Evening star., 1908-01-12
ROWING PROSPECTS BRIGHT
WORK OF GEORGETOWN CREW
CANDIDATES TO BEGIN AT ONCE

The real work of the Georgetown UNI
yersfty oarsmen will begin tomorrow,
when, under the guidance of Manager
Cliff Woods, Capt. Fitzgerald will issue
his formal call for the candidates 10
make their appearance, and from that
time on the rowing material in Ryan gym
nasfnm will be an attractive spot for the
student body of the boys across ROCK
creek.
AS announced alone in The Star of last
Sunday. the crew this year will be looked
after by the veteran coach Harry Vail OF
previous Harvard honors. and this fact
alone will tend to boom rowing interest
in the old institution to marked degree;
in fact. the athletic association is conf
dent it will awaken that kind Of enthu-
siasm under Vail as prevailed during
Pat Dempsey's regime.
Manager Woods feels much encouraged
over securing Harry Vail as coach for
the crew. and although not given to max
ing rash promises. he says the prospects
are better this year for Georgetown than
at any time since the university became
a factor at Poughkeepsie. In making this
much Of a statement Manager Woods is
backed up by the fact that the list OF
CaN0lQateS tnlS year lar SuTpdSSeS any pre-
vious one, both In quality and quantity.
With such first-class coach as Vail in
absolute command he Is justified in ex-
pressing confidence.
The best feature about the candidates
for this season is that they are well-de-
veIoped athletes. not the lightweigh,s that
have presented themselves to Former
Coach Russell. hence the Blue and Gray
squad when whitfield down to P1ugh-
keepsie shape should be a well-balanced
ralxx to1 nfs W va q.
sters.
or course nearly all of the old faces
will be around to try conclusions. for
once an oarsman always an oarsman
does among amateurs. but Manager
Woods has a large number OF promising
students from the departments of the
university who will make the has
beens of Poughkeepsie" hustle to main
tain seats in the shell.
Besides Capt. Fitzgerald Of last years
crew. there are also Manager Woods, Chap
man. Murray and Rice of the same pha-
lanx, while of the 1906 crew La Plante
and Lynch are eligible to try once again
for places. Then the second crew of last
season has some very good material that
Vail will not pass UP as he goes over the
available timber. such as Tlghe. F1tZpat-
rick. Doud. Reiiley. and Miller. and Others
will fight hard to get PAGES In the first
crew.
The "Preps," the crew that gave the
champion Potomacs the hardest race last
year, has graduated some good timber
into the varsity ranks, and at least four
OF them, Maddern. Rodriguez. Baunlgart-
ner and Joliet will be among the candi-
dates for places.
Among some Of the new men are Drury.
who rowed in the Potomac winning eight
last year: Cudahy, a fine-looking young
ster from Wisconsin University, where he
rowed In the freshman crew. Capt. Mil
Ter OF the foot ball squad and his asso-
ciate in the game, McNulty, will come out
as novices and may make gooo. Buckley
from the law school is very anxious to get
into the rowing squad. anG as he Is built
on the right kind of lines he may have
experience in sweep rowing. In the medi-
cal school are two California students
DeMund and Mulligan. big husky and
supple, having pulled some in the crews
on the Pacific slope. and il they can ar
range their duties at the medical, will
surely appear among the candidates.
1t will be thus seen that the prospects
are indeed bright for a first-class crew
among the Blue and Gray. and that as the
candidates commence under Vail to show
the. form that this excellent coach will
surely develop among the students. the
enthusiasm will increase to a fever pitch
when they are placed on the water.
Capt. c. Wood Roiph Of the Aeriel Cub
of Baltimore writes to The Star that he
is glad GEORGETOWN has secured Harry
Vail, and predicts that under his guild
ance the university will render excellent
account whenever It's crews appear, and
that by securing Vail the Blue and Gray
had added many rooters to It's side. for
every "Aerier' will now whoop 1t up for
Georgetown.