The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-26
Grew Is Picked To Win The
Big Race
Which Occurs Tomorrow On
The Hudson River


matched to try conclusions in their
racing shells tomorrow in the annual
regatta of the intercollegiate Rowing
Association on the Hudson River.
AS usual, three events are scheduled
for the day, the two-mile race of the
university four-oared shells, the fresh
man eight-oared two mile race, and
the university eight-oared race over a
four-mile course for the varsity chal-
! lenge cup, which for the past year.
has been in the keeping of the Syra-
| cuse navy.
Chief interest, of course, centers in
the race of the varsity eights, which
is the biggest aquatic event of the
year in American waters. The insti-
tutions represented in this event will
be the same as last year, namely, Cor
nell, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Wiscon-
sin, Syracuse and the University of
Washington.
Although open pool selling is not
permitted, there is keen interest
among the hackers of the various
crews today and many individual
wagers are being placed. Cornell,
Syracuse and Columbia money ap-
pears to be most abundant. Cornell
appears to be the favorite in all three
races, although Syracuse is finding
hon NnIu 40 n
admirers who appear confident that
the blue and white will finish well to
the fore in the big race Of the day.
The coaches of all six crews today ex-
pressed satisfaction with the work Of
their men, but none would venture a
prediction on the results
The Washington crew have again
added greatly to the interest of the
regatta by coming 5000 miles to meet
the eastern colleges. Physically they
are the equal of any of the men on
the river, but the belief is that they
have not had the training to make
them dangerous competitors of the
other colleges, who have had for
years the services of the best pro-
| fessional coaches.
Tomorrow's races will mark the
twentieth annual event held here un-
der the auspices of the American In
tercollegiate Rowing Association. 1t
was in 1895 that the Poughkeepsie-
Highland course was selected by the
association, then composed of Colum-
| bia, Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Columbia won the first race, and
has never finished first since. In 1896
Harvard, having disagreed with Yale
and severed athletic relations made a
two-year agreement with Cornell and
was admitted as contestant on the
Hudson. Cornell won that race for
varsity eights, and made what was
at that time worlds record for four
miles Of 10 minutes, 20 seconds. In
the year following Harvard and Yale
made up their differences, and were
anxious to resume old relations. Har-
ward would not break it's contract with
Cornell, and was unwilling to row
two races in different places, so Yale
had to come to the Hudson. The
crew from New Haven refused to race
against Columbia and Pennsylvania,
and Cornell had to row two races.
Cornell won both events-a week
apart. Yale established record of
9 minutes 1914 seconds for the fresh
men crew race over the two-mile
course
In 1898 Harvard and Yale went back
to New London, and Cornell competed
there and also at Saratoga Lake, there
being no racing at Poughkeepsie.
Cornell declined to row two races in
different places in 1899, and returned
to the Hudson. Yale and Harvard
declined an invitation to compete at
Poughkeepsie, and since then have
kept to the New London course.
Wisconsin made its first appearance
in the varsity race in 1899, beating
Cornell and Columbia and crowding
Pennsylvania hard for first place.
Georgetown entered first in 1900 and
was represented regularly for eight
years. From 1908 to 1912 there were
but FIVE contesting crews in the big
race. In 1912 Leland Stanford sent a
crew and last year the University Of
Washington made up the sixth entry.
For newcomer the Washington eight
did remarkably well, finishing third in
the big race and only seconds behind
Cornell
Since 1900 Cornell has won the
varsity eight-oared race ten times and
has usually added to it's laurels by
cleaning up one or both of the other
events on the regatta program. Dur
ing the same period Syracuse has
scored three victories and Pennsyl-
vania one victory in the eight-oared