Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
GEORGETOWN PREPS
WIN 4 GREAT RACE
Capture !nterscholastjc Row.
ing Championship at Pnila-
deIp!1ia, Varsity and Tech
meal Crews Defeated.
sne,ial D.sra, Ii 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
PHILADELPHIA Nay 3.-Tae George.
town preparatory srnno! crew covered l.
SCI with glory today by winning tie
ereatest scboolaoy race ever ro~ed on the
s7rhUyIkill river. defeating six other cigl.ts
made up Of the schooiboy oarSinea from
NV York Baltimore. Washington AID
PEila lclphia and making a new word ;
record or the distance. Georgetown won
by clean length Of oien water II The
fast tine of Ii minutes and - seconds.
wrilc the former record was ..02 30,
difference of Il 10 seconds.
Georgetown varsity was close third in
thu senior race for tsc Stewards Cup. In
this race New York Athletic club and
PENNSYLVANIA varsity lowed a dead heat
or first place. breaking III" world rec
ord. made by Cornell. by eight seconds.
The official time WAS q rs.
Technical High School never had look
in for the interscholastic championship.
They rowed fourth TO the Georgetown
props and were also entered for the
senior race for cightS, bat did not start.
The Old Domnions OF Alexandria had
hard luck in their four-oared race. When
almost at the finish their starboard side
weakened and they ran INTO the east
bank. Up 10 that time they were rowing
well ard their stroke, Douglass, was set
ting lard pace nF the other crews to
follow The Arundels Of Baltimore, who
won this race ran their shell into a
Steamboat at the finish and broke the
bow OF their new shell
The two Baltimore nigh school crews
made IA poor showing. Tre Boys Latin
finished last in the FIRST race and Baltl-
more POLYTECHNIC Drokc al before
they had rowed a quarter OF mile.
Wtathe. conditions were IDEAL Ger fast
work. There 1as slight wind blowing
InIy f2B - Is
smooth as glass.
The School Race.
In the int y bo.asiie race the prers.
got away to bad start hat PLY ehlly hit
I'D the stroke ard s6t eves with the
bunch At the aD-lArd mark tie preIs..
PHILADELPHIA central iii..n and Cascad!Ia
were pulling away from Tire o1ncrs. At
the n-nc marf, ,nnaiif, the fftecr-year-
old stroke OF tee pr -. nj up tn pace
and got length over central hls1 and
another lenge:i over 'asea9l.ia; DOWN
to the finish the props. held taeir lead and
won by a length. VITA Central Hisa OF
| Philadelphia second. Iascadi!la a length
behind and Tech Hisl. fourth. tiNe lengths
behind tie leaders
In the senior race Georgetown found
/ itself in the fastest company III the after
/ neon. New YORK Athletic club. which won
| this event in record tim" last year and
! which aSpired TO be Americas choice for
.
n:er; Pennsylvania. which is practically
j TIE same crew that rowed at Poughkeep-
/ sic last year. and the strong BaGhelor
Club of Philadelphia. G+nrgetown got a
! fine start and led for the first quarter.
There the current seemed 10 swerve the
varsity shell and the three other crews
came up even. AT the mile Sew YORK
! Athletics were in the lead. with the three
at her punched half a length behind. At
the finish Pennsylvania spurted and bare
ly caught the New Workers. the Bachelors
beating Georgetown out of second place
ny iialf a length. Georgetown rowed in
perfect form. but was outNcished by all
the other crews ten pounds TO man At
tie finish four of the G2oratown men,
Rice. TiEh. Fitzgerald and Fitzpatrick.
collapsed and the other men We're badly
done up.
Coach Vail expressed himself as salts
fled with the work nf both crews and was
greatly pleased with the work of his
Georgetown kids. as he calls tse props.
New York c-eWs carried Of the lions
share of the honorS. winning four hrsts
and tying once. One OF the biggest crowds
that ever saw a local regatta lined the
banks Of the river TO witness the finishes.
Five Crews Make Records
Five different Fights this afternoon beat
the record for the course OF a mile and
five ixteenths The best max o. the day
was4that OF minutes - seconds. which
WAS made by the University of Penrsyl-
vafi varsity eight and tire New York
Al Hlr;ic Club when they roUed a Gead
heat for first place in the rae for hrst
cisiits. Again III the race for Junior cell
lege crews all ul-ee contestants. Yale,
PENNSYLVANIA and Harvard. beat In lti'-
mer figures of minutes ~ seconds. the
time OF the victorious Yale eight be NJ q
minutes - seconds. and OF the Harvard
and Pennsylvania crews. which roWed
dead heat for second place, G..o ID.
Summaries
In'srsehniaSiic eight "ar"d >heils-Georseto~n
Preparatory School. Washington won: '"ntrai
High >'h"" railaa"irnia sd ,., 6, adla
Sh"" ,'na' ,rh y r,, 1niTa n1"'Fy '
Fir~I ftur- oar,,d souls A"nyarril X. G.. New
York w"n Philadelphia Barge club. s"Ynd; n
din. Barge Club. Philadelphia, third fime.
6.5a IL.
First eight cared shells Dead h"a' between
the University # P"nnSl wanna 'sfhrinc. b'w;
Towns, nd. =. Rodgers. B. Ii.ntrir. 4 SAo.Inak'r,
;; Drayt"n. 6: Dean. Z; Enrig stroke. W"steott.
bow: t;ibnnns = Ri,as. 3. Rowland. !: Kiln.
= boyle, =: Brown, Z: kusche. r'ke. swan.
third: Gs."r-"t"wn fonr-h Time. ea6.
Fight cared >rull race University If Ienns,l-
.ania won: r. Wanderers. fhiiadelphia. sec
lir.1 -. r"-...,l shells narhelo, Rarge Cai,.
PHILADELPHIA wen: Harvard University, second
Time, 80. -. bnly two starters.
ri. Tor nrst in eight oared shells between
PENNSYLVANIA aud New York A. l.; VIII be ro~ed
.Juni"r college eight Jared race Yale won
Townsend, bow; Robbins, > Model . : H:n' ::
".
dead heat for second between University Il Penn
syl,ania ,F.rgtsou. trs; R..us. :: Crooks. 3.
Tnwnsond !: I:rnitiherr = ST'tt. q. Ersddock.
Z: Ballard Strokey and Harvard Marshall, bow:
II rims : Iii.ll.1l. 3. Iil. !; VI Le"1 .: Brsn-
ton 6; Wyman. 1: Martin stroke Finn. b2i.
This breaks ;h.. record far the c"nrse ~ d.si
First pair-oared >h"ll>-Wcst i'haLhll hih u
H. tparrrg aud tamphelh. wen; AonparniI s'N-
Ing club. New York M kuehnc AID j. hGhhn'i.
Second. Time. S-"S -,
! FIRST double sculls-Non i.y Nsc York Athletic
club ~ L. Stewart and {. ]. Quinn; sc nj.
Nonparel Rowing club New York Tx. >.
kaIp and Carries Strnkampt; t,ird n9lne
Barge Club. Philadelphia H.. " Johnson ~nd Il.
W Mcdowell. Time. IS -.
second .Siuglp sruls Won hv Nehrhoh. Mas
sau Boat Club New York: second. Reale. Pac-i-
cI.r,' Barg. ,'iun. Philadelphia: -iiSi u IL
McEntee metropolitan Rowing club New ioiA.
Time. =. IL
second eight Dared shells-Won by Harvard
freshmen: second. University Of Peausylcaaia
freshmen: third West Philadelphia Il. {. l.me.
CO.; 3
First single SOULS Won by Durandi Miller.
New York Athletic Cluh: second. jesse j" iulaln-
son>on. University Barge Club. Phil1dellLia.
T me. sol l =. only two starters
Second fnur narad Shrlls-Nnn br Arundel Loaf
Club. Baltimore. second. University Of Ftuls l.
,ania: third. old Dominion Boat Club. .ile--
andria Va Time. I. l. 10.
Princeton Defeats ColumDia.
NEW YORK. May 23.--By a score Of
66 a-:i to 30 -3 points, Princeton de-
u a II