Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-21
T0DAY's REGATTA
ON THE HUDSON
FINAL TEST
East, West, and Pacific Coast
Clash in lIlterc oiegiate Com
petition Washington
Represented

1888
with the ushefing in OF the sum
mcr vacation, athletics in American
universities viii soon be brought to a
finish Perhaps many OF the stellar
p.srss riners on the q fi.c.ic fie or
the open water are now travelling
over their hardest conrse their iiEat
cchoiastic examinations To some 81
these stars, this task is more severe
than winning their class numersls. or
their varsity emblems.
Classic Regatta Today
Undoubtedly the most notable event
In the American college sporting tal-
endar today Is the annual Poughkssp-
sic regatta on the Hudson. The
beautiful little college town of Pough-
keepsie is annually attracting thou
sands of college people and society
folk, who either travel or motor many
miles to witness the boat races In
which six of the best known uni
yersities in the country viii send the
cream of their rowing material. Seven
teen well-trained crews on the Hud-
son, representing six great institu-
TONS of learning Cornell. Wisconsin.
Columbia, Syracuse, Pennsylvania and
Washington must be a wonderful
sight full of thrills when the manly
athletes get on their long-accustomed
smells.
For the rowing honors today, the
East, the Middle West and the Vest
will tDrlpete. It is the only athletic
evont in which all the sections Of thu
country participate-net so in base
hall, football, basketball or track.
VI isconsin is the only university in
the middle states that sends her
three crews to the east, the four-oared
! oat being the first time in her whole
history. The University of Washing
'on, champions of the Pacific Coast,
viii be represented " two crews
the varsity eight-oafed and four
cared, but minus the freshman eight.
Wisconsin Dark Horse
Cornell, under. the splendid coach
lrS of the renowned Courtney, has
Deen winning with regularity the laft
frw years in most Of the races. Just
a little over a. fott.ttv'.t ago, the
Comedians defeated the Hacyary
eight oecisiyely, thus gaining u erear
Geal of prestige. And yesterday Har-
yard trimmed Yale over the four-miIe
course, covering the distance in 81
and AZ seconds. Whether or
not Courtney's proteges will win to-
day is hard to say-in fact the east
ern critics have been very reticent. |
n IN. fr1u NJ
lad" Vail, is the real dark horse
ard is said to have covered the four
miles in less than 20 minutes. 1t will |
be remembered that in the regatta
a year ago, the Wisconsin varsity |
eight, doAed by eastern experts to
take sixth and last place in the four
mile event, knocked the breath out
OF the spectators by finishing second |
- not more than half length behind
the Cornell veterans Likewise, the
" Wisconsin freshmen eight pressed |
Courtney's yearlings SO hard that |
they both smashed the intercollegiate |
record for the two-nlile event No
wonder the dopesters are silent, but
they are closely watching DAD"
Vail, man almost in his sixtieth |
year. ssz'
Cornell and Columbia
Cornell win relay on her we'll
seasoned veterans: Pennsy .and SYRIA |
cuse can boast of strong crews; Co
iumbia, under Coach Rice, has been |
in real earnest, for she was the first |
one to send her crews to Poughkeep-
sic for training-more than three and |
a half weeks ago. About Washing !
ton-so enthusiastic had been the |
students since the Seattle crew de-
feated Stanford and the University
Of California few weeks ago, that
they raised about $1,000 to send Coach |
Conibear's two crews, the SCARED and |
4-9ared, to Poughkeepsie, hoping to |
capture the highest honors. Con-
corning the Wisconsin varsity eight, |
they certainly had the toughest piece |
of luck about month age, for the I
weather conditions in the middle |
states were against them3 not to speak |
OF the loss, through illness and blood |
of two veterans, captain I
Maurice Soblom and Eddie Samp, No. |
4, both 1S0-pound giants and vets OF /
three seasons. Samp, it will be re-
is an All-Western foot
ball tackle and member of Phi Beta /
Kappa, the honorary scholastic fra
ternity. The gaps made by these /
two stars viii be filled BY two of last i
years plucky yearlings. Dad" Vail |.
will have to overcome this handicap, 1
besides the additional burden of de
clipping a four-oared crew, which will
re the first one in Wisconsin history.
nevertheless, the goods of Vassar
Iollege would give anything to see
Wisconsin trim Cornell.
title at Stake =| 49,.
If Cornell wins today, she will claim
he intercollegiate championship Of
Ameriea, since the Middle West is !,
by Wisconsin and the Pa
.ific states are represented by Wash ,
ngton, the western champs. There i