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after pacing 1t for the las, two miles Of a

varsity eight. This crew nay be. as "a
said forit, o two mile crew only. This the
o eSaf T That t t%o nile mifis ersw ide ap gReai &. q sen Ssd;
in Annapolis, where the Syracuse men raced
against the Navy.
coLUMBIA's TAsK..
II Syracuse H. to be dismissed from. con.
sideration Oh the idea that the up-stater'
won't 60 the distance. the burden Of attend.
ing to- Cornell falls upon Columbia. The
eight as IL was rowing before Phillips. went
handled. Now Courtney doesn't contend
crew, in 1907. and II Rice's men were better,
there is hope for them Il they pull AROUND
sent. They should certainly be able to give
The varsity -four Dared race is uncertain
because there are two combinations and
possibly three that are very strong; Cor
nell's, four has had the advantage OF being
together longer thar. any OF the others and
the lthacans are pulling q very. aggressive
oar. turiously enough. although they have
not now steer as straight Q course as for
instance, Columbia, In which the bow oar.
Jordan. was 4 port man up TO- az Two
a four may make in a race are likely TO cost
something. occasionally being as expensive
as Cornell's mishap at a mark buoy last
hdence in his -four. which although made UP
Of chunky looking men averages only q
little more than ,syracpse's four. which Is
e a5sR bow l ps,l pfG IN tSe s sS sss @ four , SsiRh to 81
four is better. than he thought It might be.
he he has no lack srsw OF u SHn md nj: However tna'
CORNELL PAScrEp HERE.
that al was us,a roSias h ia tSe ms iddis of l a. v EEK
with, Catch at stroke. there !s a ,ohanoe OF q
FSeH boat moved d. very cry fast with him setting
the pace, Coiumbia's four has h strength
and lacks only the custom OF, rowing to-
Workers. may be able to go the distanee well
enough to bother the others. There is no
surety at all that either Cornell or Syracuse
is that of Pennsylvania, which is a fair
crew, The general expectation Is that
Cornell will win the four CARED race. with
Syracuse and Columbia lighting 1t. very
The freshman eight cared race is uncer.
tain too. because here there are four good
S STeT syras SSrns sare stTnna frst r sesr y ana
The Cornell first year boat is very uneven.
and not nearly SO impressive as former
than Corneli's.. Most OF ali 70 be watched
ore the Columbia freshmen. Here is q boat
that is no wonder on form. although the
men are not all at skies and sevens. but
which surely whips the shell through the
water.
ones in the boat. and it does not present
y very good appearance. There is ginger
in the eight and good. fighting spirit. II
folks to see the freshmen win the race. and
they are sure that the Grew which beats the
Columbia freshmen will have to row,
wi neonsKlaea as is sn as can aB Be q Judged et from 't the
rowing practice. The .PennsyivanIans
have had the advantage ali along Of being
r pSestefi il ' a %disa sas ei II may Eve the
Quakers a false idea OF their capabilities.
Certainly the Pennsylvania first year mel
rSSw IN sood i9bm shd !, mere s e Is ss som er pUwf Il Ia Ia
hardly expected 10 be ablet to beat syracuse.
Columbia or Cornell,
The man who can pick this ireshman
know lust what a freshman IS likely to do
in a race. Cornell's freshmen have bad
The be af harnsI &c Of }rs sSs rsse , ans ye sols aSsin:s
Harlem regatta. This experience is yalu.
able. II a hazard were made, II would be
Cornell second. Syracuse third. Pennsyi-
vania fourth and wisconsin.
A. any event; i looks az II about all ths
a nd Syracuse. These three have done about
all the business that has been done In the
last two years except. that Wisconsin came
to the front in a freshman race Two years
age.
THE QUESTION OF couRsKs.
Whatever advantage there may be from
tides. and courses the crews outside VIII
gen T. { the s,S varsity ri. Fights Ihs c ,sGs Z s sSrns s ss,s
fairly late the crews. or the outside will
get the strength Of the sbb and those in
tainly will be on slack water: There Is
a certain amount OF advantage that. Column
bia will get from this. because the New
Of all the crews. They are outside and
to the east OF the buttress that marks the
west boundary Of the second river span
yards further out into the stream than
Syracuse, which is next door.
No matter what part OF the tide the race
the ebS, on Which It will not be rowed.
Columbia will be better of than the others,
A difference of a few feet is sometimes
a mueg IRON from 'n another o' { 9 crew 70 m nc Ms' MUCH
Syracuse is on course I in the varsity race
and Cornell on course 3. Wisconsin is on ?
INTERCOLLEGIATE. rowing races have been
with the exception Of isos. The Inter;
in, 1895. with Columbia, Cornell. and Penn.
sylvania as members. The first year there
was only a four mile race for varsity, Fights.
sylEanis e01bS oeh sw MSni i0F 'Tse af fello pshn.
Year Harvard. having broken with Yale.
agreed to meet Cornell for two years on
the water. SO Harvard was invited 70 COM
the, same. Cornell. Harvard. Pennsylvania
BY the next year Harvard and Yale had
made UP their differences, but Hsryard
stuck TO its agreement with corpell. There
Cornell won one week from the varsity
Fights Of Yale and Harvard and the next
week from the senior boats OF Columbia
and Pennsylvania. Yale and. Harvard
first year lads won from Columbia and
Pennsylvania freshmen.
n TO SARATOGA.
In 1898 the regatta was shifted TO Sara.
toga Lake. Cornell raced against Harvard
and Yale at New ond and cleaned them
up. The lthacans we're overtrained by
the time several PostP0 pom o. the sara
Pennsylvania won. with Cornell second.
Wisconsin third and Columbia last. 1t
was the first appearance OF wisconsin in a
big race in the East. By winning the race
Pennsylvania got the frst leg on the varsity
l.. l.. Seaman of Cornell.
That New London experiment satisfied
Cornell that 1t would be better TO try one
race at a time 90 the next year the isha.
regatta; Pennsylvanie ~as on z winning
stride, however. and cleaned up the varsity
Fights and fours. the latter being rowed for
the first time; A. trophy was offered for
syivania. Cornell won. the freshman race.
Wisconsin was second in the ace for var
sity Fights. this being the year. OF the berry
crate. Cornell beat out Columbia.
Again In 1900 .Pennsylyania Vas hrst.
town followinv II was GaorQetOwn's first