Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-27
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Misfortunes Of Georgetown's
Grew at Poughkeepsie.
NO GAMES YESTERDAY
NATIONALS PLAY THE ATHLETICS
THIS AFTERNOON.
Ward Loses First Tennis Match
Abroad-Munroe Easy for John
son-Base Ball NoteA
NO GAMES YESTERDAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
POUGHKEEPSIE. June 27-As the day
for the big intercollegiate regatta draws
nearer the interest grows more intense.
ond the speculation as to the possible win
her becomes ripper daily
Georgetown Is trained right down to the
minute. and an effort will have to be made
to keep the men in condition. The peaked
appearance OF two or three of the men
handling the sweeps Is easily seen, but
judicious usage of ale and porter will help
them. Neill. the man who uses the number
seven sweep, Is the heaviest oarsman here,
and attracts attention by his towering
physique Weighing, as he does, $50
pounds he should be able to pull warship.
He is ready for the four-mile pull tomor-
row. Capt Graham. who is at number
three. is only anxious as to the condition
of his men. for he says If the men row in
any kind of shape they will beat out the
crews that are being looked upon as sure
winners.
Georgetown's Bad Luck.
Georgetown's camp Is pervaded with the
determination that it's crew must do some
thing this year. AS the days wear On the
that the hard luck which has followed
Georgetown SO far cannot continue much
longer. Hayden a man who was a Veto.
ran In the boat was relied upon to fill in
one of the old places. and at the last min
ute had to give up on account of his hos
ptal examinations. This weakened the
crew considerably, the men were vevy
anxious to have him with them in the boat.
Stuart was selected to fill the old mans
place. and. although he was not the strong
est car in the boat. yet he pulled a pretty
good blade and filled in the vacancy. At
the last minute he got into bad shape
by hurting his knee in wrestling match
on the float. and said nothing of the thing
at the time. When the men reached the
Morgan House. however. he made known
low his leg hurt him, and an investigation
was made. which disclosed the fact that
his knee was wrenched. This put the Bl,le
end Gray into bad spirits again Mudd
prior to this time. not very careful Of
what he had taken to eat. and his stom-
acE went back on him at the last practice.
Just the time when Dempsey hoped 20
have a good s-,eed trial. Lusk put
in the boat, and the freshman while per-
fectly willing, is not as yet experienced
enough to get in the class that makes up
the rest of the boat. Stuart had to be
kept in the hotel here for the last few
days, perfect rest was what was re-
CURED in order to put the muscles of the
leg in shape. Two days sojourn al the
Morgan House served to get the tendOns
III shape. The leg was baked out, and a
rash appeared on the knee, which brought
the bad blood to the surface. A percepti-
BILE limp was all that could be seen by the
casual notice of the people who were
watching Stuart. Stuart's father as soon
as he heard of the injury. came to Pough
keepsie from Albany. where the Stuarts
live. and, after a talk with Coach Demp-
sey. was satisfied that the injury would
be only temporary one. Dempsey has
fears to Stuart not rowing in the
hca N IF q hipr
that the youngster will pull as good a
blade as any man In the frail craft. He
has not yet got back into his form, and
the two-days' rest, while 1t helped his leg.
threw him off in the clock-like precision
with which he was working
Sidney Mudd, jr., is back into shape
again. the muscles of his back having I'M
dergone a severe rubbing which helped the
Maryland boy wonderfully He received
telegram from his parents not to row II he
was in bad shape. but the fears that had
been raised by the reports sent out regard
ing his condition were to great extent
imaginary, and as soon as Representative
Mudd. his father. learned this. he told the
boy to go ahead.
Columbia Has Hopes.
For the past ten days 1t was thought that
Cornell and Syracuse were the only ones
that had look in for the first honors. but
now it Is confidently predicted by the fol-
white will wave in front.
Columbia is quartered UP at Krum Elbow,
away from the rest of the crews. and moth
Ing Is heard from the New York city men
or seen of them except when they appear
on the river once or twice day. The
greater part of the time Is spent by them
In the Enclosure at Krum's Elbow, and no
reports come from there Occasionally the
men are seen practicIng starts and are
caught taking spurts. AS far as loca ton
is concerned the men whom Goodwin has
under his tutelage are ideally placed. The
eight is doing satisfactorily. and all of the
men are big, strapping fellows. The way
they send the shell through the water is a
caution. 1t stops between strokes, but this
defect is alleviated by the way the boat is
sent over the course.
The four shows great improvement and the
crew covered the distance yesterday here In
10 minutes and Al seconds.
The freshman eight Is rowing In good
shape and should make some of the other
crews hustle.
An attempt has been made to make Co.
lu1nbia favorite. but with little If any sue
cess. for although the wearers of the blue
and white are all big. husky fellows. they
do not seem to have the form which is
what Is required much anything In
this big race. The eight had trial row
this morning and from the shore their
stroke did not seem to be very high, nor did
they appear to be moving very fast. The
pace was set at about twenty nine and
maintained for the greater part OF the
journey. The work Is not as clean as that
of some of the other crews here. the ten
dency being to hit up things too frequently
with clipping Of the stroke as the result
The men are big and powerful and have
plenty Of Drawn. No time was announced
here. but 1t is said that IL it was given out
1t would surprise some of the wiseacres.
Cornell and Syracuse.
There is a great amount of rivalry be-
tween Cornell and Syracuse. which Is only
natural on account of the peculiar situa-
ton of the two universities. Cornell and
Syracuse are both located up state" as
folks here say, and draw a good many of
their men from upper New York. Last
year. Syracuse surprised not only Cornell
but every one, and the followers of the
Syracusans assert that the same trick
will be turned again this year. The betting
seems to favor Cornell slightly. but out
side OF a small margin there is not much
to choose from. Syracuse is working hard
and the stories that have gone forth to the
effect that Packard was not in shape all
amount to balderdash. for there has been