The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
GEORGETOWN DESERVES AWN
THE HARD LUCK TALE or THE
WASHINGTON CREW.
Conese Oarsmn syInpathize with Demp-
sey's Aggregation Thirteef Young
Candidates and q Three.Year.O Old
Bheii-Day OF Rest at P0ughk ecpsie.

SusNANhatpS Nhu WIN
Bheii-Day OF Rest at Poughke cpsie.
PouoHKEEpsrs, June i7.-This was q quiet
day on the river. all the college crews taking
q rest except the Wisconsin men. who were
around the boathouse rigging their two shells.
IL was visiting day for some. and the Columbia
crew. as is its duty % the one furthest north.
came down and made little calls at the other
houses. The churchgoing element among
the collegians went 20 church. while the others
took launch rides about the river, Graduate
Manager Cook Of the Syracuse crews. who has
been In camp with Troop ID at Peekskill.
arrived here In the evening.
There is not so very much left for the COL
legians to do in the line of fitting for the
regatta next Saturday. Except for Wiscon-
sin a good line has been had on the compare
tive abilities Of the crews. and 1t Ia hardly
likely that Rpy1hi1&~ lhey-can do in 1bs peSt
few days will affect sentiment much, Those
who fancied Cornell strongly at first have
receded from that position, and the general
feeling now is that II the lthacans win they
will do 30 only by a small margin. Syracuse
Is highly regarded. and Wisconsin lie. as ever,
the dark horse.
The crews all experience some difficulty
about raising funds. but 1t is doubtful il ever
there was a tale of harder luck than can be
spun by the Georgetown men. II ever a
crew was made up and taught to row under
"N s
to see where it Is. The crew men say that 1t
all Is due to Dempsey, their coach. Dempsey
says that the ooys deserve an the credit IL
seems to come dow to this; Both are very
piuckE anu ueserFe oil 'hal can oe ea'u III
the line Of praise.
oDee'h "ith' "eoreetowh mao only 'nirteen
canoioates "heh the season opened. vi
these three men had rowed before. they being
Rice, Stewart and Mudd. The last named
was captain. lie did not last long. After
only a week or so OIL framing WIN ms varsity
elsnt ne QUIT rowlne ana went OWL ior Dase-
Dai' ne caueh' ioi 'he VARSITY tea"l now
ing harder IMAM baseball says dempsey.
smilinslF' mere was no framing taole inns
season AT georgetown iheAacul'F atnietic
authoritles uhoer father buei ins'',u'ea one
OF those reform campaigns against athletic
sports that some other colleges nave had a
taste OF. Inc meh never nte a meal toeether
during the season AT "ashlnR'oh' ana lhey
never had anyth ing but old lunches.
,,a ar,ar , o'o,ocL in tho of,ornoon ond thay
.le !. . ~ ,ho i" !. marr y a.t ones
had 10 40 an men river ~orh ne,ween .
and early summer were exceptionally hot In
washington, and this was the worst possible
thing for the GEORGETOWN lads they all are
young and slightly built and naturally can
not stand the strain of hard rowing under n
Nv. S,~'A " - NOV 49, ano,hor ,hor Ill
hol sun, III =, way "a u,nr .ae' puna.
through, however, ana managed 10 get
to the point where Dempsey picked an eight
from the faithful twelve. John Stewa RI was
oa..I oon,oin In ,ho ,looa ~ ,ha h,oLaiidina
e,ec,su 'Th.a', II, =" ha'ev ~ "a r"S'uins
Mudd. Then came the question OF coming
to Poughkeepsfp.
II has come ont TINT loss than thirty hours
49, Coorno,oun nrau on,harl,od ~ t.
oelore 'ie "eoi se'o"m ''e" r"'"d'heu on is
trip to the HUDSON RIVER there ABSOLUTELY
was not a cent wherewith to pay expenses
The men gathered at the boathouse and Man.
'"' a..aoa ~ .i,,o,L,
aeer haEeN tAi'aineu ~ s'"a''oh u ehehi'
The men realized that IL they wanted to get
here they would have to get out and raise the
monev And in some vav or other they did
- ,s rorin, his own w,v ond 60 NV.
Eacn man rs pay inS nH own way anu every
cent comes out OF ms own pocket.
we get along all through the season for
n Af,h of what some crews spend " said Mama
uaroa ahooauso NO ba,o 20 nan,an"r
ger Ha''e' oS."uo " ','"pSes
saves us a great deal OF money by mis- knowl-
edge of boats. He has done every bit OF
rom ( inn that We needed. And We bava
needed a great deal on this she'll we I'm we
now. This is the third year we have had IL.
Ne cannot afford to get a new one.
The trouble is that there is a feeling Of
apethy over the whole athletic situation.
90 one seems to care at Georgetown whether
we have teams or not and the spirit Of enthu-
siastic Interest We once had ali has been wiped
because we have a bad enough time getting
placed at Poughkeepsie without the extra
discoura gements before We leave"
Mana ger Hayes did not try to explain what
was the cause Of the apathy. but il is known
that il comes from the stern action OF Father