Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-23
ATHLETIC NOTES.

The rule in intercollegiate basket
ball this year forbidding a man to
dribble only in one direction adds much
to the game in that it allows the guard
to play the ball instead of the man.
thus eliminating a great deal of the
roughness characterizing the play
heretofore. In previous years a player
could start a dribble, stop and then
start the dribble in a new direction,
now he must either pass the ball to
one Of his teammates upon stopping or
else make a toss for the basket
The Maryland Aggies are said to
have cracking good pitcher this
is better than the general run of col
lege pitchers already, and so far he
has had nothing but high school ex-
perience.
The track meet (Which is to be held
by Armstrong Tech for the colored
schools in this vicinity ought to be a
big success and receive the support of
all interested in that branch Of ath-
letics. While not much notice is gen.
orally taken Of the teams put out by
the colored institutions, the class OF
the athletes who represent them is
by no means poor The foot ba N team
turned out at Howard University this
fall was a good one, and won the cham
pionship Of the country. 1t numbered
among the members of its eleven at
least one star of the first water. Gray.
one OF the halfbacks. He played three
years on the Amherst eleven and Am
herst is probably as good or better
than any university team in the South
Atlantic division.
This looks to be Georgetown's year to
trim Virginia i'm their annual relay race.
The former has some excellent new mate
rial to pick from and all OF last years
men back. while the latter lost three or
the crack four that represented the school
for two seasons. Georgetown has Multi
gan, Vlymen. Martin. Fury. Walsh.
Krafts, Bremen. Sprowels and Costello
from which to pick a team, and the dead
ones i'm the bunch can be counted with
zero marks. Virginia lost Wiltshire.
Goodwin ariG Staunton. and it is a safe
bet that men to till their places as they
were filled by the trio who graduated
will not be found. The second four did
not show much when it ran against
Swarthmore in the George Washington
meet last January. and Todd was pro-
NOTED to the first team afterward. and
as first-year men are not allowed 10 COM
pete on the first teams. it is hard to sec
where the material for good team this
season is coming from.
A scholastic outdoor meet held by
Georgetown i'm the spring would be almost
ing that not a single prep school team
except those in the District should COM
pete, such a meet even then would be q
success. as 1t is probable that over zoo
boys would be I'm competition. But such
a condition OF affairs would hardly exist.
as II is more than likely that every prep
institution in this section of the country
would be represented. The event could
be made even larger by including the col.
leges.
The southern intercollegiate cham.
pionships could undoubtedly be held on
the Hilltop field If the authorities at
that institution would push the matter.
The Maryland Agricultural College has
been trying to get matters Strengthened
out SO that such a meet can be held on
Its field some time this coming May,
but Washington would be the better
place and also offer more attractions
to visiting teams.
The meet to be pulled off by George
February promises to b
the most successful affair of it's kind
ever held by the downtown school. Al
ready several of the big universities
have signiied their intention to enter
relay teams and men In the different
open events.