Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25

POUGHKEEPSIE June 25.-Advance
parties began to arrive here today in
anticipation of the intercollegiate re-
gatta tomorrow on the Hudson.
Many college graduates and under
graduates registered at local hotels.
The city is bedecked in the gay colors
of the competing colleges The Hud-
son is crowded with the fleet of pleas
ure craft, in which the interested ones
| are trying to get a last line on the re-
| spective merits of the crews. Vincent
| Astor's yacht Mona. is among the
| boats anchored off this city.
A consensus of the expert opinions
here seems to favor Cornell to win
| the varsity race Clumbia is accord
| ed second place. Syracuse is favored
| for third position, with Washington
| fourth, Pennsylvania fifth and Wis
| consin sixth.
81 Weed, the stroke oar of the
| famous 1901 Cornell crew, who has
| been a resident at the Cornell quar-
| tiers for the past two days, could see
nothing but Cornell to win. His atti
| tude was indicative of the confidence
that seems to reign in the Ithacans'
camp from Coach Courtney down.
| The excellence of the Columbia
crew this year is admitted. The New
Workers have a most powerful stroke
| and appear to get the speed with
| gait as low as 25. Their workmanship
is perfect, but it is thought that,
| while they have the stamina, the Co
| lumbia oarsmen will lack the speed
| in the last mile.
Penns ylvania is the dark horse of
| the seXtet. AS always, there is 2
| prejudice against the short English
| stroke The Quakers are credited
with the fastest time trial of the
crews preliminary practise over the
course.
Syracuse has not shown to date
anything like the form of last year.
The crews have not had time trial
thus far, and the checkers who abound
near the course have no knowledge of
their actual speed.
OF the Western crews, Washington
and Wisconsin, not much can be said.
For whole week, since the opening
of the WeSterners' quarters here
about a fortnight ago, the water con-
ditions were far from ideal, and the
crews were unable to attempt any
speed at all Both Wisconsin and
Washington are represented by
brawny bunch of sweep swingers, and
their strength may offset the finish
of the Eastern oarsmen, who have
had the advantage of an additional
regatta.
The Cornell crews rule favorites in
the junior and freshmen eight events,
also.
The sun beat down with such heat
Yesterday that the practices were
cut short. Coach Nickalls took his
Pennsylvania crew down the river
quite early and covered about three
miles No attempt was made at
speeding. They kept the stroke down
very low.
Later Cornell and Syracuse both
went down the river for a short row
for about two miles. The sun was so
burning hot on the river that they
very quickly returned.
Washington varsity was the first
one to get afioat in the afternoon and
took long easy row down the river.
II was very noticeable when the crew
hit a lumpy spot how the spray
would fly over their oars and they
could not get through it as well as
some of the other crews.
Syracuse went up the river for two
or three miles and rowed down over
the course to the bridge and then
went into their boathouse.