Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-07
PATENT EXAMINERS LEAGUE
ALUMNI WANT CREW
Georgetown Old Boys CIamor.
ing for Its Retention.

According to a well known Blue and
Gray oarsman who has just retu ned from
-Albany, where he has been spending TIE
mid-year holidays. the alumni Of the uni
versity there are very much aroused over
the action of the Hilltoppers in abolishing
the crew from the list of active sports
for the present year In fact. SO much
has been said about the subject there
that a delegation may go to the annual
alumni banquet in New York the latter
part Of the present month and ask for
support from the city association toward
having rowing again placed on the CAL
endar
All the more strong is the movement
among the Albany and Troy graduates
! because three of the eX-crew captains are
prominent members of the alumni of
those two cities. John Stuart was leader
of the eight in 1906 and was also man
ager the year after. Bill Rice was
captain in 1907 and Ed Fitzgerald was
at the head of the varsity boat in 1905
While at Georgetown these three We're
among the more prominent Of the ath-
letically inclined students and their in
huence always carried with it great
weight.
In addition to these three Tommy
Stuart. eX-captain OF the Blue and Gray
foot ball team and ex-manaper of the
base ball team, is also actively engaged
arousing sentiment toward having the
sport again taken up. He graduated last
June. While i'll college he rOWed for two
years and was one of the leaders in the
movement a year ago which ended in
the reinstating of the sport last winter.
There is no doubt that the Albany and
Troy alumni, supported as they will be
by the host of Georgetown graduates in
Utica. can do whole lot toward rousing
sentiment among the Georgetown Club
of New York city if they carry out their
present plan of endeavoring to secure
the support of that body. The city as
ISOLATION is one of the strongest in the
country and has always taken a lively
interest in the aquatics at their alma
mater
The reason why they should be more
interested in the rowing game than the
alumni of other sections of the country
is their proximity to Poughkeepsie. When
Georgetown was represented i'll the Hud-
son river classic there was always pres
ent at the race a host of admirers from
the metropolis. This annual trip has now
been practically done away with, and its
passing has been much regretted by the
New York grads.
1t is a known fact that when subscrip-
tons We're being taken last year for de-
frayins the expenses Of the contemplated
Poughkeepsie trip the New York alumni
pledged a quarter of the amount neces-
sary within a week after the appeal was
sent out. Besides this a majority of the
last seasons executive council. which
brought the crew back into existence
after its temporary suspension, are now
members of the alumni in that city, and
they also be counted on to use their
influence toward obtaining support from
the older element.
1t is certain that. now the movement
has been started. something will come of
it. although 1t may not materialiZe this
year. The crew should have been prac-
ticing some time past If it is to compete
during the coming spring SO that it would
probably be too great handicap to labor
under to try and put out a representative
eight in the short time left FIXTURE de-
velopments, however, in regard to the
sport will be watched with interest among
all the eX-stIdents, as it may vet meal
the realization of an alumni boat club TO
finance the rowing in the future thus in
surfing its permanency in the event that
! II Is again put on the sport calendar of
the institution.