The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-27
IN INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA
SLATED FOR TODAY AT
PouGHkEEPSiE.
NO FAvoRITES PICKED
Element Of Uncertainty as to Winner
Cornell Has Won Out of 13
Times--Program OF Three
Events.

I OF the lUtefcOIleRlaLe regatta on tn2
Hudson tomorrow The tcwn wears a
holiday appearance, the colors of al
the universities represented being s.
played conspicuously in the principal
streets. Visitors are already arriving,
and it is predicted that tomorrow )
crowd will be the largest that ever
witnessed a rowing event in Americs.
The customary arrangements have
been made for running observation
trains.
The program Of events will be the
same as in former years The post
tions drawn by the various crews are
as follows;
Freshman eights Syracuse I, Wie.
consin 2, Pennsylvania 3, Cornell t.
Columbia 5.
Varsity fours Syracuse /, Cornell
2, Columbia 3, Pennsylvania (.
Varsity eights Wisconsin /, Cor
nell 2. Pennsylvania 3, Columbia T.
Syracuse 5.
or these places the Syracuse four
Dared and freshmen crews are believed
to have the most favorable locations
in their events, as the ebb tide. which
begins about 3 O'Clock, Is strong along
the shore about 1880 when the first
two races will be rowed. In the race
for varsity eights Pennsylvania and
Columbia have the best places, pro
vided the weather Is fair. Otherwise
Wisconsin has the favored position.
Experts agree that there Is a strong
element of uncertainty this year as to
the winner OF the contests, particular
ly of the big race. In the regattas CT
recently past seasons Cornell vie
tory has always been regarded ms
more or less of a forcgone conclusion.
This year, however fate seems to have
been against the Ithacans, and II is
conceded that the other crews wil
have at least an even show for victory.
The field in the varsity race is much
smaller than it has been for several
years, owing to the withdrawal of the
Georgetown and the Naval Academy
crews. This has left only Wisconsin,,
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Syracuse and
Cornell to compete in the big event.
Cornell, the winner of so many races
in the past, and Columbia, which made
an excellent showing last year, have
each met with a defeat this year, the
former lowering her colors to Harvard
and Columbia being defeated this
spring by the midshipmen crew at
Annapolis. This leaves Syracuse.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to figure
on. and among these there seems to be
but little choice. Syracuse has the
credit CT a five-length victory over An
napolis, and Pennsylvania has been
uniformly successful in her races this
spring. The Wisconsin crew is more
or less of an unknown quantity hero
but the Badgers have never failed to
turn out creditable eight and vie.
tory tomorrow would cause no great
surprise among the aquatic enthusi.
asts
The intercollegiate regatta tomor
row will be the thirteenth held on the
Poughkeepsie course The Intercoi.
legiate Rowing Association was organ.
ized in 1895, and Cornell, Columbia
and Pennsylvania were represented
by crews. Columbia won. her one
lone victory, In 1896, Harvard. having
broken with Yale ard arranged a race
with Cornell. came 10 the Hudson as
an invited guest. Cornell won both
the varsity and freshman races. The
year following Yale and Harvard made
up their differences, but as the Grim
son still had an agreement with Cor
nell the New Haven men were forced
to come to the Hudson to compete
with Harvard 1t was stipulated, how
ever that Cornell Yale and Harvard
should row in one race. while Cornell
Columbia and Pennsylvania should
compete in another The races were
rOwed a week apart, Cornell winning
both.
There was no race on the Hudson in
1898. Cornell went to New London t.
meet Harvard and Yale, and later
went up to Saratoga lake to row
against Pennsylvania. Columbia and
Wisconsin. the last named college hay-
ing been invited to compete. Cornell
won at New London, but was beaten
by Pennsylvania at Saratoga lake /
Since 1899 the regatta has been held I
here. In that year four-oared race
was added to the program. and three
races have boo, N the card ever
since Pennsylvania won the varsity
race in 1899 and 1900. The latter year
Georgetown came in. and Syracuse
sent a crew In 1901 After that six
crews took part until last year, when
The Navy eight was entered
OF the total Cornell has wen the re