Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
g eorgetown's Final Crews Sc
leoted for Poughkeepsie.
PRACTICE I'M EVENING
poroHAcs WORKING HARD FOE
81. LOUIS REGATTA.
Good Men to BE Sent West = Next
Weeks Local Rowing Event-old
Dominion Recess Monday.

With the double and unexpected defeat or
Georgetown's crews st Annapolis Saturday
the minor races OF the year are ended.
Now the big events are due.
Two important regattss VIII be heid Men
day: One. the Harlem River Rowing AS
sociation.s, at New York, and the other,
that of the American Rowing Association
at Philadelphia. There has been g great
opposition to the latter's using the Harlem
River regattas date. The Harlem assecia-
ton, backed by about thirty-two clubs,
will protest to the national association.
and it is probable that the American Row
ing Association will be warmly criticised.
Some crews have also begun training with
the idea of entering the Peoples regatta In
Philadelphia July 4, while many others.
including all the fastest and best of Ameri-
can and Cana dien oarsmen, are already
assiduously preparing for the championships
to be held in st. Louis.
0eorgetown's Crews.
Surprised and for day crestfalien.
their defeat at Anna polls. But not long did
they remain downcast They felt that they
had been shown how to squirt
The strokes of the opposing crews were
appreciably different. Coach Dempseys
young oarsmen rowed slow stroke. with
4 quick catch and finish Of the stroke;
while Coach Glendon's cadets used faster
stroke with a quicker reso rahs s On .eS
itself vastly superior to the navy stroke, AZ
IN the first mile and a half the Georgetown
crews, rowing easily their long slow stroke,
soon distanced their respective rivals. VINO
were working away at a much faster ciip
The result alters In nowise this eonciu"
sion as 1t was the maddening ana seem
ingly impossible squirt Of the middies which
defeated the too-conadent Georgetown
crews.
On their return home the crews were
given a severe shaking up. -Four OF tho
juniors of the second crew las II ID now
settled that Georsetown wil seno no sec
ond crew entry to Philadelphia for Decora-
ton day. have been moved over 10 the
varsity boat, and the squad Is gradually
being cut down. After two days OF very
hard work in this order Coach dempsey
disbanded the second eight and selected the
men for his varsity four. which VIII also
be entered at Poughkeepsie
The crews as they are now rowing are:
Varsity eight.Atkinson. stro ose,,s Gap.:
Mudd, 3; Hayden, ?; Grahm, bow Des-
mond, coxswain.
. Varsity four-Linohan, stroke; Seitz, 8:
cayario; 2; Capt; SHEPARD: bow;
With this practically final picking OF the
GEORGETOWN crews the summer schedule
has gone into effect. The crews row now
at 6.3U O'CLOCK III The cNCi1H6 AiSeCdU "a
2 40 in the afternoon. This change Is pleas
ing to the men. as the heat of the sun OH
these afternoons Is something depressing,
especially along the river. Thursday the
crew rowed the regular four-mi.e course
for the first time. Hereafter they VIII row
chs course every evening when 1T Is cool
enough.
i Jyntiring activity prevails among the
members of the Potomac club. All the
Younger elemeat are. to use slang ex-
preston, '.up to their neesks" with enthu-
siasm over the coming regatta.
The oarsmen OF the intermediate and Sc
Nor classes are not backward In setting an
! example to their juniors and are unusually
active and energetic This Is very pleas
ing to Captain Meulier. as he hopes TO pro.
sduce a crew from these classes worthy Oh
being sent to St Louis
He has arranged for a club regatta next
Friday. There will be races of all sorts and
every one has entered into 1t with spirit
which promises to make the anair ire
mendous success ~,
Among the races of unusual interest Will
he the race between the senior and inter-
mediate Fights. There is no little rivalry be-
tween the oarsmen in these TWO classes, anu
the race should prove Interesting. Ahother
eipht-oared race, which will not only De a
source of much amusement, but Will be
great aid in the picking OF their crew. WA.
be a special race between two crews Oh
juniors. ..
sport nothing will tend to arouse so mucn
interest and local enthusiasm as the race
for single souls. There are six entries IN
this event, and there will be Two heaIs;
The winners OF these heats will contend
for the title of champion sculier OF the
Potomac river" William Britt, who won
this event last year. Is ready to DEFEND ms
title against the very prominent Heio VI
asprant sculers.
Resides these more than interesting con-
tests there viii be host of other races LOT
outriggers for single paddle and aoupie
paddle canoes and others. FOR TINS cahoo
race the Whipples have bought new
Morris racing canoe. 1t Is a beauurui ooa'
and looks fast.
Saturday night the 4th, there VIII pc q
Smoker" in the spacious dancing hail OF
tbe club. This will be the second one TINS
year of a series of these stag sociais; 1nere
will be a long program OF singing, boxing,
wrestling and of all the indoor amuseneh.s
pleasing to sportsInen. During the inter-
missions refreshments will be served upon
the spac ious veranda overlooking the wafer
George Herman has decided TO go to Pnii-
adelphia Decoration day TO Try ms LUZ rusA
among the single scuilers. Although Her
man is making the trip more for experience
than aught else. 1t is thought that ne VIII
uphold the honor of the club and propaply
bear home silken banner Ihis youns
oarsman is new at the SOULS, but he has
haen working conscientfously Tor three
weeks and steadily improves. he mas re-
ceiyed few important pointers from Soacn
Dempsey OF Georgetown, and he promises
to develop into an "A number one" sculier
His oars, together with pairs for Mac
eowan. Britt, Herman and Coach Dempsey,
hove arrived in first-class order from
CrShea's IN New York.
Presideat John Hadley Doyle. travelling
through the north with the Georgetown
University base ball team. has been inspect
ing the boat houses OF Cornell, Harvard,
Vale and all the clubs along the Harlem
He happened to make the trip to the Har-
lem boat houses when their annual parade
was being held He was made judge and
distributed the banners to the prize win
ners.
The Analostans.
Can't. Nevious seems elated over the con-
tinued interest in shell rowing taken by
the members of his club. The members OF
the club who are aspiring for positions In
the Junior eight-oared shell are being
worked out for the position in the fOurs.
several four-oared shells are on the river
every evening filled with energetic juniors.
IT Is Can't Nevious' view TO send junior
eight to fhe Peoples regatta In Philadelphia
on July 4, although. of course, it is not as
yet definitely settled.
Old Dominion Club.