The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
Georgetown Fights
Make Poor Showing
In Henley Regatta
Junior Twelve Lengths Behind Winner, and Preps
Finish Second by Four Lengths-Yae
Takes Two Big Events.

PHILADELPHIA. May 25-YaIe's
sturdy young oarsmen that comprise the
second crew. scored double victory to-
day in the fifth renewal of the American
Henley on the SchuylkiH.
They started early in the afternoon by
running away with the race for sec.
ond' light-oared shells, and two hours
later came out and defeated Cornell
in the hardest fought race of the day
by a scant half length in the race for
junior collegiate crews
In the FIRST race that odd Els COlOrs
few there were the Harvard and Penn
syIvania freshmen and the Quaker City
Barge Club as contestants. When the
crews first hove into sight. coming
around the bend in the river At the
drst quarter. Yale already had a clean
length lead, and when the Dark Blue s
shell poked its nose into the shadow OF
the trolley bridge, about a mile from
the finish, there was open water be
tween them and the struggling rear
guard. They were rowing in perfect
form, with the rhythmic swing Of pen
dulum, and a stout pun Of thirty-two 20
the minute sent them dancing ahead Of
their rivals IN great leaps.
The real fight vas for second place
between Harvard ana Penn. Freshmen.
This was one of the few opportunities
10 settle their great grudge against one
another, and they fought hammer and
tongs all the way The Crimson young
sters had almost a length lead on the
Quakers at the mile, but a desperate
squirt carried the PENN boat up foot
by foot until only quarter length sep
arated at the final line. The New Ha-
ven crew meanwhile had been making
a mere pleasure jaunt Of it and fin-
ished almost as fresh as they started
three lengths ahead OF the Crimson.
The Georgetown junior crew was
disappointment 1t was never in the
race. From the jump Georgetown and
Pennsylvania were distanced. George
town rowed a plucky race but was out
classcd by all the other competing crews.
finishing last, about six lensths in the
rear Of the Quakers, who were a sim
ilor distance from the Cornell eight
making Georgetown twelve and a half
lengths behind the winner.
In the interschOlastiC eight-oared race
Georgetown Prep School finished second
being beaten by Philadelphia Central
High, which won by four lengths, in
1;05. The Georgetown crews time was
7:19.
rhe summaries:
First pair-Oared shells-NVOn by Metro
poiitan Rowing Club of New YORK
civilian J. Dunn bow, Fred Fuesseil
stroke); second. University Barge Club
OF Philadelphia (Lloyd P. Carpenter
bow, Lawrence Johnson, IT.. stroke).
Time. S:25 2-5. Time of second crew. S:33.
First eight-oared shells-Won by New
York Athletic Club IT. R Strong bow,
G. 3. Gibbons 3 w. Brown 3, f. s. Rice
g. r. Klein .. J. p. KineOn 6, f. NJ.
Wheeler T. G. KUsChke stroke. H. War
rem CoXSwainl: second. Bachelors Barge
Club OF Philadelphia (Walter G. Myers
bow. Arthur Il. Clevenger , Frank II
Galen 3. Horace =. Conrad 4 James
Bond, jr.. ), Z. ConOver Leedon s, James
d. Taylor Z. Ralph r. Zane stroke);
third. University of Pennsylvania q.
Townsend bow. w. H. Doering 2. c. A.
Kirkpatrick 5. F. c. Rogers 4, D. Hen
drie D. j. Walton 6. H G Dean Z. II. A.
Emig stroke). Time, $751;: time of sec
ond crew. Gal 2-5.
Second single sculls-Won by Duraudo
Miller, New York Athletic Club: second.
c. p. Haywood Nassau Boat Club. OF
New York; third. Joseph T. Daily. Po-
tomac Boat Club, Washington d. c
Time. minutes Is seconds; time of sec
ond man, minutes % - seconds
Second eight-oared shells-Won by