New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-28
All Five Crews, Trained to
the Minute, Ready to
Battle on Hudson.
PAW WEATHER MARS
THE FINAL PRACTICE
Columbia Eight Goes to Line in
Best Form-Cornell May
Miss Othus in Shell.
by Telegraph - n. Tnsuns.I

Poughkeepsle, n. Y, June 27.-Conh-
,.,c. brinas over in each Of the FIVE
,,r,nr camps along the Hudson here
.s-Iav IN anticipation Of the outcome
- re biz race that will be rowed on
-. Hudson in the twilight of to-mor-
Columbia rules the favorite on the
A.. Of the big regatta, but Cornell,
y,tb a powerful eight, Is feared by all.
Five crews. each trained 70 the min
-, will paddle up TO the starting line
"a eve battle in the long four-mile
,.-yogle. Columbia and Cornell have
.i-.sdv beer named; the others are
PENNSYLVANIA, Syracuse and Leland
s,snfcrd. Tho race will mark the ell
-sY az a day - rowing, for Columbia,
Camel and Pennsylvania will meet
vjth Junior elghts each in the after
,sop and these three, with Syracuse as
starter. also will measure strokes in
he two-m.le race for freshman Fights.
Tts Svracuse crew, which has been
.onsjdered by many as a dark horse,
Sas reeeded eighty in popular favor
because Of the loss Of Ainard, the reg
mar No. 2 osr. and the illness OF Os-
man. the husky giant who sets the pace
ior The Salt City eight. Osmsn has been
siling for two or three days and is Just
on the edge. II he feels no worse than
he does tonight he will row. otherwise
lin Ten EycA will have TO put new
man into the boat, and such move
would absolutely wreck the chances OF
the Syracuse eight
Watermen Predict a Storm.
Dssnite the Official prediction that
N. weather will be fair, conditions to-
6sv hold out little promise for good
Jaw for the races. 1t stormed all after
noon. but Just before dark the sun
pssped out from behind a cloud bank
snd raised the hopes Of the crowds
,bat are already gathering. Cid water
ner. however, declared that stormy
Ssv Is always followed by a north
vsster that blows and blows, and II
heir predictions are right there may
Be postponement.
All FIVE varsity crews are ready for
hard race. Jim Rice, after many
changes and shRke-ups, has brought his
rev along into fine condition. He has
,ursed them along, and they will reach
tho ton of their form when they paddle
su. 10 the starting line. Rice is sure
hat his crew will be able TO stand the
rsf. and he is calmly confident OF sue
cess.
The Cornell eight is handicapped ever
90 slightly by the fact that Othus, the
regular No. man, has had to give way
10 lunG, from the junior boat, because
n sore hands. Otherwise, however, the
Ithaca men nave q crew that will make
Columbia and all the others row their
best. Il is powerful eight, not quite
ID 10 the usual Cornell standard for
form. bit IL has speed, and that counts
,ot ia boat racing.
Penn Has Powerful Crew.
PENNSYLVANIA has a crew which is as
powerfui as any on the river, but II has
been greatly set back by the loss OF
u,tletor, its star No. oar, and also
by the many shifts which Vivian
Nektlls has had 10 put through in the
asst fortnight in order 10 increase the
ipeed o. his eight.
We're II not for these shifts the
olakers would be crew mighty hard
70 beat, because they row with hre ana
dash and are in better condition than
any o. their rivals. Like the ale
1 crew, coacho by Guy Nickalls. Nlvlans
{ oder brother. the Pennsylvania eight
/ lows with thole pins.
There is a frightful waste of power
4 u the Leland Stanford eight and no
/ s,e who has observed the Callfornlans
nw comedies them even an outside
I aAnee. The have power and strength.
bot their system of rowing is wrong
and the power goes for nothing. Physi-
ally il is the biggest and strongest
b crew that ever sat in a shell on the
< Hudson.
The Junior Varsity Fights.
There Is going 20 be a race Of more
Aan the usual amount OF aggressive
,sss when the three junior varsity get
logether. The three-Columbia, Cor
nsll and Pennsylvania are considered
3 BY their respective coaches TO be the
ssst crews on the river and each is
confident, supremely confident, of vic
Tory. Il will be a battle royal: The
Pennsylvania boat load outweighs the
Columbia and Cornell Fights, but there
a nothing 70 choose among them.
& In the freshman race Cornell seems
. have the choice. The Ithaca men
demonstrated their ability in their
nce with the Harvard youngsters
nOhih ago, and seem 10 be better
rsw than the Syracuse eight, which
ns toutcd 10 the skies when It hrst
tppeared on the Hudson, because OF a
siher easy victory over the Pennsyl-
unis freshmen in the Schuylklll re-
n,ta in May. Neither Columbia nor
sennsylvsnis 10 likely 10 cut much OF
sgars in this race.
II With the exception Of the Syracuse
tghts, all the crews were on the river
~ paddle yesterday, and Sabbath
Gay restrictions and traditions were
as. 10 the four winds. There was a
"a, raw wind most Of the day and
heavy rainstorm in the afternoon
.si that did not deter the Cornell,
Pennsylvania nor Stanford crews from
go'hg out. Columbia went out when
ne weather had cleared.
The three first named padded their
eels up 70 the Columbia bosthouse.
We're they will be stored until the
sess set out tomorrow. The Column
"a men took little limbering up pull
sst for the exercise. Jim Ten Eyek,
'esever, decided 20 keep his crews
eeors, and they spent the day in read
y and going 20 church. These syria
use boys are the most religious on the
liver.
there was keen disappointment at
& Pennsylvania quarters at the re-
s'G OF telegram from Seattle an
sosneing that inasmueh as Pennsyl-
mia was the only Eastern crew which