow.
Coach Courtney has contented himself with
saying. In view Of the remarkable improve
ment made In his crew in the last week. that
he is sure they will be AMONG the leaders.
There probably never has been a regatta
on the Hudson In which It was SO uncertain
which college had the best crew. 1t did not
take 9 Wise man last year TO say that Cornell
had the race cinched. 1t takes a fool this
year TO dare even TO surmise what will be
the order across the finish line.
Despite the fact that there are few persons
who have the temerity TO attempt to pick
the order OF the Fights in tomorrow big
race, Cornell is a ~favorite in the betting that
has been done. There Is a very decided
trend toward the Navy az a second choice.
for which the middies are fs Vpred. perhaps a
trie more than Syracuse. The Syracuse
crew Is about even In popular favor with
Wisconsin, Following these come Columbia,
Pennnsylvani mia and Georgetown IN that order.
1t isn't that the followers OF rowing do not
believe that the men in the Navy crew are
physically able to go the full four miles. IL
is a question Of the way In which they are
going to row, II the Navy crew men are
going TO be content merely to hold on for three
miles to the Cornell crew. which probably will
be the pacemaker. the midshipmen have an
odds on chance Of beating the lthacans On
even terms with the Cornell men as far along
as that in the race the Navy crew should he
able to defeat the Ithacans, becau use they
have the ability TO raise the stroke away UP.
even as high as forty to the minute.
However. II the Navy crew goes out from
the start and row In the furnishing style
which has been exhibited here In the practice
work il is considered gray question whether
they will be so ft at the end OF the race. IL
is pointed out. however, that by rowing the
race from the start In that fashion they are
likely 70 geG a long lead and In that case will
not need TO squirt at all. Taken all In all.
des pite the smoothness Of the Cornell crew,
the Navy looks mighty good to those who
have seen their shell in action. 1t Is a dash
Ing. snappy style, and the men are there to
row 1t. II the Navy is beaten it will be a raoe
royal, as Murray Russell, the Georgetown
coach. sa Us.
The experts simply cannot figure the Navy
at ALL. Men experienced in, rowing have
been saying all along that the Navy crew
does not row right and therefore cannot
is not accepted as the final word in the case.
Ellis Ward, the Pennsylvania coach, says:
1T takes eight good men to make a crew
So has Cornell too. 1t would be harder to
find a better looking group than the Cor
VFh5'& onsin varsity ai1s On eight igf 'G are more Of % Hniifo Sne
and trimmer in physique than any other
crew.
What Cornell fears is that, although the
crew is rowing. together with great smooth
ness and is the best finished boat on the river,
Of the men, will be unable to go
out Of the four Dared crew to make the varsity
eight Bromley and Gavett. Gavett rowed
in the varsity eight last year. He knows the
can stand It. Bromley is a two mile man
or rather has been hitherto. In the eight
also are Goodier and Gracy, who were in
new man in. Cornell rowing. There are thus
four men who are unknown quantities at the
Illlt lNldltt INC ~ ~ we'll
The answering Of that question will decide
the race tomorrow 1t is believed.
Syracuse men have no hesitation in saying
that their crew is better than that OF last year.
The men are pretty well. put iup. although
they are not as ruggerdd looking as several
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the river as an oarsman and Is better fitted
to the crew he PAGES than any other oars
in a crew and say thai he is the best man,
but young jim comes very near being that
in the Syracuse eight.
hard to say. The Westerners think that
their boat is very good, but the fact that the
freshmen have been able to beat the varsity
OF the freshmen than for that OF the varsity
eight. The boat does not set up well and
the Wisconsin boat. but they do not make
the same impression as the Cornell. Navy and
Where Columbia will be in the race ia a
problem, 1t is certain that the New Workers
are much better than for several seasons
before e. but J6u Sames d Rl C mas r Tb the m SSst , 1ies
Capt. Boyle, Cerussi and perhaps .Snevilly
are all right. ,spauldipg is rather light. while
hsd experience in rowing. The same j.
true Of Starbuck, although the latter is strong
and a hard worker. The Columbia men are
they are filter, but it is q question OF
power.
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struck here. That. however, is all a ques-
OF comparison. The Quakers were very
poor in quality when they came here, so that
Improvement Is not necessarily a hopeful sign.
men in the Pennsylvania eight do not ap-
pear to be physically able, 70 go a hard four
miles, as hard as the race is likely to be. Wal
ton and Hendrie are big but not necessarily
strong enough TO row well. Rogers and Brad
were in the freshman crew last year.
Townsend, the manager, rows bow oar. He
had some four Dared crew experience.
The three real four mile men are Capt. Emig,
Dean and DoerinR. The Pennsylvania crew is
more or less weak in effect II not in appear-
ance.
Georgetown's crew is counted to be too
light to be likely TO do much. There are four
W men In the eight. Capt, Rice, Fitzgerald,
Stuart and Foy rowed last year. Cronin and
Woods were in the second crew for a while
year and Murray and Chapman are fresh
men. 1t is hard TO turn out a strong varsity
crew from just enough men to make two
Fights, and no one could have done better
han Coach Russell has done with limited
material.
The freshman race appears to be less uncer-
ain. Wisconsin is liked very much for that.
and Syracuse come along directly
lfter. Pennsylvania. and Columbia are not
highly favored. In the four Dared race SYRIA
,use, Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania is the
popular idea Of the probable finish.
The betting this year is mostly between
separate colleges. Cornell against the Navy,
against Syracuse, Columbia against
Pennsylvania and Georgetown are the popu-
ar divisions. There have been some bets