The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-28
BETS FAVOR
 COL WNBiA IN
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 pourbkeepsie, IN. Y.,8June 27-Just hsfors me twenty first 3interconeg1ate ,,eVvTirae-s regatta on the PouGhazeepsie- E4fs,le,o<4 course CoaaIrmbia.s VsHSfCy } crew xVa.sslast night sdnStalledS a. pfa1AA0 faworite. .e..,a ss..ee,, .Tirn Racess. eight had kheretofo Speen ,,.,s.s.7asl sslotaains. better than ens even ryl3arre with Cornell, Syracuse anu z9e,,,,ez.1x1a,ats Al0Jzt tales of record c1d1e trials, which had been aser9S secret ols olis evening, brought<tb sltgQat tflesFac tnsot sot Co1unnb8a is sending into .taie sl-e-e 9v eA1 a faster scz'ew gthanAVvon rnet clis@llt l'toi17 fTyha z,x,arnary question to beAaEsH" e1aeo ss 7 whether the comparatively green seiasllf can last in the grleEdng, near . 1sfsalinsg fourth rnile-tne undoafg ol many a faworite since Coil1nanla vNoAA st ti5e Sty.zt. race earowed here in 1895.
 If Coluunb3aA does wdns it is lafeeiy Oo 1f,,4-n the trackf only after one ol tno 2 most sensational races in ci1e h1Sooiy - inc rexabta- The cEews are red1As<.f red1lAAs fl- 2 sll,v aVerply matched ttf~ year ana a harder closer faster sbetcle O1ssh eAAo-S of 1914 is looked for
 There is little betting. but Cotsannpla Ea q 2 men are being asked to put up Ska on their crew.. They are noI reSk'ons. .. 4f4tsrs very enthusiastically, but are WIT ~ sS71=@ ttr, sfsra1re it even money all around. fsoTwnu af7here1rts arc asked to 'EeuI up to 4. but they, too, are coy and rsol- Ger want 1t the other wa;y
 svracaIse and Pennsylvania are qaHot- ed at even money, while I1eleAIu - 2 9ee'll ,alz ford is at best a. 10 to shot Stan1oTo will have the biggest crew on the nv CT. but it's stock is very inactive
 while the total entry list falls short of the record established Tn ASVf' winch sixteen crews competed, there ZziIT. he t,Uelve,eights, propelled by sew ertv-tyvo- oars1nen in the two and four mile races and close contests are ex- Dected In every event. An unusual feature of the regatta is the fact Iha' : the Cornell crews, especially the var. s,ifv will paddle to the start seconc II7nice in the wagering. The defeat of the 1914 crew by both Colunnb1s and Pennsylvania last year and the poor showing made by the 1thacs combinations in preliminary races this spring. has led to the belief that fnl' is an off year for Cornell.
 The Stanford eight won the Pacific Coast intercollegiate mpionship p1 defeating Washington and California in-a hree-nile race in 15m., S7- 4-6s The California; oarsmen have the ad vantage of the shore course but tnen ability in a four~Tnile race agH1ns eastern eights is yet to be demon strated, The Qnakers have expert enced an unusual number of shake ups and shifs at the hands Of Coacl NickaIIs and witha Stanford are tn dark horses or LINE DE 1eoSSC.. AeS>S all the varsity crew combination have been1 changed repeatedly thi spring with the result that there i less than the usual line on the spec and endurance of the eights-
 The chief topic of general discus sion is the possibility of Cornell be ing defeated for the third straigh time on ahe Poughkeepsie-High hlan course, a. feat as yet unaccomp1she since the formation of the Tntercol Pennsylvania won three years straigh 1s98-0 and 1900 but the 1898 rae was athree-rni1e contest rowed g Saratoga N Y Cornell has wo strings of three victories four time and holds the record of consecuttv firsts in the big race with four mad from 1909 to 1912Tinclusive- Syracus defeated ythe Ithacans in 1913 an both Columbia and Pennsylvalia fir lshed ahead of the, Red and Whit tipped oars last year.
 The program of todag's race and the records of past years follow.
 Races and, Crews
 Junior Varsity eights, 2 mile 4:15 D. m, crews and courses: G Iunbia, No. 1; Pennsylvania No. Cornell, No. 3. Syracuse. scratched.
 Freshman eights. miles, D. IT crews and couFses: Syracuse, No. Cornell, No. 2; Columbia, No. Pennsylvania, No. 4.
 Varsity eights, 4 miles. 6:15 p. IT crews and courses: Leland Stanfor No. 1; Columbia, No. g. Pennsylvani No B. Syracuse, No. 4si Cornell, No. .