Evening star., 1939-05-07
6. U.,G. ". and {. U.
Students Joining
Potomac Fleet
Co-eds Among Recruits;
Picked Team Of Hoyos
To Tackle Middies
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

ny MALCOLM AAMDOnNE, JT.
A sport not yet out of the
swaddling stage, local intercollegiate
yachting, is showing all the signs
Of precocious youngster. Only two
years old, it is gaining rapidly in
undergraduate interest. In one uni
versity sailing is recognized as a
minor sport and members of the
team who compete in the required
number of regattas receive school
awards.
1t is wooing the co-eds away from
tennis, riding and basket ball. An
other university club here, with sew
eral very active members of the fair
sex. has enlisted four additional en-
thusiaStS.
Inspired by the organization of
the Georgetown University Sailing
Club. the George Washington Uni
>versity Sailing Club was formed last
year by group of Washington day
and night students. Not yet or
ganized. sailing devotees of Catholic
University are about to take to the
water under Cardinal colors This
school last fall had its first brush
on the Potomac with G. U. as its
opponent.
inexpensive Boats Used.
A most important factor in the
growth of sail racing among col
legians. is the universal use of in
expensive dinghies. A few contri-
buttons from boat-minded alumni
and a school is on the way to ac-
quiring the nucleus of a fleet.
Capital undergrads have been
sailing in the Cape Cod 11Ea-foot
dinghy, although boats elsewhere
range from the popular 10-foot Dyer
dink to the 14-foot international
dinghy now used by the Naval Acad-
emy Boat Club.
1t is a busy schedule the local
clubs have mapped out, if the pro-
gram for Hoya shippers next week
is any criterion.
On Saturday a picked team of
Martin Quigley, Wilson Sweeney.
Fred Fuller, Jack Haire, Tom Ross
and Tom Fisher will compete
against the middies on the Severn
River in the latter's boats That
night they entrain for Cambridge,
Mass, in time to enter the Boston
Dinghy Challenge Cup at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
. An invitation has been extended
for meet with Princeton Uni
versity on the Potomac May 20 and
81. Then on the following week
end, in conjunction with the sesqui-
centennial of Georgetown. an all
local regatta between Hilltoppers,
Colonials and Cardinals is on tap.
Georgetown is hopeful of getting
Naval Academy sailors over here in
the fall.
Start With Drudgery.
1t was George Washingtons turn
on the Severn yesterday, when the
Colonials opened their season
against the st. Johns College Boat
Club. A return match here with
St. Johns and races against G. U.
also are on their card.
Prospective members of G. w. U.
s. c. go through two-month trial
period when, like a fraternity
pledge. they must do the dirty work,
such as sanding and scraping their
boats. The group recently pur-
chased a two-boat trailer for use
In transporting their dinghies.
Arden Andersen is commodore of
the Colonial sailors, Lee Harrison
vice commodore and chairman of
the Race Committee, Vincent Oliver
treasurer and Helen Shepherd sec
retary.
Hoya shippers are headed by Mar
tin Quigley, who is responsible for
introducing sailing at the school, as
we'll as bringing about its recogni-
ton from the athletic department.
. Sweeney is vice commodore, Ross
rear commodore and Fuller secre-
tary-treasurer. The Race Commit
tee is composed of Fuller, Finlay
Matheson, Pat Kelly and Fisher.
Membership in the club brings
together enthusiasts from such
widely separated sailing centers as
Marblehead, Mass, and San Juan,
Puerto Rico.