The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-25
REGAT
Intercollegiate Is Drawing
Great Crowds and Arrest
ing Wide Attention.
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EOUGHhEEPSlE, N.Y. June 20
with the van guard 81 rowing en-
thusiasts arriving in the city crowd
ing the hotel .lobbies and asking for
tips from the newspaper men and
rail birds. who have been here for
several weeksI and with the crews
that VIII take part In the annual re-
gatta of the Intercollegiate Rowing
Association going through only light
work to keep them in condition, the
stage Is set for what promises to be
almost If not Just as exciting as the
recent Yale and Harvard clash at
New London.
Along a course historic with the
memories of other aquatic struggles
college crews representing the East,
the middle West and the far West
Will clash for supremacy in their
racing shells Friday. AS usual, three
events are scheduled for the day.
the two-mile race of the university
junior Fights, the freshman eight
Dared two-mile race, and the eight
cared race over four mile course
for the varsity challenge cup, which
last year was won by Syracuse.
BY 9 p. m. Friday we will and
know which is Americas greatest
crew for the eight that crosses thel
line first can claim any old champion
will undoubtedly be the greatest inl
Uncle Sans domain. Cornell hasl
defeated Princeton. Yale and Har-I
ward and turned the trick in easy
style. Washington State has DEM
onstrated that 1t bats about 1000 inl
the rowing league, so naturally the
supporters Of the crew that drivesI
the bow of its she'll over the finish
line rst can claim any old champion
ship 1t desires, and there will be no
one to dispute 1t. Here is the way
the crews will line up: Pennsylva-
MIA, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Cornell,
Columbia and Washington.
AS all who lamp the sporting pages
OF the great and near-great newspa-
pers OF the country know, Cornell is
generally picked to win the varsity
race, but there Is a strong undercur-
rent Of opinion that the Ithacans will
get a surprise package and this is
based on two things:
First-The form being shown by
other crews, especially Columbia and
Washington.
Second-The bunch, the old SUI
perstition of the year Of reversaIs
which the lifting by the blawsted
Englishers of the polo cup and the
victory Of Yale over Harvard, not to
mention the standing of the st.
Louis ball clubs in the league races,
have only accentuated.
Last Stiff Workouts.
Yesterday the crews were given
their last stiff workouts, favored by
ideal weather conditions. In the
morning I witnessed the trial spin
OF Columbia's crew from Coach Jim
Rtce's launch. This is without doubt
the smoothest crew on the river, hut
outweighed from FIVE to eight pounds
by every other crew, it is a question
whether it will have the stamina for
the gruelling four-mile course. IL
1t proves to have the wallop in the
last half mile 1t will win in my
opinion.
Coach Courtney took the Cornell
men up the river to the starting place
about A p. m. Together with DR..
Walter Peet, at one time coach OF
the Columbia crews, and now rowing
expert for the New York World, and
Captain Thomas Fearon, who from
1868 to 1871, was the champion
sculler of the country and later
gained an international reputation
as a she'll builder, trailed the feet
in fast time trial over the regular
course. The Ithacans have three
grand crews with possibly the fastest
freshman eight on the river. The
three crews left the line doing
about thirty-eight strokes to the
minute. The junior led the fresh
man for the first quarter by about
half length but the other boats,
without raising their stroke, soon
pulled up, the varsity taking the lead
by quarter OF a,length At the two
mile mark the juniors and freshmen.
were ordered to quit and the varsity
continued down the course, At tho
third mile the wind began to buck
the tide. making the water bumpy,
but the crews Workmanship was
perfect, with the possible exception
of Stroke Spransey. There was con-
siderable lost power in his work. on.
the catch he did not seem to SUBJ
merge his oars as deep as the other
sweeps on his side Of the boat and
at the hnish OF the stroke his soar,
came Up with Jerk, spiashing the
water. In fact, one got the impress.
sion that his outrigging 1ras too high
for him. Itlwas also very noticeable
that No. 6. Bird, feakhered too low
during the last mile. The. time lof3
the four miles was caught at 90.4a
the slowness cf which might be ae4
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