New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
CORNELL FAVORITE
AT POUCHKEEPSIE
lthacans Picked to Win
Varsity Race, with Syr-
acuse Crew Second.
LACK OF WEIGHT
HANDICAPS COLUMBIA
Experts Praise Craftsmanship of
Blue and White, but Ques-
ton Staying Qualities.

From stan Correspondent Of The Tribune. !
Poughkeopsie, n. Y. June "a Cor
nell was picked TO win the varsity
race in Fridays big regatta by ST
weed. stroke Of the victorious 1909
Cornell crew. and considered one OF
the greatest oarsmen Cornell has ever
had. Weed has been at the Cornell
quarters for the last two days and was
IN the coaching launch with Charles
Courtney tonight. when the IthacanS
had a short paddle up stream.
Weed said ihe Cornell crew was one
Of the most finished he had ever sect
end that he expected it to win with
little difficulty.
This fst.foOteI assertion, coming
from one so closely identified with
Cornell rowing as Weed, is taken as
a sure indication that the Cornell
camp is confident Of victory. Weed
asserted he had seen every crew on
the river except Wisconsin. and was
Of The opinion that Columbia would
hardly finish better than second. with
Syracuse third. Washington fourth,
Pennsylvania fifth and Wisconsin
sixth. After Weed had made this
statement. there was perceptible
tightening Of the odds on the Cornell
eight.
Pennsylvania. figured by many as
the dark horse Of the regatta, wa
conceded only an outside chance BY
Weed. who criticised the stroke Nick
all'S has taught the Quakers. maintain
ing that more than a foot of il is
wasted at the catch because the men
arc slow in getting their oars in the
water.
Weed is Of the opinion that Column
bin has a wonderfully smooth crew
but thinks that the lack OF weight
viii prove fatal in the last drive 10
the finish. Syracuse, he said, is not
M TO the form displayed by the Orange
eight last year
Another visitor TO the regatta course
was Eugene Gisnnini. coach of the
Yale freshman crew. Giannini spent
the afternoon with jim Rice at the
Columbia quarters and watched the
Blue and White Fights in stiff one
mile row at shutdown. He was i'm.
pressed with the tremendous speed Of
the Columbia varsity and said it was
the smOothest rowing crew he haf
ever seen. He would not venture q
prediction, however, as TO whether the
Blue and White would be able to pull
out in the last mile with the victory
The hardest work on the river wa.
done by the Columbia Fights this even.
ing. The Blue and White crews came
down to the two-mile mark this morn
ing just as Vincent Astor's yacht
Mona passed at high speed anC
churned up such swels that they could
accomplish nothing. In the afternoon
Rice determined 20 give his men 9
final taste of hard work. and they went
over the course from the one mile &c
the two mile mark.
For the first quarters the
stroke was kept low, but in the last
minute all three crews raised the beat
The varsity drew away from the
juniors and freshmen, Mccarthy get
ting the stroke up as high as 3S in the
final sprint. Before going out for the
evening row the Columbia oarsmer
took revenge on the managers, anC
tossed them over into the brink one
by one. They we're also after the
Duke of Manchester" their English
waiter. but he kept in the background
Hiram Connibear continued on his
fixed schedule Of rowing, and the
Washington varsity did not 20 on the
water until dusk. Then the coach tool
mis- men down stream for more thar
five miles. They had to row back tc
the float against a rushing ebb tide
Connibear is confident that his crew
will be up with the leader in the fna
mile, but he does not expect them tc
be better than fourth or fifth in the
first three miles.
"The crew has only one sprint" he
said tonight. "and if they use it uE
before they reach the bridge | DOM
know what will happen TO them. They
have been instructed to sprint after
they reach the bridge, and then you
will see a race
Harry Vail took his varsity out foi
a paddle this morning, but put back tC
the float in short order because he
found the heat oppressive. His meT
are in none too good condition, anC
Vail was taking no chances. He wait
ed until late in the evening before
sending the men out for a two-mil'
paddle.
With the arrival of the advance
guard of the regatta day crowd TIT
INST wagers on the outcome of the rae'
were reported. One of the bigges
bets made was 5000 against 81 900 tina
Cornell would sweep the river anC
show open water in each race. TINT
Ithacans were rated as even none!
favorites in all three races, alt bet!
being made against the field.
Syracuse was the second choice II
the varsity race, the odds being t
. that the eight from the Salt Cit!
would repeat is victory of last year
Columbia. which is picked by the eX
perts to finish second, was listed thirC
b. the betting men, their theory be
| ing that Columbia will not last th'
distance. The Columbia odds were
to !.
Pennsylvania was slated for fourth
together with Washington, the odd
being 10 to /. On Wisconsin the odd
are IL TO /. with no takers. One o.
the most popular bets was 100 70 y
that Washington would beat Pennsyl
vania and even money that the Sc
attic eight would show its wake Z
Columbia.
In the Junior varsity race Columoi;
il next 10 Cornell in the odds, the price
being 4 to /. with Syracuse quoted
TO / and Pennsylvania at 10 to !.
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