The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-26

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Pp1GHEEPsIE. N. Il !. June TO-
1n-day III IS 4 busy ons for
81 ccrnelf sennsy ania Gpihnbta,
ssyracuse md sconsin VIII yrsil
tosmorrow compel In the fnt sreols
1egiate reEa ia On the sHndson: the
final cassie ~ tile; year 81 college
ath1eti All or the crews were t put
through their final stunts, In prep
iarationS for the premiere rowing event
of fAmerica.
1.-THE three events. the rarsltYi
tours will be rowed first, the start e.
be- mad es near to q o'clock to.mor.
row afternoon as conditions Will per-
mil. The crews will row a two;nile
race down the stream. The race of
the freshman eights viii follow over
the same course. and the four.mlle
varsity eisht-oared race. the big
event ut the day. will be the last to
start.
The advance N guard OF the big
crowd expected tomorrow poured into
Poughkeepsie to-day and the hotels
are having much trouble In caring
orBthe Srlotons gthrong. Colors ;ef all
the i've Institutions are much In evil
,lence and \ at frequent Intervals the
Poughl:eepsle welkin is split wide
open with a booming college yell.
PeughlieepsIe's annual dissatisfaction
against the number OF seats ION the
observation train assigned to citizens
is more pronounced than ever and
has led to some iIl.feeling between
the college men and the townsmen y
There Is feeling Of jubilation in
the camps Of the Pennsy, Syracuse,
Columbia and wisconsin rcoters. ow-
Ing to the alleged weakness OF Cor:
nell. The Itha ca varsity crew is adj
mittedly3 not so strong as in former
years and the Comedians have some
hard work before them II they hope
to- maintain their Poughlteepsie rec.
ord. Many prophets declare that the.
varsity race Is likely to go to a dark
hoi DC, daA SaSA Vi Tie luui 3 upIuSiH5
crews is specified by the various ex-
perts as the prospective clark horse.'
The Columbians are here in force ant!
are making a great deal OF noise at
what they call their certain victory.
The following positions have been
assigned to the different crews in the
three events:
Freshmen Fights - Syracuse. 4:
Fisconsin; 2: Pennsylvania, 8; Cor
nell. A.; Columbia. s..
* Varsity Fours-syracuse, Il: Cor.
nell. 2; Columbia. 8: Pennsylvania. 4.
II Varsity Eights-Wisconsin. 1; Cor
nell, 2: Pennsylvania. 3; Columbia, A;
Syracuse, S.
: or these places the Syracuse four
cared and freshmen crews are be.
lleved to have the most favorable 10.
cations in their events, as the ebb-
tide. which begins about o'clock. Is
strong along the shore about 1880.
when the first two races are rowed
In the race for varsity Fights Penn
sylvania and Columbia. In courses
three and four. have the best places
provided the weather Is fair. Cor
nell's drawings in the two varsity
events are good. d 5s Z 81 .'5 ..3..
The field for the varsity race Is
much smaller than 1t has been for,
several years. The Naval Academy
crew. which made last years entry
the largest in the history OF the race,
numbering seven. announced early in
the spring that 1t would not be allow
ed to take part In the regatta, but to
the surprise of everybody. including
the stewards. there was another with
drawal mt the last minute-in fact.
after the courses had been drawn
Georgetown University decided to
withdraw its entry in the varsity race,
the only event OF the regatta In which
the Blue and Gray has ever been rep
scented. and this leaves only. SYRIA
cuse. Cornell. Penn ylvania. Columbia
and Wisconsin to compete for thu,
premier 'acHuatic honors of the conn-
try. Georgetown, it must be admit
ted. has never been considered n fac.
tor In the race, but nevertheless a
field of SIX crews always made a
pretty race, and the WnshinStoninns
will be missed this year. especially as
thore We're many who admired the
pluck OF lcser coming back to try
again and again.. 4!