Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
CORNELL |SFAVOR|TE
Should Win Big Event at
Poughkeepsie.
COLUMBIA FOR SECOND
Kick Registered Against Closing
Time for American Olympic
Entries for Next Year.
By Edward R. Bushnell.


The intercollegiate rowing champion
ship OF America will be settled FRIDAY
of this week, when five crews will COM
pete at Poughkeepsie. on the Hudson
1t is true that the Harvar I'd Yale race
is not scheduled until several DAYS
later. but, as has been usually the case.
the result of the race between the two
New England universities Will have no
bearing whatsoever upon the college
rowing honors of the year That title
will be settled by the race between
Cornell. Pennsylvania, Columbia SYRIA
cuse and Wisconsin.
These five institutions have been so in
the habit of settling this question that
rowing experts have come to regard the
Harvard-Yal race as nothing more or
less than local dual regatta.
AS the day for the big race approach
es Cornell looms up more strongly the
favorite than ever This is due not
only to the greater prestige which the
IthacanS nave by virtue Of their many
victories on the Hudson. but also to the
fact that this years Cornell crew is
made up of unusually powerful men.
and in every race they have rowed this
year they have shown themselves TO be
typical Courtney crews. There is just
one crew which Cornell has reason to
fear. That Is Columbia. Three weeks
ego the Ithacans considered Pennsyl
vania their most dangerous adversary.
but the loss of Stroke Reath in the
Quaker crew and the excellent showing
which Columbia made against Annapo-
lis have convinced the IthacanS that
Columbia, rather than Pennsylv ania. Is
likely to give them the hardest race
Little fear is entertained either by Cor
nell or Columbia of Wisconsin and
Syracuse
Cornell VS.. Columbia.
On paper there does not seem TO be
much choice between Cornell and Column
bia The Cornell varsity eight has had
two races this year and 50 has Columbia
Both crews have clean records. Corner
met Yale and Princeton in triangular
regatta on Lake Carnegie the middle or
May Although Cornell did not make a
runaway race of this event. it was the
opinion Of all who saw the contest that
the Ithacans could have won by twice
the distance they did had they so de-
sired One week later Cornell met Haf-
ward on Lake Cayuga and the result was
the same as usual. The Harvard crew
had been training all season with this
race in view. In fact, the Crimson
coaches admitted that they had no fear
of Yale and that victory over Cornell
would be more desirable than one over
the Ellis. For that reason the Crimson
was just as nearly on edge as any crew
cared TO be at that season OF the year,
Nevertheless the IthacanS made no spe-
cial preparation for this race, and won
about as they pleased. Cornell has been
improving steadily from that GATE, ana
when the Ithacans go to the mark June
p they will be fit for the race or their
lives.
Although Columbia has won two races.
neither victory was as decisive as td.'s
won by Cornell. Early in May Colu" /
beat the Annapolis crew on Its oNn
course quite handily. The result was not
satisfactory to the Navy, and the latter
crew thought that ii could reverse the
verdict in another race. Ihat opportunity
was given at the American regatta on
the Schuylkill May % The result was
the same. the Columbia Crew proving de-
cisively that it was the master or the
Middies. Inasmuch as the mldshipmen
had previously defeated PENNSYLVANIA.
though only by a few feet. the result of
the American regatta made Columbia
slight favorite over Pennsylvania Ihen
on top of this came PENNSYLVANIA loss
of Reath and now Columbia divides with
Cornell the honor of being favorite Tor
this big regatta. Coach Rice has deVel-
oped a lot of green material TINS year,
and as the men have been working to-
gether since early in the winter the New .h
Workers think they will have one or the
best crews in their history at Poughkeep-
sic.
Pennsylvania men are very much DIS
appointed over the loss Of Reath. their
star stroke. Reath was one or the pest
oarsmen that Pennsylvania had since the
days of John Gardiner, who rowed dec
ade ago. 1t was the pace which Reath
set last year. his first year OF INTERIOR
legiate rowing. that enabled pennsylvania
to push Cornell so hard. That race. Cor
nell men said. was one Of the hardest
that the Ithacans ever had at PoGehkeep-
SIZE and not until the very end was 1t
certain that Cornell had won the race
In fact those on the observation train
were uncertain who had won. At no
time from start 10 finish was there open
water between the two shells. AS the
stroke oarsman is the most important