Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15
GOSSIP OF LOCAL
AMATEUR ATHLETES

meet tonight in basket ball game that
may determine the championship of the
District. If Georgetown wins there will
be no necessity for playing the third
game, but If the Y. NJ. G. A. comes out
of the contest with the long end Of the
score a third meeting between the two
qunts will be arranged to take place on
a neutral floor.
Whether the Hilltoppers stand as much
show to win the game tonight as they did
week ago is problematic. While it is
true the intercollegiate rules will be the
governing code, it is doubtful if that will
make much difference in the relative
abilities Of the teams, as about the only
points in which the two codes mater rally
differ is in allowing the ball to be played
outside and in allowing d shot after a
dribbe. Something that will be strongly
in the favor of the association five rs the
TACT that it is Playing on home territory.
No team can show to as good an adj
vantage on q strange floor.
Neither Washington and Lee nor North
Carolina has foot ball game scheduled
that each of the schools that have been
used to trimming the Hilltoppers during
the last few years are chary about meet
ing them this season after they received
SOOu WaIiOpl1SS last 1lII.
1t seems that from what one of the
southern coaches said the other teams
in this section are beginning to have a
wholesome fear of one Fred Nelson.
This coach, while discussing foot bail not
long ago, said that it was no use trying,
because it was impossible to beat that
fellow Nelson. And it does seem that
that has been the case, for whenever a
team coached by the Nebraskan has gone
up against any eleven from the south, it
n n t,ofo al ~, vito
tory for him.
Heskell. who has cen doing some good
work at guard on the Georgetown basket
show to be elected captain of that five
for next year.
The entry blanks for the South Atlantic
indoor swimming championships are out.
The meet will be held in the pool of the
Baltimore Athletic Club on the evening
of April Z and s. The events will all be
from scratch and will be as follows:
Senior JO-yard swim, 1OO-yard swim,
22O-yard swim. 0-yard swim. breast
for distance. fancy diving, 16O-yard relay
race, four men to compete. each man
swimming 40 yards; the Junior events are
the 4O-yard swim for boys under six
teen and under ninety-five pounds. and
the 5O-yard swim for boys under sixteen
and 115 pounds.
Attention is called to the fact that the
rule in regard to the breast stroke has
been changed and it now provides that
man must keep his head above the
water during the entire race. except on
the turn.
Entries close April with Latrobe Cogs-
WE'LL Baltimore Athletic Club, Baltimore,
Md.
The wrestlers have been paired for the
finals nf fha South Alta nfic oh y,iO N ShfpS
to be held Saturday night In Carroll In
stitute hall. One of the events will prob
ably go by default. as there was no con-
testant in that class in this city. The
welterweight class is the one referred to,
and unless there is some late entrant, 1t
will have to be forfeited to the Baltimore
man winning the preliminary. It is pos
sible. though, that Mosey of Gallaudet
may try his hand In two events, and If he
should enter the welterWeight the man
who beats him will have to go some
Now that the high school base ball
schedule is out, the managers of the diff
ferent teams will be able to arrange their
outside games during that period with
some certainty as to whether or not they
will be played.
Western opens the series with Technical
a rather unlucky draw for the Red and
White. it would seem. in view Of the fact
that an entire new team will have to be
developed, while Tech will start the sea-
son with practically the same lineup as
last year. Western opens it's preliminary
season next Wednesday with the George
town Props. almost exactly one month
before it meets the Manual Trainers and
it will be a mighty big task to develop a
nine in that time which will be able to
compete with any degree of success
against a seasoned team such as will rep
resent Tech.
Nearly all the high school base ball
teams are scheduled to play practice
games this week. and, while the weather
is clearing up, the grounds will not be in
any condition to get the best work out