Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-28
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Poughkeepsie Comment on the
Georgetown Crew.
PRACTICE spin ON THE HUDSON
Modest Attitude Of Wearers Of
Blue and Gray.
CURRENT SPORTING NEWS
PRACTICE SPIN on THE HUDSo]
CURRENT SPORTING NEWS

The correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Times at Poughkeepsie writes concerning
the Georgetown University crew. which ar
rived there yesterday and is to take part
| in the intercollegiate boat race Saturday:
The Georgetown University rowing crew
arrived at Highland at o'clock this after
noon Their shell had arrived during the
morning and was awaiting them in a bag
gage car siding near the Pennsyl-
vania boat house. The newcomers were
met by Secretary Reynolds of the local
committee, who had the bridge tug Susie
waiting to bring them across the river to
this city. where they are to make
their temporary residence at boarding
house on Mill street, using the old Vassar
brewery cellar for a boat house.
THE first work on hand for the George
town boys was to unload their shell, and
this speedily accomplished, the boat
being placed on the deck of the Susie and
brought over to the Poughkeepsie side and
housed.
The oarsmen. who are a tall. hearty lot.
with an average height of over six feet.
looked to be in the pink of condition. They
We're in charge of Claude r. Zappone, vice
president Of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen and a member of the
alumni and director of Georgetown Untver-
sity. who Is acting their coach.
Coming over the tugbOat Mr.. Zap
pone said:
1--WE have come here feeling very much
like apprentices assuming to enter the
class of skilled mechanics Our university
is young in athletics and especially In
rowing. this being the first year that we
have had an eight on the water. Then, too.
our men are practically green set. Up
to sixty days ago six of the eight had
never sat in shell or handled sweep.
The only men who have had any expert
ence whatever are Kerns. the stroke. who
rowed the Worcester High School crew
in '9S, and Houghton. who rowed with the
Minnesota Boat Club before he became
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Considering that Mr.. Zappone had only
twenty candidates from which to select his
eight. he has certainly assembled a very
likely looking crew. The men are all fine
specimens of physical development. having
an average age of twenty years, an aver
age height OF 8 feet So of an inch and an
average weight of 1851 pounds.
The men sit in the boat in this order:
Bow, Hirst 2, Lenane: ), Magruder; 4,
Lynch: 5. Duffy; &. Russell; I. Houghton;
stroke. kerns, captain.
TT has been definitely decided that Cort-
land Herman will be the coxswain. The
shell which the Georgetown crew brought
with them is new cedar boat. built for
them by Davy Of Cambridge. They re-
ceved it only few days ago. Before mat
they rowed in an old secondhand boat.
which they bought for use during the eX-
detrimental stage of organizing the crew.
Mr.. Zappone was anxious to get ms
crew out for practice this evening. so while
they were eating a hurried dinner at their
boarding house their boat was being rlgged
and they found 1t ready for use shortly
after o'clock The coach has no launch.
but he went out this evening on the tug
Susie and arrangements will probably De
made for him to use the Walla Walla when
it is not required by Coach O'Dea of the
Wisconsins."
Fine, Physical Form.
The Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent
says:
zone feature of the day was the arrival
of the Georgetown crew about O'CLOCK.
They were met by a member of the ar
rangement committee and were brought
across the river to the Vassar brewery
building, where they will make their quar-
ters for the remainder of the week BY
6 O'Clock the new arrivals had gotten their
float in position and launched their cedar
shell about the same hour. just as the Wis
consin varsity pulled down stream me
Georgetown men gave rousing cheer lor
the Westerners and were answered by the
whistle the Will Walla. Then the boys
from Washington. before many curious
eyes. hit up the stroke and shot along the
east bank.
THE first move on the part Of the George
town authorities. represented by Coacn
Zappone. to discredit the report that
his crew had professionals aboard. He was
indignant, stating that there were but two
men in the boat who had rowed previous to
two months ago. These two were members
of small prep crews. He said they came
with no intention Of winning the race. but
to compete as apprentices with more
skilled mechanics.
1.-The most noteworthy feature Of the crew
is their fine physical form. All members OF
the crew are built similarly to the Badger
oarsmen and their average weight Is above
that of their western competitors They
lack the brown and hardened appearance
which is so characteristic of all other crews
on the river, condition which is the result
of less morning rowing and also the ract
that they have worked with their jerseys.
On pulling over the course they rowed thir-
ty-four to the minute and were apparently
taking 1t easy
Workmanship Rather Crude.
The Philadelphia Press correspondent
says:
AT last all the actors for the aquatic
bout of Saturday on hand At noon
the Georgetown crew came the scene,
their shell having preceded them in spe-
cial car in the morning. The Washington
boys were feeling very slick after their
ride, and quickly took their shell across to
their quarters in the old brewery cellar
and rugged her up for a trial spin over the
course.
This afternoon the eight went over the
course. hugging the east side OF the river.
AS they had no launch, the tug Susie was
| called into play. Coach Zappone directing
the work Of the men. The boat covered
space in fairly good time but they evident
ly did not care to show their time speed
or wanted to play possum and bob up as a
dark horse at the last minute. Their stroke
Is a long sweep, not a quick recovery.
While their workmanship Is rather crude,
they averaged thirty-four strokes to the
minute and occasionally 1t reached thirty
six. Several OF their oarSmen of ex-
perience, having rowed on the crack Wor-
cester High School crew, coached by Jas.
Ten Eyck, and the Minnesota Boat Club"
Bra~ny Lot of Youngsters.
The New York Times correspondent says:
1.-The arrival of the Georgetown crew this
afternoon complicated the task Of the win
ner-pickers. for 1t showed a brawny lot of
youngsters pulling boat through the wa
ter at rafting good pace end holding it
on perfectly level keel with no more
checking than the Wisconsin varsity boat
| showed. it, indeed. quite much.
when the Georgetown crew carried its
boat down to the water for the first time
today many curious eyes watched a very
| bright. healthy-looking DOT of oarsmen.
They got into their boat without fuss and
pulled away with long. snappy stroke that
| made the boat go through the water at a
| good pace. They feathered badly, but that
| may have been because of the rough water
| They were evidently surprise to the on
| lockers, and there were those who predict
| ed a result similar to that of last year.
when a strange crew came to Poughkeepsie