The Washington times., 1911-12-11
HILLTOP OFFICIALS
DECIDE AGAINST
AQUATIC SPORTS.
Georgetown Will Not Be
Represented on Water
Next Year.
TOLOSE OARSMEN
IN GRADUATION
Outlook Is Good for Crew One
Year From Next
Spring.

1t was learned today that Georgetown
will not be represented on the water
this year.
Although the recent football season
was highly successful and It had been
planned to have a crew II the eleven
prospered, those in charge of Blue and
Gray athletics consider It for the best
interests Of the school to leave aquatics
from the Hilltop list of sports, for the
present at least. Rowing Is one of the
most expensive branches of athletics
that colleges indulge in, as no revenue
is derived whatever from the races. The
outlay that Is necessary in order to
properly At crew for an tnter-ool-
segiate contest, Is enormous. Most
boat races are held on river courses
and this fact precludes all chance Of
charging admission. ..
When one considers the cost Of shells,
the large salary which a rowing coach
rightfully commands, the travelling ex-
penses of the crew, freightage en- shells,
hotel bills for squad during tuning-up
time and the repairs, 1t is seen how the
expense account can easily grow to i'm
mense proportions. The cost of sending
crew to Poughkeepsie with two weeks
or preliminary work on the Hudson,
costs over one thousand dollars. AS the
athletic authorities Of the west end in
stitution are contemplating great i'm
provements on the Hilltop athletic field.
they deem 1t advisable to expend the sc
moneys which an eight would require,
on the work Of enlarging and grading
the arena. hence their action in refus-
ing to countenance a navy.
Many Oarsmen Graduate.
Many expert oarsmen will be gradu-
ated from the Heights in June, so 1t
will be a difficult matter to re-estab-
lish the Blue. and Gray fiotilla next
year. especially after two years with
out one. "Drap" Daley, the former
football captain, Is also clever in the
use of an oar having been in the boat
which lost to the Navy in 1910. While
in Prep school, DAP" captained the
crew Of the Georgetown youngsters. and
under his leadership the embryo COL
legians won the interscholastic race at
the American Henley, held In Phila-
delphia every spring. defeating a big
field including the eight OF Philadelphia
Central High.
In the boat with Daley, was Cunniff,
who also graduates in 1912. Mike was
elected captain of last years crew,
but. on account of the action Of the
executive board in forbidding the sport.
failed to issue call for candidates.
Stohlman. Mccormack and Crosby OF
this years graduating class, were men,
bers of the aggregation in 1910 cnd. &C
cording to the Blue and Gray coach.
possessed lots OF ability in handling an
oar. OF the men of experience that will
remain, Carr and Langan are probably
the most prominent. Carr stroked the
varsity eight in 1910. while Langan was
in the same boat. Graham, Needham,
Brady and Sullivan have all been in col
lege races. and with Carr and Langan
should form a good nucleus for another
crew.
May Have Crew In 1913.
II the gridiron campaign Of next fall
n as successful. as the one Of this
year, an effort will be made to have
Georgetown once more classed among
the great exponents of rowing. and to
have her compete with the crack COL
lege eights at Poughkeepsie.
Patrick Dempsey, the veteran oars
man who has coached the Georgetown
sailors for many years, expresses him
self as feeling confident that in 1913
aquatics will again be taken up.
Assistant Manager Madigan, who will
have charge of affairs next year, also
feels certain, that this is the last season
that the West End institution will be
without a navy. The Houlton lad seems
to think that Georgetown should be
prominent on the water as we'll as on
the gridiron and diamond. and with the
ever-increasing number of students the
Hilltoppers should be able to support
another branch of athletics.