Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
PREP OARSMEN ACTIVE.
Seventeen Men Trying for George
town EMBRYO Eight.

A decided boom in aquatics. which took
place at the Georgetown Prep School
during the past week. has greatly in
creased the number of candidates for
the eight, and has CORRESPONDENCE raised
the hopes Of the Blue and Gray students
for another championship boat, such as
the one which carried off the national
scholastic honors two seasons ago. AL
though the material this year is not near
as heavy as 1t was in 1908, nevertheless
it is much better than last years, and
with sufficient training a great part of
1t should develop to such an extent that
a speedy eight can be picked.
Coach Dempsey of the varsity has also
taken charge of the embryos, which be-
speaks that if the stuff is in them it will
be brought out. At present he Is push
ing them hard on the machines with a
view to giving them endurance and form.
Although their race will only last in the
neighborhood Of seven minutes, they are
required to work for a stretch of twenty
minutes at a stroke averaging around
thirty to a minute, and so far they have
not only held their own against this task,
but have even displayed that they can
go farther.
The full squad at present numbers
seventeen men. the average height of
which is five feet nine inches and the
average weight 157 pounds. OF those
out but three rowed last year, these be-
ing Capt. Brady. Hawkins and Rod
rigueZ. The first mentioned has rowed
for two years previous to this, and he
bears the distinction of being the only
man still in the prep school who rowed
on the Henley champions of 1905. The
other two both were in last springs boat.
With these three as nucleus, Capt
Brady expects to build his crew around
them from among the following: I4arkin,
laf oil tod <ea tqi n
ball eleven: Jones. the eX-Western High
gridron star; Daley, Lynch, Carter,
Mathews, McCrystal, Partridge, Dilkes
Smith, Revel, Cassidy. Mas and MCGEE.
For coxswain, Garrard Kelly. the veteran
Of two seasons past, looms up most prom
inently although this place will also be
sought by Dohan, Dickey and Duffy. three
diminutives who are spending their first
year at the hilltop school.
Manager Dahill has decided that he will
enter the crew in but one race this spring,
the event chosen being the race for the
Franklin cup at the American Henley in
Philadelphia May II. This course has
been adopted because it was found to be
impra cticable to row on local waters. on
account of the impossibiity to secure a
race with a crew in this vicinity that
is not also entered in the Henley affair.
Both Baltimore City College and the Bal
timore Polytechnic Institute are to take
part in the Philadelphia regatta. while
none of the local high schools sustains
rowing.
The rivalry which exists between the
Props and the Baltimore City College on
account of past contests will make the
race between these two Fights at Phila-
delphia separately interesting. Coach Vail,
who had charge of the local eight two
years ago. has charge Of the Baltimore
boys this year He also held the same
position in the Oriole city last spring, and
succeeded in getting out boat that
trimmed the Hilltoppers in very excit ns
and close race. Hence since the Props
trimmed the city collegians two years
ago, the battle for honors this year will
practically be the rubber. and because
OF this there is no doubt that it will be
one OF the hottest ever waged between
two crews on the Schuylkill course