New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
RIVER In ANGRY
MOOD, so CREWS
HAVE EASY DAY
Boils Handicap Oarsmen
in Cornell and Columbia
Syracuse Fit.


PouGhkecpsie. y. Y. June Is Elk
tremely cold and disagreeable weather
made the crews that will clash in the
intercollegiate regatta on Saturday far
from comfortable to-day. They were
kept in quarters most Of the time. an /
when they did go out they had only
the lightest kind OF padding. JUS.
enough 70 timber them up and keep
them from becoming stifened through
inactivity.
II was day trying to coaches and
oarsmen alike, and to make matters
worse. in the Columbia ard Cornell
quarters varsity man in each devel-
oped boil. Hengstacken, the bow oar
Of the Columbia boat. had 70 have a
boil on his knee laRced, while Brewer,
No. in the Cornell shell, had more
serious trouble with a boil on his hip.
He went to the Nassar Brothers Hospi-
tai 10 have it treated. He missed the
morning row, but was able TO be in the
shell in the afternoon.
Neither man is incapacitated enough
to make il impossible for him 10 row in
the big race, but both will have to be
handled with the greatest care. All IS
serene in both the Syracuse and Penn
camps, an ailing freshman being Ten
Eyck's only troubling member, while
Joe Wright has not had a single case
Of sickness Of any kind in over week
inthe headquarters of the Quakers.
Neither Columbia nor Cornell is like
~ TO suffer in the race because of these
two troublesome boils that have waited
until now to show themselves, but new
ortheless Syracuse's chances of captur-
/ ing the big race are considered By many
/ to be increased thereby.
Morton G.. Bogue, Of Columbia, chair
man OF the board of stewards OF the
! Intercollegiate Rowing Association, ar
I rived this evening with the advance
/ guard fthe regatta day crowd. Neither
the Cornell nor Penn stewards expect
, 10 be here, so that all the details will
/ fall 70 the supervision or the Columbia
director
/ Columbia was the only crew that did
I not take the water in the morning. jim
/ Rice preferring 10 send the Blue and
White oarsmen off for tramp through
the hills. Rough water played havoc
with the plans of the coaches IN the
afternoon. and most Of them waited
until dusk before sending their men on
the river. Even then the water was so
bad that the practice was confined to
padding
Syracuse is fsvorite in the early bet
ting. The Orange varsity eight is a
red hot favorite. at odds of 3 to 2
Igainst the field. Cornell and Colum-
. bia are quoted at 3 TO !, but most Of the
betting in which these two figure is a
rew-against-crew proposition. with
even money quoted. Pennsylvania is
the outsider. at 8 10 /, and Cornell and
= Columbia are giving the Quakers odds
OF 3 20 2 in crew-against-crew wagers
Cornell had TO give even against the
field ir the junior racey because Of the
race their crew rowed against the
Princeton and Yale 'varsities some
three weeks ago. Pennsylvania, Colum
bia and Syracuse were betting even on
their chances against each other. In
the freshman race every one thought
4 they had chance.
The race schedule for this afternoon
/ between the sub Fights Of Columbia
and Cornell had 10 be postponed until
tomorrow on account of the weather
b II is hoped that second race Will be
| rowed AZ the same time between mixed
| fours, Cornell and Syracuse 20 furnish
/ two men each 70 row a four divided be-
tween Columbia and Penn oarsmen.