Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
BY II. C. BYRD.


Western High School will send re-
lay team to the University of Pennsylva-
MIA relay carnival this year. 1t will be
the first time that a four wearing the
red and white has ever competed in the
championship events.
This is the first time in recent years
that the Western track squad has ever
been blessed with material good enough
from which to pick a fairly good outdoor
team, and it is intended to take adj
vantage of it. Permission was granted
yesterday by Miss Wescott, principal of
the school. to take the trip, provided there
was nothing TO hinder in the way of in
eligibility on the part of the men,
Just what four men will be taken is
a question, as the best runners indoors
are not always the best outdoors, conse-
quently there may be some changes in
the spring in the personnel of the team
as it will appear in the indoor meets.
The local high schools will be better
represented on the track this year than
in many seasons. Heretofore it has been
the case that Technical and Central have
been practica ,ly the only two contestants
in the spring meet, but this year II Is
fairly certain that at least two other
schools will put men in the meet.
Central seems to be cut with an even
better aggregation this year than
has represented the school in the past.
1t has sprInters and middle distance men
a-plenty, and in all seems to have well
rounded squad. Technical will also he
out this season with better aggregation
than it has been able to place on the
track in the past four seasons.
The two schools which this year will
make a bid for part of the honors in
the spring meet are Western and Bust
ness. During recent years neither of the
TWO institutions has attempted to keep
UP track work during the outdoor sea-
son. but this spring ii is intended to place
teams in tine mig scholastic meets to he
neid in this section.
The New York Tribune in commenting
on the changes in the foot ball rules, and
voicing the opinions of the different uni
versity coaches. has given one paragraph
each, to the views of Walter Camp and
Syracuse and Pennsylvania coaches while
to Fred Nielsen, the Georgetown coach,
it has given about a third of a column.
The views of the Nebraska man published
in a local morning paper yesterday have
been given almost full reproduction.
II is reported that the Maryland Aggies
will run against Georgetown in the rich
mond College meet 1t is well that the
Hilltoppers are meeting the Farmers this
season instead of last or the one before.
The Aggies lost two of their best men
this year, while Georgetown will undoubt-
edly have the best quartet that has rep
resented 1t in many day.
The relay four which represented
VI. \. c. last year or the season be-
fore would probably have been able
to win from that which wore the Blue
and Gray, and on track such as
the one at Richmond, this seasons
team may have some chance against
the Hi1ltoppers. The fact that it has
IN s-lts- line-up three green men willg
work against 1t to great extent
when it clashes with a seasoned
NJ A. c. may not have an easy time
getting away with the four from the
University of Maryland Saturday night
The Baltimore school will have at
least one crack. runner in its per-
sonnet Dutch" Ruhl. one of the best
Quarter-milers ever developed at st.
Johns College, will be on the team
that will appear against the Farmers.
and IL the other three men are of the
same caliber it will give any college
four in this section hard run to
win.
In the controversy that Georgetown
has been having with the Catholic
University in regard to the scheduling
of base ball games for the coming
sprinr it would appear, that the Blue
outlined by real sportsmanship. That
Catholic University should insist that
the Hilltoppers play one Of the two
games on its field is only fair. and
there seems to be no logical reason
why they should not do so, at least
none has been offered. 1t hardly
seems the right thing for Georgetown
to say to Catholic University that it
will have to come over to its field for
both games IL it desires to play. espe-
cially in view of the fact that last
year Georgetown went to the Catholic
University diamond and won there.
while 1t lost on it's own field. True
Catholic University does not yet enjoy
the reputation in the athletic world
that does Georgetown, but that is no
reason why the Brooklanders should
be dictated to. and even SO it would
have been better for the Blue and GRAY
not to have played at Catholic Uniyer.
sity last year if it desired to be con
sistent
1t Is useless for Georgetown to offer the
excuse that Catholic Cniversity's field is
not in good condition. and that the Cath
ole nine is SO much more used to it's
roughness than it that an advantage
its diamond, because last spring the Blue
and Gray aggregation won from c. L. on
the field which is supposed to give the
Brooklanders an advantage.
The whole situation seems to be
summed UP In the fact that Georgetown
does not care very much whether or not
it plays Catholic University at ALL An
observation made by one who is on the
inside of athletics at Georgetown to the
effect that as soon as Georgetown recog-
nized Catholic University as rival IL
would be Georgetown's loss, and that was
the main reason why the demand was
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