Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-16
ATHLETIC NOTES.

In discussing the probable changes in
| the foot ball rules for next year. Fred
Nielsen, the Georgetown coach, gave as
| his opinion that very few. if any, are
necessary. He said that he thought the
| forward pass should be left as it is, as 1t
| keeps the defense playing back just
enough to make the game what 1t should
be on the offensive. One idea which he
| expressed is that the distance to go in
| three downs should be made eight yards
instead of ten. 1t Is rather difficult now
for a team to make the required distance,
| and he figures that If it is reduced to
eight yards there would be much more
scoring, thus keeping one side in pos
session of the ball a greater length Of
| time. He holds that the game would be
more interesting from a spectators stand
point also.
In the civic games that are to be held
| in the 4th Regiment Armory next Satur-
day afternoon there are over go entries,
and so far not one has been sent in from
| this city. Nearly all the contestants will
be from Baltimore and vicinity. Two or
! three have been received from the An
napolis High School and two from the
University of Virginia, and that about
totals the number Of outsiders entered:
Turner Wiltshire, regular member OF
the Virginia relay team last year, has
entered to run in the 40. The Cross
Country Club OF Baltimore ought to carry
off the honors, as it has about eight
The meet which is to be held Al the
Business High School Saturday morning
will give q good line on the material at
| the disposal of the coach for use In the
real meets that are to take place this
winter. Business is banking on turning
out relay team this year that will trim
| Central.
The other day a student of Princeton
had his neck broken in wrestling match
and there was not paper that gave the
| incident more than passing notice. Had
such an accident occurred In foot ball
| game the chances are that the front
page of every sheet in the east would
have been covered with it. There are
fewer students engaged in the wrestling
every once in a while there is leg or
arm broken or. as in this case, more
serious accident. Last year University
Of Pennsylvania man had his leg broken
| IN wrestling match: and in comment
ing on the nature of it, Mike Murphy
| said that it was the most dangerous col
| lege sport in existence today.
The Maryland Aggies have tackled a
mighty difficult schedule in basket ball
for the winter. The team will be made
| up largely Of green material and yet such
teams as Georgetown. Washington and
Lee, Virginia Military Institute, New York
University and Delaware College are to
be played.
The old Belvedere basket ball team of
Baltimore, which disbanded a few days
ago, was composed of old college stars
| sake They held together for six years
and during that time the team was Just
about the whole show as far as basket
bali was concerned in this section.
The Y. NJ. c. A. team will Journey to
Baltimore Saturday night to play the
Central Y. NJ. c. 4. team Of that city.
The games between the two rival asso-
Citations have always been closely played
and as the Baltimore aggregation is re-
ported as having representative team
| IL is more than likely to be an interest
| ing exhibition. The same lineup that
| has been used in the league games will
| start the contest Saturday
| The Maryland Agricultural College has
| some excellent material from which to
build track team this year While
Adams and MunsOn, the two fastest men
on the squad last season. graduated there
are several new men who are counted
upon to fill their places. These. with
| the ones remaining from the team that
was put out last year. should cause the
| farmers to make a creditable showing.
| Through a mistake it was given out yes
| terday that Adams. who was the MAIN
stay OF the relay team for two seasons
| would coach the team this year. Adams
would undoubtedly be glad to teach the
men what he knows about the game but
| as he is receiving pay as an assistant
chemist at the college he is afraid that
the A. A. u. would adjudge it pro-
fessionalism and bar him from competi-
| ton in the meets this season.
Johns Hopkins has the jump on the
l 9TH 10 fron fnn in
| The squad has been training for over a
week now and has begun to show prom
| Use enough to lead the coaches to make
the statement that they will turn out the
fastest team in years Several Of me
men who have made records ct the uni
Versity have returned. and every indica-
tion is that they will be even better this
year thar last Fulton, who is one Of
| the best $50 men in the south and is the
mainstay of the relay team. is back in
| toys. HorraX. who made a record as a
hui der for himself last season, is again
working with the timbers. Stollenwork
and Bridgeman. both members Of the re-
lay team for two years. are out. Several
new men have showed I'D exceptionally
well and will in all Probability beat out
some Of last years men In some of the
! events. The Black ind Blue bunch is
so promising that tie students are al
ready banking on turning out team to
win the southern championships next
spring. when they are held at the Uni
| versity of Virginia.
Cathedral School put an awful crimp in
| the aspirations of Business High for the
| scholastic basket ball championship Of
the District yesterday when it defeated
| the quint representing that school 26 to ).
| 1t seems that the absence of two of the
best men on the Business team was more
| or less responsible for the defeat Todd
| and Crane did the most of the scoring
for Cathedral. each getting three goals
from the field, while Todd Gagged six free
losses. Schram scored all Of the ave
points secured by the High School team.