The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26

Poughkeepsie, y. Y, June 25.-"Cornell
Syracuse, and Pennsylvania have as fast
crews as ever they have had, and Wis
COnsin is better than usual" said Richard
Glendon the coach of the Navy crews,
this morning. There is a better lot Of
crews here than ever before, and picking
therefore is very hard. However, if the
water is smooth tomorrow for the var
sity race, and there Is no wind, l believe
that the Navy crew can win. II there is
a head wind. Cornell and Columbia, on
the inside courses. viii have an advan-
tage. In fact, the Navy might as well
leave the shell in the boathouse. / be
lieve 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
prediction made by any rowing coach Of
the seven here regarding the race for the
varsity eight-oared crews on the Hudson
tomorrow. Coach Courtney has con-
tented himself with saying. In view Of the
remarkable improvement made In his
crew IN the past week, that he was sure
that they would be among the leaders,
giving q good account Of themselves. The
other coaches have not said anything at
ali, beyond remarking that It Is going 10
be an open race,
There probably never has been a re-
gatta on the Hudson IN which it was so
uncertain which college had the best
crew.
While betting was conducted here TINS
evening on the quiet il was nothing Ike
as extended as heretofore. College men
prefer, as a rule, to make bets among
themselves, and not IN the public man
uer Of the auction place Of pools.
Cornell First Choice.
Cornell is a favoTite in the betting so
far. There is a very decided trend
toward the Navy as a second choice, for
which the Middies are favored perhaps a
1rihe more than Syracuse. The Syracuse
crew IS about even in popular favor with
Wisconsin. Following these come Co
lumbia, Pennsylvania, and Georgetown
in that order. Il is obvious that, while
most persons believe that Pennsylvania
hiss not as good a crew as usual, they
also figure that the Georgetown crew is
TOO light 10 last the distance In the hard
race that Is expected.
Despite the fact that the Ithacans are
now favored in the betting to win, If the
Navy crew goes out from che start and
rows IN the Furnishing style which has
been exhibited here in the practice work,
It is considered a grave question whether
or not they will be SO fit at the end Of
the race.
Murray Russell. the Georgetown coach,
says: IF the Navy IS beaten, II will be
royal race"
Ellis Ward. the Pennsylvania coach,
says: 1t takes eight good men 70 make
a crew"
While on the subject Of men, the Wis
consin varsity eight men are more uni
form and trimmer in physique than any
other crew.
What Cornell fears is that although
the crew is rowing together with great
smoothness and IS the best finished boat
on the river that some Of the men will
be unable 10 go the distance well this
year. Just what the Wisconsin crew will
do is hard to say. and what Columbia can
do is equally pr0blematical
The Pennsylvania crew has been spoken
Of right along by the other coaches as
rowing remarkably well and likely 20 do
something in the big race. The Penn
sylvania crew. according to Coach Court
rey. has made great improvement since
Il struck here.
Georgetown Too Light.
The Georgetown crew is counted to be
too light TO be likely to do much. There
are four men in the crew Capt Rice
Fitzgerald Stuart, and FOy rOWed last
year Croniu and Woods were in the
second crew for a while this year. and
Murray and Chapman are freshmen.
Georgetown has done great things even
with light material on occasions. and this
may be another such occasion.
The freshman race appears to be less
uncertain. Wisconsin is liked much for
that Cornell and Syracuse come along
directly after. Pennsylvania and Column
bia are not highly favored. In the four
cared race Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia,
and Pennsylvania Is the popular idea Of
the probable finish.
The first race that for four-oared
crews. will be at 4 o'clock, two miles
down stream from the two-mile mark
10 the finish. At 4.45 o'clock the fresh
man Fights viii race over the same course.
The varsity race is carded for 6 o'clock
John Hoyle says that the tide will serve
for all three races, and that II will be
best for the varsity race.
The crews to-day did a little practice in
taking racing starts. but other than that
there was not much activity
The hotels filed up little more to-day.
and most OF the arrivals were old oars.
men who were IN previous college crews