New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-26
Cornell a Hot Favorite
Over Field as Regatta
Crowd Gathers.
COLUMBIA HOPEFUL,
BUT NOT CONFIDENT
Blistering Heat Keeps Most OF
the Crews OFF River Until
Cool of Evening.


the rscattn day crowds were pouring
i-to town tonight by train, automobile
and beat 100 oarsTea, the pick OF SIX
O-raat universities, were trying 20 snatch
y few hours sleep in heat that was
torturing -.
Always. If seems. Poughkeepsie Is
baking hot for the intercollegiate re-
alta. and this year promises TO be no
exeesstion % the rule. None OF the
rrews vas able 90 get out for more than
= shor{ paddle to-day, and the intense
heat played havoc with the oarsWen'.
Nor did the coaches escape, lot
Charles +. Courtney, the dean OF the
rive, was so indisposed that ne was
unable 10 follow his crews in their maj
mir and sat in the shade Of the boat
house feeling none TOO we'll. For the
Greater mart of the day he was resting
ma hammock under the trees and trleo
his hes TO keep mis- men from discover
in- thar he was not feeling well by
coming down TO the float TO sec the
cTues ,ush Off.
Fred. rick Colson, the old Cornell COY
vain. vas in the coaching !aunch WIN
IN Foyle in the last practice.
But Courtney's illness did not anect
Inc prospects Of the Cornell crews, as
yieweC from the angle Of popular feel-
Jag. Al three will go to the line favor
ties. and so confident are Cornell men
tbat their varsity Will WIN that they
are making 10 an odds-on choice against
the field. Columbia's supporters are de-
sorting so far as betting against the
field, and are laying most OF their
money against Syracuse ard Nashlng-
ton. respectively, at even money.
& 81 a
ttmperaturc, s. the prediction for to-
morrow. and Poughkeepsie is preparing
Ia handle one Of the biggest crowds IN
: the history of the regatta Rooms IN
she hotels were at a premium tonight,
and every few minutes saw heavily
laden automobile puTr through the
rain thoroughfare. most Of them COM
ing from New York, but many from the
North. East and West One car, bearing
party Of Cornell enthusiasts, ended a
long trip from Dcs Moines, Iowa, just
az noon.
Takers throng the streets, and al
though gambling is strictly taboo there
is all kinds Of betting and no interior
ence. II seems, indeed, that Poughkeep-
sic is Witnessing tonight revival OF
the old regatta enthusiasm which
brought the crowd here days before
the regatta and held them until the
races were over.
Confidence reigned supreme in every
camp Even in the Wisconsin quarters,
far removed from the centre of activity,
there rs q feeling that the Badgers will
finish in front, although in the betting
they are the outsiders
Courtney had nothing TO say Of the
race. although he talked for hours on
the heat, fishing and kindred subjects
while he was waiting for mis- crew TO
come i'm.
Jim Rice. the willy coach Of Columbia,
was not unwilling 10 say that the crew
that beats Columbia tomorrow will
know that j. has been in race, and
that the Blue and White eight viii give
as good as it takes from start 10 finish,
with no falterinC at any stage Of the
battle. Like Courtney. Rice waited un-
tll evening before putting his crews on
the water.
Columbiq men were prone 10 view as
o good omen the visit Of j. B. K. YER
planck. Of FishkiI, in an aeroplane,
after he had made q successful flight
up the river. NerplanCk is the first
aviator TO visit q crew camp IN his ma
chine. As he swooped down on the Co
- Aluhld l.DcN lIitAN cn q lAoNg NhNNA
4O,hen it was seen that a Columbia pen
uant streamcd from the stays between
the upper and lower planes.
Nerplanck is Columbia gralGato
and he intends TO view the races to-
morrow from his machine, following
just behind the Judges boat, although
Morton e.. Bogue, chairman Of the
board of stewards, has told him that
it will not be advisable for him TO
do so.
The English system Of rowing,
which Guy Nickalls made famous in q
day last week by sending Harvard
down 10 a stunning defeat, with a Yale
eight rowing a modified English stroke,
viii have another test tomorrow,
when the University Of Pennsylvania
crews. coached by Vivian Nickalls, =
brother of the Yale coach, take the
water.
The Quakcrs are not expected even
iy Niekalls to win, but they do expect
90 make a good showing Nickalls let
his three crews of this morning with
10 work, but in the afternoon he had
them out trying racing starts.
Jim Ten Eyck, Of Syracuse, was the
only coach who braved the heat twice
with his crews He took all three
Fights downstream for an easy paddle
IN the morning, and when the sun had
cast long shadows across the river in
the evening he had all three out again.
AZ the eleventh hour Hannum, No. in
the junior varsity, became stricken
with boils. and Ten Eyck had to take
him out of the she'll. Davidson, a sub
stitute, took his place, and will row in
the race tomorrow. Ten EyCk feels
that his men are short Of work, there
fore the double portion to-day, while
all the other crews we're out only once
The University Of Washington eight,
Asll the way from the Pacific slope, has
Qcw followers i'm the throngs that jam
'he streets tonight, but popular senti-
ment is with the Westeruers for their
pluckiness IN making the long trip
East 20 meet almost certain defeat No
matter how powerful the Washington
eight is there seems to be little hope
that il will flash across the line near
the top Of the procession.
Where old rowing men are gathering
there is a tendency 70 view the fact
that Cornell is fsvorite with com.
placency. Columbia, until early i'm the
week looked upon as Cornells most
formidable rival has lost public conf
dCnce because there is the uncXprCssed
THE TURF.