Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
TWENTY-FIVE HUSKY
ROWERS START WORK
First Days Practice for the
Georgetown Freshman
Crew..

At 1 o'clock today the Georgetown
freshmen started training for the crew
which Is to be entered against the fresh
man Fights in the Philadelphia Ameri
Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Ameri
can Henley, May %. This event, though
ordinarily of not much Importance, is in
this case one of great significance, since
1t marks a renewal Of long fight at the
Blue and Gray school to get together
varsity eight capable Of winning honors.
The crews Of the past three years, though
composed Of men with grit and ability,
have not been able to win against the
larger universities they have met. The
reason Is because each year the var
sity was composed of more new men than
veterans. To obviate this weakness the
plan of developing a freshman eight has
been adopted, the men on which will then
be available for the next four years on
the varsity.
some time ago, Cunniff, who stroked last
years champion Prep boat, was chosen
to captain the new squad, while the man.
agerial work was placed in the hands of
ex-Capt. Daley of the Props. These two
have worked together for the past three
weeks IN preparation for calling the men
out. and to say that efforts have been
fully rewarded would be putting 1t mildly.
Twenty-Five husky candidates reported to
Can't. Cunnif in the rowing room at
utes of good. stiff work on the machines.
This time will be gradually increased
each day until the Fights are sent on the
water. Before then it is expected that
the number OF the squad will be consid-
erably increased.
From now until March the men will
work under the direction Of Capt. Cum
Mfr March / Coach Vail OF the Props
will arrive, and from then until the close
Of the season the freshmen will be under
his direction.
Capt. Ryan of the Props announced that
his men would start machine work Sat
urday. At present the leader OF the en-
bryo collegians is scouting around for
material, and already he has a large
number of candidates registered. He Will
follow the plan of Capt. Cunnin and look
after the men himself while they are on
the machines. When asked concerning
the prospects last night he said that he
thought he would be able to get together
an eight that could again bring back
the interscholastic championship to
Georgetown.
or those who reported for the 1912 boat
eight are veterans. Capt. Cunniff. Daley
Prep crew. while the second mentioned
also rowed with the Colts for two pre-
vious years. Howard Eager was mem
Der Of a crew in Italy, and also held down
No. 6 on his class crew. last fall. Ma
honey was stern man OF one Of the best
tours that ever represented the Boston
English High School. Brasseau. Lynch
and Mccormick got their previous expe-
rience on class Fights. while Coaltree was
one of last summers Potomac juniors.
OF those who have never rowed before
Towney. captain-elect of the foot ball
team; Wills, Weimert. another foot ball
man: Smith. noted as hurdler; Stohl-
man. guarl of last falls pigskin eleven:
Jack Eager. center on same team; Cros-
by and Viyman look good when it comes
to size but the rest of the men are an
wen built. and with development should
be able to make a good fight for positions.
The full list of candidates. with weights,
heichts and ages follows: