Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
WILL co ON THE
MACHINES JAN. Is
Georgetown Varsity Crew
Candidates Will Be Required
to Do Plenty of In
door Work.

The Georgetown University crew Will
have it's first practice on the rowing ma
chimes on the afternoon of Monday. jan
uary 10. The new rowing coach will at
that time make hissofficial appearance and
assume charge of the 1907 campaign.
Manager Woods win return from a BUSH
ness trip to New York and Boston jan
uary 9 and expects to bring back with
him the new instructor, whose name has
not yet been given out, but who. 1t is
said, is a well-known and experienced
man at the game. His first duties upon
his arrival at Georgetown will be mainly
to get the rowing machines and other
apparatus in readiness for indoor practice
in Ryan gymnasium. The manager will
also make arrangements for the trans
portation of the fast coaching launch,
the Robert Collier, from its present tloca-
ton at the shops of the Electric Launch
Company at Bayonne, N. j.. where it has
been overhauled and put in shape for use
on the Potomac next spring, to the
Georgetown boathouse.
1t is known that the new coach will
insist on a thorough course of indoor
work before he permits the candidates to
go on the water. 1t IS also said that his
style of rowing differs in some ways
from that of former Coach Pat Dempsey
and his pupil. Murray Russell. If that Is
the case even the veterans, of whom
there are several who will try for the
crew, will have to go on the machines for
early practice.
Immediately after the fall regatta the
Georgetown boathouse was put into the
hands of workmen and given good
overhauling The addition which was
put on "Langley's Ark to accommodate
the long racing shells had to be strength
eneo. and it was at first thought that the
house would have to be laid up at a ship
yard for winter repairs, but the workmen
performed their task SO well that the
house will remain at its present anchor
age, just off the Three Sisters Islands, all
winter.
The second story has been entirely
changed. Where there was formerly
one large and small room there Is now
large hall which can be converted into
ball room, and located in the southwest
ern corner of the building looking up the
Potomac Is a comfortable living room,
with an office and locker space sufficient
to accommodate forty men.
The prospects for good crew at
Georgetown are particularly bright. The
squad will probably be the largest of any
which has ever reported for practice at
the Blue and Gray institution. Not only
are there a number of experienced men
to pick FROM but the men as a whole
are larger and more rangey than usual.
and there are plenty of shells to accom-
modate any number of men who may
be inclined to pull sweep.
OF last years varsity there are still in
the university Capt. and Stroke Ed Fitz-
gerald, ex-Capt. Rice, who rowed num-
Der Z; Murray Woods and Chapman. who
rowed in the three bow positions in the
order named, and Lynch and LaPlante,
who rowed on the varsity in 1906. OF
last years junior crew Al T.ghe, the
stroke, is huskier than ever; Reilly has
taken on considerable weight. as have
Dowd and Fitzpatrick. These men had the
additional experience of rowing on the
class crews last fall and should be in
fine shape for spring work.
Some Of the new men look to be ideal
material for oarsmen. Cudahy is a
slashing big freshman from Wisconsin.
where he did some rowing two years ago.
Mulligan and De Mund are two big fell
lows from California. 1t is hoped that
they may find time from their duties at
the medical school to do some rowing.
Drury and Buckley, from the law school,
are new men to the crew, but both have
had some experience on the water. Miller
and McNulty of the eleven this fall are
both to try the new sport and each man
is well built for seat in the boat
The varsity Is likely to benefit mate
rally from the Georgetown prep school
next spring, for four of the best men of
that crew are now in college and will
try fight hard for places. They are
Capt. Joliat, Br.ngartner and Rodriguez
and Stroke Madden. There are some
other big fellows In the university whose
names will be given out later when they
report for the first practice.