The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
GEORGETOWN
REGATTA An
EXPERIMENT
Success of Affair TOmor-
row viii Determine
Future Rowing
Policy.

Policy.
Georgetown University will hold It's
annual fall regatta tomorrow after
noon on the Potomac. the races to
start promptly az o'clock
, The affair this year is the Beginning
| Of an attempt on the part Of George
town 10 increase the interest in
aquatics in Washington. The failure Of
/ the Blue and Gray 70 make a good
/ showing at Pcugh keepsie for two years
/ is AT the bottom of IL all, for it Is this
that has stirred up the question OF
racing on the Potomac II has always
! been argued By the oarsmen that a suit
/ able course could not be laid out on
( the local waterway. and tomOrrow's
races will decide in a measure whether
I the charge is well founded Instead OF
rowing one mile as has always been the
custom the various Fights viii compete
over a mile and One-half straightaway.
| finishing Al the Aqueduct bridge. IN
this way the spectators viii be enabled
20 witness the entire race and also be
in close proximity to the finish
Rowers Ready.
morrow completed their training yesteT-
day and now an2dously await the start
I ers gun. During the past week moth
| iEE but the hardest kind Of work was
I INDUCED in by the men, as all the pre-
/ Iminary touches. such as perfeCung the
slide, learning the stroke, and getting
the catch properly, had been completed
The seniors reign slight favOrites in
the college intercIass race, the feature
event, but their superiority over the
other three crews is so slight that the
students at the school are ia a qUandary
az to which eight ought to come home
winner. on the form displayed IN
practice.
The juniors, winners Of TIC event last
year, have a large number Of follow
ers, but are seriously handicapped on
| account Of some Of their veterans be-
irg on the varsity football squad The
| scphounores have all but one Of last
side-ed as prominent candidates Tor
first honors- The freshmen have &C
CURED the COgnOmen of Dark Horses
and even they have follow .nG that pre-
diets a complete upset in the race
Speedy Launch Obtained.
The GEORGETOWN launch, Robert Col
Wer. IS in the repair shop at Jersey
CITY and as a result Manager Woods
was compelled 10 look elsewhere for
craft to be used by the officials one
OF the speediest launches on the river
has been secured for the day. so tfat
the referee and judges viii be able 70
follow the race closely, and Whatever
trctests that may be set up can be
readily dealt with
The executive board at Georgetown Is
IA
members of the head body IN aIhIeltcS
are 10 decide in the next two weeks
,1-hether Georgetown Will be represented
on the Hudson next spring. Inc success
Of tomorrOW'S races VIII Dear con
HE weight I'm the decision. There
are some members Of the committee
who think It advisable to drop Ihe IN
terCollegiate regatt, ana go deeply INTO
the question Of de.Oung all their en-
ergy TO local aquatlcs. A race, such -
the proposed one with princeton, WOu-u
be a boost in this direction IL mas 9eylL
suggested that bleacher nOdls COuiu %
eresfed on the river and thus the latS9
foIIouyIre of both institutions cOuld VII
ness me duel TO advantage. Sucn d
proiect was set forth on the Fotolliel'-
a few years ago -. +ba
Georgetown men think of having an III
citation regatta with three OF -
s5,I7fs connecting, these crews 10 Dc
drawn from the Southern col4S50S a.
/ they saw HI ~ Ne--A- ~
officials and Crews.
The officials and crews competing To-
morrow are as follows:
Class OF 195s-Stroke, Woods; NO. .
ReiIlv. No. 6. Moran; No 5. Cudahy'
M 4 smith: No. g. Crummey; No. =
SnaIdine. No. /. O'Neil; cOXswain, JeIIs-
class Of I9O9-StrOkc. r FltzgeTald'
! No. 7 la Plante; No 6, Lynch; No. D.
I3onzipeT- No. 4 Fitzpatrick; No. 8, La
VeHe: No 2. l. smith: No. i Mont
/ ronerv, coxswain. Culllin.
| class Of I91G-StrOke. Chapman; NO, =
| Rodriguez. No. s, IiUxes: No. 5, NcKln-
ney: No. 4, J}ailiaTgeOn; No. 5, DeFhn'
| No. ?. D. Murray; No. ]. Mccain; cox
Wain, CarliH.
Joliet; No. 6, ErinIg artner; Nc 8, Fenani
No Z Morse; No 3, Powers; No >.
/ Diamond; No. l. Riley; coXsWain, Ash
| First preparatory -StToke, Y. Daley;
/ No. Z. Cur1iff; No. 6. MeFadden; No. ..
( Philliprs; Nc f. Sitterding; No. 3,
| O'Kelly: No. ,. O'COunOr; No. /, Rock
1 we'll: cOxswain, w. Duff
| Second Teparatory-StrolSe, Joe Ryan;
4 No. Z. Frauenheim: No. g. McQuail: No
: 3, Shepard: No. {. Kcpnart; No. s, Simp-
/ son; No. > Xurd; No. /, Lucas: cox
/ swain, Haizlipp.
/ Officials, Re ferce-Murray Russell.
/ Judges at the hnish-Thonas s. Rice
! Hedley Doyle. and H. Fry. Timers
4 Dick Morgan, Ed Grille. and Clauds
| ZaDponi.