Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
By II. c. BYRD.

The local colleges will reopen their
basket ball schedules tomorrow. George.
| town will meet the University Of Mary
land. while the Catholic University will
go to Annapolis to try its fortunes
against the Naval Academy. Gallaudet
will not resume its schedule until next
week.
Tomorrow's game win be the first for
Georgetown in a month, the Blue and
Gray quint having played but one con-
test and that took place the first week
in December. The Baltimore Medical
College was defeated by good margin
in the first game on the schedule. The
| contest tomorrow with the University Of
Maryland team should be much closer
| and harder one than was the one with
the medical school, because while the
/, Maryianders were defeated by the Cath
olice University five, 1t was the general
opinion of competent judges who saw the
game that the Maryland team really out
played the Brooklanders In every depart
ment except shooting the baskets, and
IL that was really the case all that will
have to be done to make it a formidable
contender against Georgetown is for 1t
to show greater accuracy in shooting
goals.
Catholic University will meet the best
team on its schedule when 1t faces the
Midshipmen. The Brookland five stand
very little chance to win from the Sail
ors, and If 1t holds them to close score
it will be all that can be expected. The
Navy has one of the best teams In the
country. and that it will win from the To-
cal crew there is little doubt.
The Scholastic League will start its play
today with game between Western and
Eastern high schools. No game Of the
regular schedule has as yet been played,
although practice games between the
schools comprising the circuit have taken
place.
The clubs will also get their teams out
for the first games since before the holf-
days. Tonight Carroll Institute and the
Rosedale quints will get together in the
games in Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton gymnasium, the first between the
Memorials and the Stalwarts in the class
b series. and the other between the reg
u1ar Young Mems Christian Association
| five and the Ingram Church quint
One reason why the Western High
basket ball team fails to make the show
ing expected of it when on a strange
floor is because of the difference in size
encountered in the playing space. The
is done. is very small. and when the men
get on a big floor they are completely at
sea, the result being that they fail to
gauge properly their shots for the basket.
and the other team, which Is used to
the larger floor. passes the bali all around
them. There Is a great deal of difference
In being used to covering man on a
small floor in practice and then having to
accomplish the same thing in a roomy
gym.
There is one man in the country who is
well versed in foot ball and who thinks
mighty little Of Walter Camps ideas
concerning the gridiron game. Cavanaugh.
man is much behind the times In his opin-
ions regarding foot ball, and predicts
that it will not be long before he Is side
tracked as the dominant factor in the
say, recently in an address before the
Chicago Alumni of Dartmouth In regard
to foot ball:
sIn my opinion, Walter Camp Of Yale,
is twenty. years behind the times.
longer be the dominating factor just
because he is Walter Camp. Now he
suggests the rules, goes into the committee
room with a couple Of members and the
rules are changed as he suggests. But
the spirit of the game has gone beyond
him. His All-American fiction and that
of Casper Whitney will not be considered
SO all important when tho college world
wakes up
..If 1 were asked wherein the game
could be improved l would say increase
the number Of downs to four and the
distance to be gained from ten to twelve
or fifteen yards. That would still give
the offense three chances to break away
on a long run, and the distance would
be enough to eliminate the plugging
game. Or would suggest that the backs
be allowed to run before tho ball Is
passed. allowing forward pass behind
the line. Either of these changes would
give the better team the chance to win,
as it should do"
Real training for the track season will
start at Georgetown Monday. The Blue
and Gray will have it's full quota OF run
ners out for their preparation for the
long grind that is to come between now
and the Hiiltoppers' meet, which Will
mark the end of the indoor season.
There is every likelihood that George
town will be represented by the best
talent that 1t has been able to put on the
track In years. There are some men In
the school who have already won tre1'
right to be recognized as being capable
performers, and who under competent in,
gregation that has worn the colors Of
the local university in a long time. FL
Ter in the hurdles Carrigan and Ma tin
In the sprints and CampazZi, Gibbs, DAVIS
and others In the dis ances all look t. be
fairly sure point winners, especially in
the meets held in this section
best track men this year. Crane in the
dashes and Lockwood in the quarter mile
are the two runners whose absence will
do much to weaken the chances OF the