Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-25
CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR COLLEGES
Observation-Disclosures
lean Universities Meet in
Big Regetta
Special to Evening Teller.

/ Special to Evening Teller.
. POUGHKEEPSIE, n Y, June %.
-oarsmen from Pennsylvania, Cor
NELL Columbia, Wisconsin, Syracuse,
Georgetown and the Annapolis Naval
academy will compete tomorrow in the
annual intercollegiate rowing regatta
ON the four-mi stretch of the Hudson
river known as the Poughkeepsie
course. Three championship events
will be decided-the varsity Fights, the
varsity tours and freshman Fights, and
the fight for premier honors promises
to be full of interest and excitement
The participation of the Naval Acad-
envy crew in the regatta for the first
time gives added interest to the event
this year.
In anticipation of the event, the ad-
vance guard Of the big army of spec
| tators arrived today and, judged by it,
the races will be witnessed by a rec
ord breaking crowd The town wears
a holiday appearance, the colors of all
the universities represented being dis
played conspicuously in the principal
streets.
Annapolis Boys in Attendance.
/ A warlike aspect will be given the
regatta by the presence of six of
Uncle Sans peacemakers carrying
nearly 500 embryo admirals from the
naval academy. The six vessels of
war will be the cruiser Olympia, the
three modern monitors Nevada, Flori-
da and Arkansas and the torpedo boats
Talbot and Manly. The midshipmen
are now taking their practice cruise
aboard these vessels, and when they
arrive here tomorrow moning and
take up their anchorage alongside the
reco course the boys undoubtedly will
show something new on the Hudson
in the way of songs and cheers for
the encouragement of the creek crew
of midshipmen which is to take part
in the principal race of the day.
Cornell Ruling Favorite.
Experts who have watched the
work of the various crews in practice
agree that the contest will be very
close. While Cornell rules favorite,
there are many who think we'll of the
chances of Columbia. Whether SYRIA
cuse will show up as we'll as in the
past few years is a question. Wis
eonsin and Pennsylvania are counted
in the struggle, while the naval acad-
envy is admittedly an unknown guam
tity. Some are inclined to think that
the middies will either win or be the
runner up in the big event, while
will not have a look-in against the
other colleges.
! The first race, the varsity four, will
be rowed at o'clock. The course is
| two miles, and the crews entered are
Syracuse, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Columbia and Cornell. At 4:45 p. m.
the freshman eight-oared race follows
over the two-mile course with Cor
! nell, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Pennsyl-
yania and Columbia as contestants,
and third, the feature race of the day,
at D. M the varsity eight-oare
shells, four miles, in which the entries
are Columbia, Cornell, Syracuse, Penn
svlvania Georgetown, Wisconsin and
Annapolis.
The order in which the crews are
named indicates the course drawn In
each race, beginning from the west
shore.
History of the Regatta.
Eight-oared shell racing has beer
held on the Hudson river over the
Poughkeepsie course since 1926. Th'
course was selected by the Intercol'
legiate Rowing association, composed
of Columbia, Cornell and Pennsyl-
vania. The record shows that Cor
nell has won seven of IL vistorie
recorded in the varsity races. Penn
sylyania has three to her credit AM
Syracuse and Columbia one each
All of these races have been contest
ed over the Hudson river course
Poughkeepsie with the exception
that of 1898, which was rowed over
Ethree-mile course At Saratoga.