Evening star., 1909-05-16
BLUE AND GRAY
READY FOR HENLEY
Freshman and Prep Crews in
Splendid Shape for Big
Rowing Contest.

An event which, on account OF sur
rounding circumstances. Is one OF the
most important of the years athletics al
Georgetown takes place next saturday,
when the Blue and Gray freshman eight
cared crew competes against the Univer-
sity of PENNSYLVANIA 1912 boat and a cou-
pie of club eights at the American Henley
in Philadelphia. The same afternoon the
preps take part In the race for the inter-
scholastic championship, in which all of
the best school crews Of the country are
entered.
But it is the freshman boat that Is at
tracing so much attention. both from the
students and alumni of Georgetown and
the other universities now represented on
the water. Not many years have elapsed
since the local oarsmen were among the
foremost at Poughkeepsie, and 1t IS In
the hope of again becoming contenders In
that rowing classic that the crew IS Delng
pushed SO hard at Georgetown this year.
The plan adopted of starting with a
freshman eight and then branching out
into varsity circles ,afterward. when there
would be plenty of veteran material TO
pick from, has been praised by NUMBER
of experts as the only practicable way OF
building up a boat for a fOur-mlle row.
This years freshmen will therefore make
up for the most part next years varsity,
which will again be seen on the HUDSON.
Next Saturdays race will determine to
a great extent how much chance there Is
to get out winning bunch next. spring,
and hence 1t is that the race is attracting
the eyes of rowing critics everywhere
The crew has better average In Welsnt,
age and height than any of the last three
varsity crews.
Stroked by Cunniff.
The boat will be stroked by Capt. Cum
nff, who last May stroked the preps to
victory in the greatest interscholastic
race in the country. Behind him. at No
Z, rows Daley, who held a seat for three
years in the prep SHE'LL captaining 1t last
spring. No. and No. are new men at
the aquatic game, although both have
been connected with other branches of
sport at the hilltop school, Stohlman,
who holds down the fermer seat, is a
Washington lad. He has been a foot ball
star on the heights for four years, and is
repeating the work which characterized
him on the gridiron, this time with the
sweeps. Crosby, who is pulling at No. ..
is a big, lanky lad from the west AL
though of great size he has readily
grasped the manner of sweep rowing, and
is now considered one OF the strongest
men in the shell.
The bow four is a little lighter than the
stern bunch, but they are by no means
No. oar. Is brother of Bill and Ed,
both of whom were members of eights In
past years. The next two seats are held,
| respectively. by Jack and Howard Eager,
two brothers who had considerable eX
perience in the rowing sport while living
in Naples, Italy. The bow seat Is being
taken care of by Mccormack of Erie. Pa.
While attending his local high school he
training on which gave him much endur-
ance. which Is of great benefit In the
aquatic game The rudder strings are
being held by DeCourcy, whose perform
ances In class races have done much to
make him capable coxSwain.
DIR. Murray A. Russell, the coach. was
captain of the Blue and Gray eight which
came in second at Poughkeepsie. He has
| been closely connected with aquatics at
Georgetown for over ten years, having
| coached the last varsity seen on the Hud-
son. He says that the freshies are far
better than the last two varsities, and he
| Is confident that 1t will take a pretty
| speedy crew to trim them His opinion
Of which were held during the past
week.
Hard Race for Props.
Tho preps also have a hard race be-
fore them. They are to defend the
Franklin cup. which was won so handily
by last years embryos. and as the best
| schoolboy crews Of New York. Boston,
Ithaca, Baltimore and Philadelphia are
against them. they will have to go some
to WIN. So far they have been greatly
handicapped by stringent faculty rela-
| tions, and on four different occasions
they have had to choose a new captain.
The present leader, Brady. is the only
veteran In the boat He rowed No. 3 last
year.. but his work has been of such a
high caliber this season that Coach Rus
sell is now. using him as pace setter. The
only other men of any experience In the
lineup are the coxswain and No. 4. The
former, Duke by name, steered the
Worcester Boat Club eight last summer;
while the latter. Fraunheim, was first
sub on the 1908 preps.
The men are all much smaller than any
of the crews of the last four years. and
some go as far as to say that 1t is the
lightest bunch that has ever sat in
prep shell. Notwithstanding this. they
| make the boat move over the water. and
more than once have pushed the freshies
to the limit to beat them.
| The crews will leave this city Friday
at 1 o'clock. The boats will be sent up
| the evening before, and will be all rigged
SO that the lads can take spin over the
one-mile- and -a-third course as soon as
| they reach Philadelphia. While in the
Quaker city they will be auartered at the
Colonnade. The return to this city will
be made Saturday night, the men arriv-
| ing here by midnight.
| AS the Potomacs have decided not to
take the trip. the Georgetownians will
be the only Washington representatives
in the race, Tech High not having
crew this season.
The line ups and averages OF the
Georgetown freshmen and preps follow:
Freshmen.
Name. Position. Age. Height W.T..