Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
, By H. c. BYRD.

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute viii
meet Georgetown on the gridiron next
fab. The Blue and Gray closed negotia-
tions for a game with the Blacksburg
school yesterday after q long series OF
correspondence The contest will be
played Thanksgiving day.
In securing Y. p. l. to take the place
of Lehigh as Thanksgiving day at
traction the Blue and Gray management
probably got hold of a school that Will
prove as great drawing card as did
Lehigh in 1910 and 1911. The virginia
Atlantic foot ball for long time and
have come to be regarded as being about
the best the south has to offer. For the
last few years the eleven has had dates
meeting Princeton until last fall. when
il changed and went TO New Raven 70
play Yale.
A game for next Thanksgiving day will
have much to decide in connection with
the championship Of the South Atlantic
section--that is, of course. providing
Georgetown beats the University OF Vir-
ginia- Had v. p. /. played Georgetown
in either OF the past two seasons ano
won IL would have been accorded the
championship of the section without
question, and il 1t wins from the Hill
toppers next fall 1t win at least nave a
right 10 dispute the title, as IT mas done
several times already with its Charlottes-
vile rival.
With the arranging of a game TO take
place next THANKSGIVING day between
Georgetown and the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, the passing Of one Of the big
gest Thanksgiving day games in the sec
ton Is marked. For several years the
Virginia farmers have met the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
College in Norfolk on the closing day or
the season For what reason v. +. !.
and A. and NJ. will not meet on the men-
toned date next fall Is not known. put
il is more than possible 'nas ' take Mace
as usual only that ii viii be played ear
lier In the season.
whether or not v. p. I. will draw well
On the Hilltop next fall remains to be
seen. but the only time that the schooi
has appeared here recently, two years
ago against George Washington. ana on
a Friday at that. one Of the largest
crowds Of the season turned out to see
the teams play.
In the 1OO-yard swimming champion
ship of New South Wales. at Sydney'
January 6 W. Longworth beat II. HARD
WICK by a touch. with c. Hea.ey yard
back. In 0.5S 4-5 seconds an Austranan
record. Longworth also beat Hardwick
in the SSO-yard championship by nfty
ards in II minutes - "a seconds These
performances are interesting IN sizing
up Olympic chances. as Charley Danieis
world record for the LOO Is 90 20 SECONDS.
Much Is being done to reorganize the
Independence League for the coming sea-
SON. II IL intended to make the circuit
even stronger this year than 1t was last.
and TO give the patrons OF the game q
much better article OF ball
Az a meeting held last week many ap-
plications were received and considered
for franchises during the coming sea
son. The league Is to be composed OF six
clubs and OF these six five were selected
The clubs awarded franchises and their
rssnecfiye managers are as follows: Man
haitian. which won the championship last
year. William F. Donnelfy: southland.
s D. Sterne; Aloysius M. E OConnor
Pence. ]. g. Gray. and Lohier Provision
Company, II. n. Hill There Is yet one
team to be selected and for this vacancy
,he eilver Spring and Brookland clubs
nave filed applications. with the chances
in favor Of one Of them receiving the
berth.
The league this year will be composed
Of It least three Championship nan ,, teams ,n M.
Olympia League last year. Aioysius turn
ing the same trick In the District. while
the Manhattan was the one to get high
honor In the Independence League.
The league finished lis season .ast TAI
and on this II raised The price or Its
franchise from SIS to $50
An election of officers VIII take place
the first Monday In March. It is very
probable that there win De no change,
in the list Of officials. which now stand
as follows: o. w, Rockies. president: Ed
ward Meyers, vice president. and Al IT,
Riddle. secretary-treasurer
II the Independence League make,
any changes in it's list Of officials foi
the coming year after the efficient man
uer tn which the men now occupying