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

Wonder who win coach at 0eorgstown
next year IL Fred Nielsen does leave.
There are several good men aveilansss
probably. but it will not be an easy mat
ter to get q man who can take up the
work where it has been left on and have
the success that has attended tho Efforts
Of the weste>ner. 1t generally takes
years to build up a coaching system IN
a big school. and it certainly would be
bad for Georgetown to have q system
that has proved an unqualified success
from the start broken up before it, best
results have been secured. 1t rather
seems that is just what will be DONE
though. as the chances at present are
very slim that Nielsen will return.
When Or. Clapp who occupies about
the same position at the University or
Nebraska that Mike Murphy does at
sen to put in an application at that school
for head coach of the foot ball team next
year he was asked by one OF Nieisen's
friends If it were not necessary that q
man be q member of the faculty before
he could coach at Nebraska, DIR. Clapp
said, Eyes. but above all things he must
be good coach"
Walsh, Fury, Krafts and Costello
should give a big boost to Georgetown's
track team this coming season. Each
of them has the earmarks OF good quar-
ter miller They are naturally fast ana
have good physiquee,- and HllFQlsy says
that a man Of that character Is ali faat
he needs to develop champion. Besides
being able to develop into a good runner.
Costello is also fair pole vaulter, doing
over 10 feet, very creditabie perform
ance in this section Of the country.
With Martin almost a sure point winner
in the dashes, Barriscello good for drst
liz
vaulting 10 feet inches, 1t is pretty
certain that Georgetown will be almost
as we'll represented on the track ~ tt
was on the gridiron this fall-that 10.
provided the new material shows UP n
we'll as IL expected. and there IL no rea-
son why 1t should not. Last year. With
scarcely any men from whom to pick. or
rather scarcely any men with natural
ability. Foley developed a team which
made the most creditable showing in
years. and this season. with the same
men back and some excellent new mate
rial, there is every reason to believe that
when Georgetown lines up on tho mark
with Virginia in the final event the
will finish well in front.
It is not known just what Virginia will
have In the way Of q relay team. Two
Of the best men In that university were
lost last year. Stanton, the pivot man
on the relay four and the main reliance
In the middle distance. left. and Goodwin.
the next best man on the relay team.
graduated. Todd, with his year OF sx-
perience, should prove an exceptionally
good man at both the quarter milo and
the sprints. Martin will more than likely
be the big show in the hurdles. unless
Tom Smith of Georgetown shows form
something like he did over in Baltimore
at the 9Th Regiment-Johns Hopkins meet
last spring.
While much is being said in opposition
to changing the foot bail rules 30 that
tho game will be more open than ever. II
10 nevertheless true that the code can be
altered 30 that the game will bs more
safe and at the same time will DO more
open without detracting In the least from
its Interesting features from q spectators
standpoint. The general tendency OF the
experts IL TO go back to the old game.
where close play predominated. No Eray-
or mistake could be made, % the open
style has been proved the safer. OF
course some may say, ana not without
some reason. that the rules have noe
been given a good trial and that another
year will see the sans number Of In
Juries as heretofore. This 10 hardly. the
case. as under the present system 1t 10
Impossible for coaches 60 build the pow
erful plays that were the predomlunt1nO
feature Of the old code. and which were
In the main the cause Of almost eveey.
Suppose, for Instance. in MAILING alter
tons In the code for next year the rules
COMMITTEES takes the restrictions from
the forward pass and allows Il 70 BE-
made from any point behind the line OF
scrimmage. It is hard to see whsrein the
sssitsr. and i certainly would cause
teams to resort moro to open play eop
~ naajority Of their gAinS where noW
they Depend on Tine pfmgtu4.