Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-21
GEORGETOWN QUINT PLAYS
THREE GAMES IN TWO DAYS
Meet Navy and F. & M. Tomorrow and
Washington and Lee Friday The
Suspension of the Nautilus Club.

the members Of the school team are not
professionals, and why any difference Is
made when swimming team is the one
in question is something to which there
seems little commOn-SenSe argument.
The concrete instance which is at hand
the suspension of the Nautilus Club OF
the local Y. NJ. c. A.. just drawn because
of a dual swimming meet in which it en-
gagged with the Naval Academy-is in.
dicative of the point mentioned. Just
why the members of the Nautilus Club
should draw q suspension for competing
against the Naval Academy swimming
team any more than member of that
club should had he played on foot pail
team against the Sailors is hard to under-
stand.
OF course, the A. A. L. ruling states
that it should be done, but where the
wisdom of the ruling comes in when
an educational institution is concerned
is too deep to be seen. 1t Is easll! I'M
derstood that body under A. A Z.
jurisdiction should not be allowed TO
compete against club organization
not in that body. but why an excep-
ton should not be made i'm the case OF
college or school which makes us
own eligibility rules is something that
is vaguely indefinite.
There seems little question that the
Nautilus Club could exist even though
it were suspended from the a. "A. L.
for all time. AS matters stand 1t IS
now about the only real swimming or
ganizat ton over which the South Al
lantic association has jurisdiction, ana
there are school and college teams
a-plenty against which it could COM
pete If the A. A. u. suspends the
Y. NJ. c. a. swimmers indefinitely, as
there seems no common-sense reason
for doing, it will be at it's own ex-
pense. because the local organization
is practically the backbone of amateur
swimming in this section.
Take the Nautilus Club out OF the a.
A. l. and it could arrange all the dual
meets it desired, while swimming unoef
the A. a. l.. would become more Or less
of a Joke, because in meet held some
time ago, when the local men went
against practically the combined strength
of the remainder Of the section. they
easily defeated their opponents. No mat
ter from what angle the matter is viewed
it cannot be seen where any good can
accrue from suspension on such
grounds.
The entries in the South Atlantic
championship cross-country runs were SO
tedlay not to hold the events. but since
that time communication was held with
Baltimore and 1t was the consensus OF
opinion that the events should be run
under any condition
A meeting Of the amateur base ball
commission of the District OF Columbia
has been called by it's president Robert
Young) for next Monday evening. Febru-
airy 20, at Spaldings store. 14th street.
at 8 pm. at which time the report OF
the committee on the revision OF the
constitution will be taken up for acton,
annlications for admission to the commits
sion by leagues not affiliated with it will
be received and the general work OF or
ganizing for the coming season will be
gone over The meeting will be open to
the public. and all persons interested in
any of the different leagues or teams
are invited to attend. r