Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-05
Averages ITO Pounds in
Weight and 1871 Years in
Age-Ahead of Last
Years Condition.
GeorRetown's Crew.

A comparison of this years Georgetown
varsity crew with that Of last season re-
veals the fact that the PRESENT eight is
much further advanced in it's work at this
early part of the season.
Last season, April 8. the Georgetown
crew was badly beaten by Annapolis in a
two-mile race on the Severn after the
Blue and Gray had led the middies a kill
ing pace for a mile and half The
reason for the defeat was attributed to
the local crews lack of condition.
Although the present eight cannot test
it's strength in the same way, it is gener-
ally conceded that the crew this year Is
already in fine physical condition, and the
size Of the men warrants a great reserve
power for hard work.
Five Of the men in the boat are six feet
or more In height, and Of the other three
men two are veterans who have pulled an
oar at Poughkeepsie and the other a
freshman who has had two years ex-
perience rowing for the Georgetown props.
Not a man In the boat weighs under $50,
and but one man weighs less than 100.
The average weight is something over 16J
pounds.
Comparing this showing with that of the
1907 crew. the only advantage last
year was that of age. for, although the
present crew is SO husky. the average age
of the men is but nineteen and a half
years, while last seasons eight averaged
twenty. The average weight Of this year
is about seven pounds Greater than last
year, and there is a decided advantage in
the increase in height. Last season but
two men in the boat stood six feet. and
there were a number of short, stocky
men.
A Long Reach.
The height and range of this year S
crew give the men a decided advantage
In reach, and although at the beginning of
the season some of the men found diff
Guilty in getting down to their work prop
erly, changing the rig in some cases and
blocking the men up in others seem to
have eliminated the trouble altogether.
and every man in the boat is now reach
ing we'll out and attaining a powerful leg
drive.
To further this reaching power and to
get even longer stroke Coach Harry Vail
has ordered new set OF extra long
sweeps and special improved oarlock
patterned after the lock of Ellis Ward,
which is wider than the KernS lock for
merly used at Georgetown and permits of
a larger oar at the button and longer
sweep. Ward has promised the oars and
sweeps by the latter part of this week,
and close followers OF the sport are
a
will really develop more speed in the boat
with the wider lock and longer oar.
The Suspended Oarsmen.
The varsity crew has not suffered as
much as was expected from the loss of
those men who fell down in their classes
last month. There are three terms of
suspension given at Georgetown for poor
scholarship, the absolute suspension
which prevents q man from participating
In any athletics at all. the suspension for
a month and that for two weeks. But one
crew man has been absolutely suspended,
and this man was from the second boa. !;
no crew man received monthly suspen-
sion, but three men, two of them from
the varsity boat, are suspended for two
weeks. AS Georgetown has no race until
after the 18th, when these suspensions
come OFF. the whole varsity and the sec
ond crew. all but one man. will be eligible
for the first race. which 1t Is hoped will