Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-23
WON BOTH RACES.
Georgetown's Rowers Defeated by
Middies' First and Second Crews.

Amid the sereeching Of whistles and the
shouts of hundreds Of people the two eight
Dared crews of the midshipmen, in one OF
the pluckiest and most gamely contested
races ever seen at Annapolis, Saturday af-
ternoon won the four-cornered contest be-
tween the varsity and second crews Of
Georgetown University and the first and
second crews of the midshipmen. 1t was
delayed for several hours on account of
the wind, and instead of their getting
away at 1920 o'clock, as originally intend
ed. 1t was 1 10 pm. before Referee Magruder
sent the four eights flying down the two
mile course The crowd which had gath
cred early. however. took the delay in good
part and spent the time watching the West
Pointers practicing for their base ball
stuggle
Georgetown (irst) = Atkinson, stroke;
Bremner, Z; Wade, g.; Shepard. 8; Hayden,
A: Seitz, 8; Canario, 2; Bocock, bow; Des-
mond. coxswain. Average weight, 1909
pounds. average age twenty years; average
height. 5.11 feet.
Navy (hrst)-Nimitz. stroke; Goss. Z: Taft
finder. 8; Brainard, 3; Bradley 4; Laird, 3;
Causey. 2; Jensen bow; Hoover, coxswain
Average weight. 164ss pounds; average age,
nineteen years; average height. Oily feet.
Georgetown (second)-Graham, stroke;
Mudd. Z; Linnahan, 8; Hahn, 8; Stanley, 4;
Ridgeway, ); Stewart. 2: Kirby. bow:
Doyle coxswain. Average weight, 1904
pounds; average age, twenty years; average
height. 5.11h feet.
Navy (second)-Court, stroke; Bartlett. Z;
Adams. 9; Cabaniss. 5; Pence. 4; Horner.
3; Conan. 2; Glassford bow; Green, cox
swain. Average weight. 159h pounds; aver
age age. nineteen and three-quarter years:
average height, 51O1z feet.
The crews caught the water together,
Nays second leading for few dozen
strokes and hitting 30 clip. Just beside
them came the destined winners digging
% holes in the Severn for every go sec
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third and fourth, the varsity pulling 2! to
the minute, with their juniors just half
length to the rear doing "a.
At about the one-mile division of the
course GeOrgetowns varsity led the bunch
by a quarter of a length. her stroke setting
the pace at 20. Nays first eight came
next leading Georgetowns second crew by
one length. A good boats length and a
half in the rear Of the procession came the
spunky MILDLY second crew, going easily at
30 strokes. set by Captain Court.
The last quarter OF the course was sim
ply a repetition OF the Pennsylvania race,
shipmen put all the steam that had been
saved for this purpose into their strokes
and gradually Inch by inch. crept up on
their particular opporents. The men In
strength and in; the last fifty yards Of the
race made magnificent squirt, going
across. the line winners by length and
just nine minutes and one and two-hfths
seconds after the start. Their finishing
stroke was about 80 to the minute. The
visiting varsity came next evidently tired,
but pulling plucky race and leading the
Navy second crew by about one length and
a half.
The distance between the bows Of the two
second crews was q bare six feet, If that
much.
AS the judges PASSED the word that the
race had gone TO both Of Nays crews
pandemonium reigned The jubilation was
kept up until the crews reached the float.