The Washington times., 1907-12-29

gressive one. every branch taking
strides in a6 gance with the possible
exception Of baseball. To show this ad-
vance, three concrete examples alone
are necessary. The first. and. perhaDs
the most Important step taken during
the year was the organization, forma-
tion, and subsequent recognition by the
athletic council Of a representative
basketball team. Of which more viii be
said later. The other two steps are Of
a more recent date. both having oc-
CURED within the last month The first
OF these was the creation OF the office
OF graduate manager Of athletics; the
second, the reorganization in its en-
trety OF the Athletic Association OF
the University. To the new office Dr.
T. G. Wilson, manager Of the football
team Of 1906, and graduate manager Of
the 1907 eleven. was appointed for a
period OF one year. The position en-
bracef in its scope the supervisory con-
troll OF all major branches Of athletics,
and fills long felt need
Valuable Reorganization
The reorganization OF the Athletic
Association marks an important epoch
Under the old regime every enrolled
student was a member Of the Associa-
ton and entitled 70 vote for managers
OF the various teams. Under the new
rules. those only are members OF the as
sociation who hold membership tickets
which entitle them 20 admission 70 all
games in which the university teams
compete. and 70 the privilege OF voting
for managers
The football season closed too recent
" to need fresh recounting. Rather a
mediocre record was put in the back
ground by the best showing ever made
by a Buh and Blue team against
/ Georgetown
Basketball Flourished.
The basketball movement was inau-
gurated by Donald Wilhelm. a fresh
man IN the college department, with the
assistance OF one or two other enthu-
dasts. notably Woods, medicine. 'O9,
who was afterward acting manager Of
the team Il was brought 20 a head,
| the sanction and recognition Of the atL-
/ letic council secured. and a team which
/ laid well-founded claim to the cham
piOnship OF the South turned out. Vic
tories over Georgetown, Virginia, Mary
! land, and other teams of this section,
were achieved. establishing a truly no
| table record for the flrst year Of the
/ SPORTS existence in the school The
team, after once getting under way.
played consistently good basketball,
/ croWning the season BY decisively de-
featlng Georgetown for the college
! championship OF the District Of Column
| bia- The team took one trip through
| Virginia. on which every game was
won
Some Track Stars
In track athletics the Hatchetites'
record. while not particularly brilliant.
was consistently good. especially in the
/ open events The relay races were
. somewhat disastrous in their results.
! only ons Of FIVE being a victory. Ford
/ ham. Columbia, Virginia, and Western
( Maryland showed their superiority over
/ the local school while St. John was
| easily beaten SterTstt retained his title
/ OF champion Of the South in the pole
vault, while Captain LorandO showed uO
/ brilliantly throughout the season by his
great work. he capped the climax at
F, Charlottesville IN the University Of
| Virginia's annual outdoor meet, where
/ he took the quarter, half. and mile runs.
! against the best collegiate runners OF
I this section with comparative ease.
/ He also ran q great race IN the relay
4 against tne University OF Virginia az
| the Federal games IN this city. where he
! overlook his man, after covering e han
/ dicap OF nearly twenty-five yards. GIL.
/ Cunning. and Clagetr were the other
| deroth and Fleming showed up well IN
/ the open events during the season Act
! ing Manager BrOOkes had charge Of the
| team.
Baseball Team Erratic.
AAt UsASEDaAA team AOAA-'N - AAAC NLoNNAAA
set by mines OF previous years, and was
extremely erratic. With the hardest
schedl-.e ever undertaken by q uni
versity team before IL, and with prom
ising material. a stringent eligibility
ruling. as regards the unrnbeT OF hours
OF class room work adopted by the
/ Athletic Council, put under the ban
about one half Of the candidates The
IconseQasn was a disastrous beginning
defeats being sustained by Yale, Cor
nell, Pennsylvania, Virginia and other
colleges
The nine redeemed itself considerably,
however, by a good Southern trip, com
parstively speaking. for though most
Of the games were lost, great improve
Tnent was manifest in it's playing. and
North Carolina was defeated IN the
first game after the teams return The
season ended with the closest games
ever played with Georgetown. the first
a ten-inning affair. and the latter close
throughout The management Of the
| tear, We 9 IN the hands Of Il Q Willis