New-York tribune., 1910-06-25
CREWS READY FOR WORD
Cornell Eight Favorlte for Big
Race on Hudson.
COLUMBIA MEN CONFIDENT
Strong Hope That the New York
0arsmen May Race
to Victory.


er forecast for tomorrow. and 1t is pleas
ing alike TO the crews OF the five colleges
represented here for the sixteenth annual
regatta of the intercollegiate Rowing Asso-
citation and TO the crowds that will gather
along the four-Tnile course TO watch the
crews battle on the Hudson River.
There Will be three races The varsity
four-osred, for the Kennedy challenge cup.
over the two-niie course: the freshman
eight-oared, two miles, for the stewards
cup and the varsity eigilt-oared, over a
four-rnile course, for the varsity challenge
cup AT the cups are now held by Cor
nell. The races will be rowed late in the
afternoon the first the four-oared, at 4 80
O'Clock the freshman eight at about 5 80,
and the big race at so
Cornell is a strong favorite here tonight
FOR the varsity eight-oared shell race. From
the oarsmen at the Ithacan quarters down
20 the enthusiastic undergraduates. who are
flooding the town. confidence is the watch
word. The brilliant record of the past NAV
have something TO do with the feeling that
Cornell once more viii sweep the river.
Around the Columbia camp, however.
there Is q hush of expectancy. a silence
which Is almost foreboding and presages
sornething more than defeat. Followers Of
the crew from New York are saving little
hut thinking much. It is whispered here
and there that eight light oarsrnen OF
ransv build from Manhattan will be near
the front at the end of the four-rlile grind.
pressing Cornell hard over every inch Of
the way. and fighting perhaps in the van.
Everything is in readiness for the races.
The crews are trained TO the minute, and
gre eagerly awaiting the crack Of the start
ing gun that will send them hurrying down
rF1e course on their long tourney. The var
sitv race will see Columbia. Cornell, Penn
sy-lvania. Syracuse and Wisconsin. five of
The best eight-oared combinations in the
country. struggle for the mastery.
Courtney. the veteran coach of the Cor
nell crews. feels that his boys" Will win
He repeatedly says. however. that he would
not mind much if some other crew did win.
50 that it would stir Up feeling in Ithaca and
would also produce greater interest in the
succeeding regattas Rice, of Columbia,
wants rough water
Jim Rice. the Columbia coach. like all the
others. never makes a definite statement,
hut the drift of his conversation indicates
that his thoughts are far from sombre-
Ellis Ward is elated over his crew, while
Jim Ten Eyck will only wait for the race
10 tell
The last day for the crews Is always
hard TO bear. To make matters worse
nor'wester sprang up yesterday morning
making the river rough and choppy- None
of the coaches. however, really wanted lc
make his crews row hard Cornell and
Syracuse went out for a little spin in the
morning and Columbia, got in few racing
starts The afternoon rowing limited
and did not last more than fifteen minutes
for any one of the crews In the mrs
nlace the coaches had TO wait until nearly
s,,ndoVn before putting their crews on the
river as the water was still too rough foI
work When they did put them in The
shells the men merely padded a quarter OF
a mile or so, testing the rigging and max
ing sure that everything was all rlght-
In practice this afternoon Wilce, stroke
Of the wisconsin crew, broke an oar. Inc
water was extremely rough and Ned len
Fyck gave that as the excuse After Wilce
got 2 19e.s oar the crew padded short
distance UP stream.
Far]v last evening the first Of the f1o-
tiiia OF yachts ard government boats ar
rived The revenue gutter Mohawk was
The first TO drop anchor and she was fol-
lowed by the dispatch boat guiding the
revenue tugs. Manhattan and Hudson. An
other boat which is essential On the river
on race day also arrived, the extra ferry
taking the regatta crowds over TO the OBJ
servaticn train Cruising launches with
psrties OF conegians running from five to a
dozen or more began 20 come from up and
down the river in the early evening, and
automobiles streamed into the town, filling
TIE hotels and boarding houses TO their
capacity
The situation in regard to the gentle
mems four-oared race, which was de-
clared on and off half dozen times on
Thursday, became greatly complicated yes
1er6ay. At one time the committee went
so far as 10 appoint Dr. Walter B. Peet,
Columbia, 's5. and coach OF the winning
Columbia eight in 1885. referee of the
race. DR.. Peet sat in the Nelson House
for several hours listening to the con-
f1ctinE rurnors. Finally the race was
called off.
once more the town Of POughkeepsie is
waking up for Boat Race Day AS early
IS Thursday night the advance guard of
The crowd that will be on hand tomorrow
beSan TO arrive. and to-day the trains have
been bringing in a most OF enthusiasts
There seems TO be more interest in the re-
eatta this season than for several years
past and even the toWnspeople are worked
up as they have not been in some time
Although the sentiment is pretty generally
Ia favor of Cornell, there is a feeling that
the Ithacans have had more than their
share Of the victories on the Hudson, and
there is an earnest desire that some other
crew assume superiority. This feeling is
not settled on any one college, Columbia
Pennsylvania and Syracuse each sharing
popular favor TO about the same extent.
AS for the varsity race. conditions Of tide
and weather will undoubtedly play a large
Part in determining the victor. There is no
doubt IL the minds of those who have
watched the crews closely that Cornelrs
eight is about as good crew as there is on
the river. but il is also quite evident that
the Ithacans are not so strong as last year.
in rough water the Cornell eight is by no
means a formidable combination. for the
men splash badly at times The bow oar in
particular is poor when the water gets the
least bit lumpy and ne does not get his
blade in at all cleanly.
Columbia's work In rough water on the
other hand has been surprisingly good
This is aided. doubt, by the Columbia
shell, which IS large and spacious, with
plenty Of freeboard. The boat just Jumps
over the waves and comes up after each
stroke with the buoyancy Of a cork The
waferrla nsllip displayed by the men
whether in rough or smooth water is uni
forniy good Flee has his men trained to
use common sense stroke and they make
the most Of it. They do not hurry things