Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-20
CORNELL WILL Be
ODDS-ON FAVORITE
Many Believe Courtney's Men
Will Sweep Hudson Again
in Varsity Races.
HIGH WIND HALTS PRACTISE

POUGHKEEPSIE, n. =. June o.
Columbia suffered a slight setback
yesterday, when W. 9. Fogg. the
coxswain Of the freshman eight, in
going barefooted about the quarters
stepped on an axe, cutting a deep
cash in his right foot. He was hur-
ried to Poughkeepsie, where it was
found necessary to take several
stitches In the wound While the in
jury is a painful one it is not thought
it will keep Fogg from steering his
first year eight over the course on
Saturday.
Vail, after further trying out a new
boating order in the Wisconsin var
sity eight, decided to give Bohstedt
the permanent place at stroke. He
displaced Event yesterday, and
seemed TO put more life and ginger
in the boat.
A stiff wind from the south yester-
day afternoon kicked up a rough sea
and 1t was impossible for the crews
to take anything but short paddles
The University of Pennsylvania
crews did not even attempt to prac-
tise, and the Washington oarsmen
gave it up after waiting around for
a chance to boat their shell.
Columbias crews went out for light
paddles in the morning and evening.
Courtney also took the Cornell men
for a short paddle down stream both
in the morning and afternoon.
Judge Frank Irvine and Morton G..
Bogue, members of the board of
stewards of the Intercollegiate Row
ing Association, are in town. Harry
A. Fisher, secretary Of the board.
was in the party, as was w. Kemp,
the well-known Columbia student,
who is spending his life in college.
He is loyal follower of the Column
bia crews.
Cornell will go to the post hot
favorite in the betting, which took
on life today. Odds Of 5 to are
offered that the crews from Ithaca
will sweep the river in three races
and duplicate the wonderful perform
ances Of 1902, 1903, 1909, 1910 and 1912.
Even money is quoted on the Cor
nell varsity against the field, and
already the tide has been so strong
that there is danger of the Ithacans
being odds-on favorites before the
race is started. The fact that the
police authorities of Poughkeepse
are making every effort to curb the
betting has apparently made little or
no difference.
Columbia and Wisconsin are about
equal second choices for the varsity
race and are being held at to l.
The stock of the Badgers has taken
a decline since the shake-up. The
New York men apparently are afraid
that their crew will not live up to
expectations again, and do not want
to be caught as they were last year
and the year before. The odds
against the other crews are as fol-
lows: Syracuse. 6 to 1; Washing
ton. to l. and Pennsylvania, u to l..
The forty cars making up the OBJ
servatlon train are in Highland sta
ton. The present demand for tickets
makes it possible that two more cars
will be added.
The views of practically all the
coaches are summed up in the words
of Coach Ward. of Pennsylvania, who
said today: 1.-The men have received
all the instructions and training nee
essary to make them row good
race. The hard work is over and
from this morning till the time of
the events they will practically rest
and be prepared for what every
oarsman knows is a hard struggle.
They have been told all the coaches
know, and it is now UP to them"
All the cases of sore hands in the
various camps show marked improve
ment. and today not a case of indis-
position was reported.