Arizona republican., 1914-06-26
CORNELL CREW
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See Crimson Oars men in Poughkeepsie Re gatta-East, Middle and Tar West Meet on His toric Course
POUGHkEEPSIE, N. Y

POUGHkEEPSIE, N Y, June 2J. course historic with the memories of former aquatic struggles, college crews representing the East. the middle West and the far west are 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 sched- uled for the day, the two mile race of the university four cared shells, the freshman eight -oared two-mile race. and the university eight cared lace over tOul- course for I..v varsity challenge cup, which for the past year has been 1 the keepinS oi the Syracuse 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 in- stitutions represented in this event will be the same as last year, namely,
  consin, Syracuse ana the UnlN ersiuy of Washington
 Although open pool selling is not permitted, there is keen interest among the packers 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 Tn all three races, although Syracuse is finding many backeJi. Columbia has many admirers who appear con fident that the blue and white will finish well to the fore in the Dis race of the day The coaches of all six crews today expressed satisfac- tion with the work of their men, but none would venture d prediction on the results of the regatta.
 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 four years the services of the best pro- fessional coaches.
 Tomorrow's races will mark the twentieth annual event held here under the auspices of the American Intercollegiate Rowing Association. It was in 1895 that the Poughkeepsie- Highland course Was selected by the association, then composed of Cot umbia, 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 two year agreement with Cornell and was admitted as con testant on the Hudson Cornell won that race for varsity eights, and made what was at that time q worlds record for four miles of 19 minutes 29 seconds. In the year following Harvard and Yale made up their differences, and were anxious to resume their old relations. liar 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 Penn sylvania, and Cornell had to TOW two races Cornell won both events-a week apart. Yale established a re- cord of minutes 19 1-2 seconds for the freshman crew race over the two mile course.
 In 1898 Harvard and Yale went back to New Lon 1on and Cornell competed there and also at Saratoga Lake, there being no racing at PouSh- | keepsie. Cornell declined to row two races in different places in 1899, and
 returned to the Hudson. Yale and
 Harvard declined an invitation tc compete at Poughkeepsie, and since
 then have kept to the New London course.
 Wisconsin made it's first appear ance in the varsity race in 1899 1 beating Cornell and Columbia and crowding Pennsylvania hard for first place. Georgetown entered first in l3DU anu WGS Itpi tochtCu 's for eight years. From 1908 to 1912 there were but five contestine crews i in the big race In 1912 Leland Stan ford sent a crew and last year the University of Washington made ul the sixth entry. For newcomer the Washington eight did remarkably
 well, finishing third in the big race only two seconds behind Cornell. Since 1900 sCornell has won the 1 varsity eight-oared race ten times and has usually added to its laurels by cleaning up one or both of the other events on the regatta program
 During the same period Syracuse has scored three victories and Pennsyl- vania one victory in the eight-oared races. Wisconsin has finished sec ond several times but has yet to cross the finishing line first in the big race.