The times., 1901-06-23
READY FOR POUGHKEEPSIE
GeOrgetOwn's Varsity Crew TO
Leave During the Coming Week.

Blue and Grey Enthusiasts Hardly
Hoping for First PIHce-Thc Hard
Work of the Eight Practically
OYer-Skefches of Men in the Bont.
The Georgetown varsity crew will. dur
ing the coming week, leave for Pough-
keepsie to participate in the big college
eight-oared race on July =. The exact date
Of departure has not yet been fixed, but
it will probably be either Wednesday
evening or Thursday morning. Quarters
will be established at the Morgan House.
The boathouse to which the oarsmen of
the blue and grey has been assigned is
at AIiIler's dock.
Inasmuch as little is known of the con-
dition of the crews of Cornell. Columbia,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. and Syracuse.
which are scheduled to start with George
town, there is little ground upon which
to base predictions of victory. The local
oarsmen scarcely hope to win, and, in
fact, viii be glad to finish among the
first three. The Georgetown crew is bet
ter and faster than ii was last year, and
the coach, Claude r. Zappone, expects
that his proteges viii make a better
showing than they did on the Hudson at
that time.
The timber in the boat this year is.
men having had much experience prior to
their work this season. The makeup of
the crew. as it now stands, is as follows:
Stroke Kerns; No. Z, Duffy; No. 6, Rus
sell: No. s. Britt; No. 4, Lynch; No 3,
Romandka; No. >, Riley; No. l, Sinclair;
ccxswain Herman or Manion. The sub
stitutes are Harry Beechnor and A. I.
Oracle. 1t is barely possible that one of
the regular men viii step out and a sub
stitute be placed in his seat before the
crew starts IN the big race.
Departure from Washington in the mid
ole OF this week will put the crew on
the Hudson in time for five days practice
before the race. Nearly all the crews will
go to Poughkeepsie some little time be
fore July > in order to aecustom them
selves TO rowing on the Hudson.
The Georgetownites have been rowing in
first-ciass form. Many of the George
town students were sorely disappointed
because their eight did not make a better
showing against the Potomac Boat Club
eight in the regatta here on Saturday,
June Is The mile race between the two
crews was declared dead heat. HOW
ever, on Thursday last the varsity boys
retrieved themselves by defeating the Po-
IomacS.
The fact of the matter is that there is
plenty of beef and undeveloped speed IN
the GEORGETOWN boat. The stroke is a
trife ragged, however. At times. when
the men are pulling together well, George
town could give hard argument to any
of the crews which viii start at PouSh-
keepSie. The condition of tha men Is fair.
Russell was absent from his seat yester-
day on account of slight illness.
The result Of the race will probably
bring vast deal of satisfaction TO the
lucky college. Pennsylvania's boat crew
has gone TO Henley, and the second crew,
now at PouEhkeepsie, is not considered
the equal Of either Cornell. Wisconsin,
or Columbia OF these latter neither has
won an intercollegiate race for several
years, and undergraduates and graduates
too are hopeful that the spell will finally
be broken.
A number of Georgetown graduates
from Philadelphia and New York will wit
ness the race. The Georgetown crew will
disband after the race and the members
will go to their respective homes in va
riOus parts of the country.
1t is possible that next year Georgetown
will enter a freshmen crew and a four at
Poughkeepsie- This year the eight will be
the only representative of the Blue and
Grey unless Coach Zappone follows out
an undecided intention to enter one of his
men in the single SOULS. For the past
week or so the varsity has been taking
practice spins twice a day. but from this
time on one each day will be ali the work
they viii be given. -Four miles is the
length Of the Poughkeepsie course and
the trials of the varsity are usually the
same.
little information about each member
of the crew is given below The George
town oarsmen's average height exceeds
that OF any other crew which will row
next week:
Claude r. zappone. the coach, is Presi-
dent of the National Association of ANA
teur Oarsmen- Georgetown has the only
crew of the six which has entered the
eight-oared race which VIII have been
coached by an amateur.
Frank J. Kerns, captain and stroke
lives in Worcester. Mass. is twenty-five
years old. 5 feet II inches tall. weighs ia
pounds. belongs TO the class Of 1853. med
ical He played guard on the football
team last year and rowed in the crew
James p. 3. Duffy. No. Z, 1893, collegiate.
lives in Rochester. n. Y. IS twenty-five
years old. 6 feet IL inches tail, weighs l6i
pounds. and had place In the boat last
year. He is prominent in all branches Of
college interests. and Is brother OF Ar
thur Duffy. Georgetown's crack sprinter.
lives in Olean. Va. is the youngest mem
Der Of the crew, only nineteen years old
weighs l6s pounds. is feet l inch tall,
and played on the football team last year
William Britt, No. 5, 1903 collegiate.
lives in Washington. is twenty-five years
old. weighs 10 pounds. is feet tall.
lives in Holyoke, Mass. weighs I72
pounds. is feet l inch tall, twenty-five
years old. He played guard on the foot
ball team last year. and was manager of
the baseball team this season.
Frank Romandka. No. 3, 1901 collegiate
lives in Milwaukee, IS twenty-one years
Olls weighs lb5 pounds. and is feet tail.
Joseph Riley, No. ,. 1894, medical lives
IN Boston: is twenty-one years old feet
u inches tail. weighs l54 pounds He was
the crack half back of the football team
last fall. and a member Of the relay team
which defeated Pennsylvania at the
Georgetown indoor meet on March 2
Joseph Sinclair. No. l. lives in Annapo-
lis, is twenty years old, weighs IA pounds,
IS feet 10 inches tall.
courtland kiernan. 1901, collegiate, cox
swain, lives in Brooklyn. n Y, is twenty
two years old, feet 1inch tall, weighs 70
pounds.
W r. ManiOn, coxswain. lives in Troy,
y. Y, is twenty-four years old feet
inches tall. and weighs 103 pounds.
". X. Johnson. the manager of the
crew, is a freshman IN Georgetown Col
lege and lives in Washington. Under his
management the Georgetown navy recent
Is acquired possession Of the boathouse
and racing shells Of the Columbia Athletic
Club, at the foot of Thirty second Street.
Frank Beechuor, substitute. lives in
New York. is nineteen years old, . feet
II inches tall and weighs 80 pounds
Asa c. Oracle. substitute, lives in Lit
tie Rock, Ark, IS twenty-One years old.
. feet 10 inches tail, weighs $50 pounds