The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-27
Early Today in Anticipation of
PoughkeepSie Regatta
CORNELL IS THE FAVORITE
Both on This Years For mand Prestige
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Syracuse
and Wisconsin Are to Be Her
Opponents.

OaghKeepsle, N. L., June Zi.--fo oui
teen picked crews representing Cornell,
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Syracuse and
Wisconsin were astir early to-day for
the intercollegiate regatta late this aft
ernoon, With rain promised, the early
weather was unfavorable. In the bet
ting to-day, Cornell continued to be the
favorite.
Prior to their coming to Pougbkeep-
sic, for the last days of practice, none
of the crews had competed in a four
mile race Most of them, however, had
engaged in match races for two miles
with various other colleges, and a brief
review OF these spring races may be
some indication of the comparative mer-
its of the contestants in the varsity
race, as the boating has not been gem
orally changed, although varying degrees
of Improvement have been attained
within the last six weeks of practice.
The several matches rowed by three
of the colleges with Annapolis give some
basis for comparison between Columbia,
Pennsylvania and Syracuse. Columbia
defeated Annapolis by three lengths in
the match race and again defeated the
middies in the American Henley at Phil
adeIphia. Annapolis defeated Syracuse
by three lengths and Pennsylvania also
lost to the naval cadets by half a length.
Reath, who stroled Pennsylvania 50
handsomely to second place in the
Poughkeepsie regatta last year, was in
poor condition in the Annapolis spring
,.oa arJ e., chat ba ckraipod hia
side so severely that he has not been
able to row and Coach Ward has had
to transfer Hoagland from No. 2 seat
to stroke, a change which practice haA
not shown to be to the advantage of
the crew, although Hoagland was un-
questionably the most available man for
the place.
Cornell had no match with Annapolis,
but the sthacans rowed in turn before
coming to Poughkeepsie, Harvard Yale
and Princeton, defeating them all. As
usual. the Cornell university eight that
Courtney has brought to Poughkeepsie
Is splendid rowing combination and
they will not be defeated unless there
is top-noteh eight to fight them for
first honors
The hour set for the principal race,
$50 o'clock, is inst fourteen minutes
before the ebb tibe will be at its strong
est. The freshman race will start al
the beginning of the ebb tide and the
university four-oare race will be rowed
in practically dead water. If the wealth.
err is at all rough, the outside crews
will feel it the most, the smoother wa
ter being on the inside of the course,
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west II is thought that the outside
crews will have whatever advantage wiiS
result should the weather be calm; but,
generally speaking, the Poughkeepsie
course is fair to all contestants, the
lanes being set so far out into the
stream that there is comparatively lit
tie difference between them,
Sometimes the outside crews have
been handicapped by spectators boats
crowdfng into the course This hap
pened last year, and the revenue Off
GERS having charge of the matter have
determined to police the course even
more strictly than heretofore Revenue
cutters will be stationed on either side
of the course at the finish and police
boats will be stationed at points along
the course to prevetn, if possible, the
repetition Of last years crowding of the
crews.
The intercollegiate rowing races since
1925, when the Poughkeepsie course was
established, and the names of winners
follow:
1895, Columbia; 1906, Cornell; 1897,
Cornell; 1898 theld at Saratogal, Penn.
sylvania; 1899, Pennsylvania; 1900, Cor
nell; 1901, Cornell; 1909, Cornell; 1908,
Cornell 1904, Syracuse; 1905, Cornell
1906, Cornell; 1907, Cornell; 1908. Syra-
cuse; 1000, Cornell; 1910, Cornell.
Freshman eights; 1906, Cornell; 1897,
Yale; 1898 (held at Sara toga), Cornell
1890, Cornell; 1900 Wisconsin; 1901,
Pennsylvania; 1902, Cornell; 1908, Cor.
nell; 1904, Syracuse; 1905, Cornell; 1906,
Syracuse; 1907, Cornell; zoos, Cornell
1909, Cornell; 1910, Cornell.
University four: 1890, Pennsylvania;
1900, Pennsylvania; 1901. Cornell; 1909,
Cornell; 1908, Cornell; 1904, Cornell
1905, Cyracuse; 1906, Cornell; 1907, |
Syracuse; 1908, Syracuse; 1909, Cornell;
1910. Cornell
The records of the Poughkeepsie
course are as follows: University eights
~ miles; Cornell, July 2, 1901, Is m. |
50 l-5 g.; freshman eights--2 miles;
Cornell. July 2, 1909, . m. ii 3-5 s.;
university fours--2 miles; Cornell, July |
2, 1909, 10 m, $.