Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
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of February a. AS the team is repre-
sentative of the gymnasium. no distinc-'
ton has been made between the props and
college men. The team. as it now stands
is composed of kerwin Gaughan, Joliet,
Ash, Cogswell. Sitterdng and Pierce.
Gaughan will go in the featherweight
class. his weight being ia pounds. He is
not new man at the game, but has not
done much in the line of graphing for
the past two years The other feather
weight will be Cogswell. He has already
won a medal since coming to Georgetown,
and his work in the two tie bouts which
he has had with Allison of Carroll In
stitute since the holidays, has attracted
conSiderab BILE attention on the hill. n
special match between him and Allison
has been arranged for the Carroll meet.
and unlike the other events, it will go to
a finish.
Another special bout is to be arranged
for Kelly. This midget weighs but 100
pounds. and besides being a wrestler is a
track man and coxswain. He steered last
years prep crew to victory at Ph1ladel-
ph1a In the receut gym games at George
town he displayed unusual quickness in
the line of wrestling and got fall on his
opponent in about fifty seconds.
Joliet. another crew man, will try his
luck in the welterweight department.
"Joli'' weighs 142 pounds and has had
consluerdple work on the mat, Qis Hlosl
notable exhibition having been in the 1907
gym games. when he won a medal on
points by outdoing Denny Dowd, who was
then considered the wiriest man In the
college.
Ed Ash, 125 pounds and Billie Sitter
ding. 40 pounds are to go into the light
weight bouts. The first mentioned was
captain Of the sophomore basket ball
quint, while the latter, besides having
been an all-around athlete in the prep
school, was one OF the auarterbacks on
last falls foot ball eleven. They are
both there with grit and, muscle. and If
any one throws them it will not be on ac-
count of lack of gameness. Pierce. 127
pounds. will also be booked with these
two. This lad halls. from Maine and has
worked hard ever since coming to school
in the different branches of athletics. His
being chosen a member Of the wrestling
team is fitting reward for his diligence
But the one who is expected to attract
the most attention is Kerwin. He weighs
1870 pounds and has superb build for
grappler. Since entering the Georgetown
prep school he has made a great name
for himself in all departments, having
been a member Of the foot ball team and
at present being one of the regulars on
both the track and basket ball teams.
Coach Joyce places great hopes on his
capturing a medal and in order to get
the lad into tiptop condition the Blue and
Gray management has secured the serv-
ices OF BoxWell, popular local pro, 10
train him. These two will go on to-
gether couple Of times a week from
now until the night of the Carroll tour
nament. by which time Kerwin should
be in fiIst-class shape. On account of
his weight and record a special match
will also be arranged for him.
The choosing of q wrestling team marks
the elimination of two years OF hard
work in this line on the part of Prof.
Joyce. He has always cherished the am
bition to have Georgetown represented
by full squad of mat artists, and now
that such bunch has been gotten to-
gether it is not too much to expect to see
the Blue and Gray arrange matches with
some of the larger colleges for next
year.