The Washington times., 1904-03-06
CREW ANXIOUS
TO GET ON RIVER
Still Working Georgetown
Oarsmen on Machines.
SQUAD LIGHT, BUT PROMISING
Blue and Gray Students Hope for An
other Great Showing az
POughkeepsie

First signs Of spring are being anxi-
ously watched for by Coach Dempsey
and his proteges Of the Georgetown
crews
In past years the Blue and Gray oars
men have usually gotten on the water
during the first week Of March. but rs
the ice has not yet disappeared from
the Potomac. the colleEfans are obliged
TO confine their practice, wholly to the
rowing machines. on which they have
been learning the technique OF the
stroke since the first Of January.
Last year the Georgetown men went
to Poughkeepsie unheralded. the light
est and youngest crew in the varsity
race. having only two men with rowing
experience previous to last spring. and
using fifteen-year-old paper boat. But
the work OF the local eight was a reveal
ton 70 the thousands who viewed the
race from the long observation train.
and every other conceivable place Of
vantage along the course. and evoked
cheer after cheer. even from the adher-
ents OF the other crews.
Last Years Crew.
During the first mile the work Of the
Georgetown eight was greatly interfered
with by the wash from a number OF tug
boats. going up the river but as soon
as TINS handicap had been passed the
true form of the Washington crew was
apparent. With perfect synchronisn in
the slow recovery ana even pull. the
smell slowly but surely overhauled first
the Syracuse then Pennsylvania. Co
iunbia. Wisconsin. and finally who,
the finish gun doomed forth its welcome
sound, 70 the racl1ed oarsmen the ola
Blue and Gray shell was in second nIaca
oeleated by the Cornell giants. who
outwtighed the Georgetown men aftee,.
POUNDS TO the man. but victorious Owe,
'nt other four great rowing universities
Mhile the showing made last June
was one OF the most notable events IN
s,lS a'Iietic annals OF the university.
the students are confident that the var
sity. when finally picked IN the sDring-
WI be as formidable as was the 1919
eight The interclass regatta held on
the Potomac in November served II.
purpose of arousing an unwonted inter
es' IA rowing among the undergraduates
and bringing out a large number Of in
experienced indicates. several Of whom
II Is hoped wiz develop into oarsuel
" varsity caliber Crews representing
Inc classes Of the college and law school
competed in these races. and IL IS
mostly the members Of these crews who
make up the present varsity squad.
Squad Is Light
While the squad as it is now made I'M
IS on the whole rather light for four
Ieilc race. the lack of avoirdupois is not
causing any great uneasiness. Crews
composed exclusively Of big men are
almost invariably slow, and with last
scar crack lightweight crew as an
example. Coach Dempsey and Captain
Bremner feel that II a couple of large
men with the necessary stamina to last
through the grueling race can be secur-
ed for the squad. Georgetown's aquatic
interests will be well cared for in June
or last seasons eight only two are
missing this season. Capt Murray Rus
sell graduated in June. lie rowed his
allotted four years. having been men,
ber since lais freshman year. Last May
al Annapolis he strol5ed the varsity.
bue later being one Of the Heaviest men
m the shell. was moved back TO the
waist. and rowed No. at PoughkeepsIe
Jim Teevan, 40. 3, who rowed last year
for the first time. did not return to the
university this term, but went to Har-
ward. where ne VIII probably be a can
dldate f0r the crimson boat after he has
fuldlled the one year residence require
rent. The six veterans who are eligible
this season are Atkinson. "a, stroke
CAPTAIN Bremner, '05. No :. Curran, o.
80. 6; Hayden. 'O5, No q; Graham. %.
&c. ?. and Shepard. %, bow
Race Eavy on May Fl.
The annual race with the Naval
Academy crews is 10 be rUwcd on May
q Last year at Annapolis the George
town varsity and second Fights admin
istered n double defeat 10 the future
adfnirals by finishing first and second
IN a four-cOrnered race. In past years
the Blue and Gray crew which com
peted with the Navy's first was known
as the varsity. but as the personnel Of
this crew was never the same as the
varsity at POughkeepsie there will be
no varsity at Annapolis .his year. but
instead First eight. The usual race
between the second crews will take
place the same day as the big event.
Director OF Aquatics Claude r. Zap
pone is receiving encouraging returns
10 his appeals TO the alumni and stu
dents for subscriptions to the crew
fund. AS the rowing association IS
without any regular revenue II relies
IN a large measure upon these sub
scripuons % maintain the crews
n new cedar shell. TO replace the old
ra-lr il NaraIr. N.rnNH ,.