Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
COACHES ALMOST
DECIDED UPON
Leary or DAILY Will Head Foot
Ball at Georgetown Next
Fall.
CHANCES IN FAVOR
FORMER BEING CHOSEN
Gargan and Madden viii Be
Two Assistants-0ther
Athletic Gossip.
BY n. C.. BYRD.

10 WndL coaching policy VIII no in vogue
in foot ball next fall at Georgetown.
Graduate Manager Walsh left Friday
night for Boston. where he will confer
with two men. one of whom will likely
be secured. The two assistants have al
ready been chosen.
Walsh left late last night for Boston
where he will confer with Charlie Daily
and Leo Leary with the view of securing
one Of them to take charge of the Blue
and Gray eleven next season. 1t is fair
~ certain that DAILY will not be obtained
although 1t is possible that he will be the
one secured The chances are. though
that Leary will be the man to head foot
- ball at the Blue and Gray institution. He
will be the head coach if he can possibly
be got, and there is some assurance that
he Is willing to come down. 1t would
not be surprising to hear definitely with
IN few days that an agreement has
been reached with him.
II has been settled for some time that
Frank Gargan would be one of the as
slstant coaches. His excellent work i'm
the last two seasons entities him to the
place. and that has been recognized. The
other man who will act in the capacity
OF assistant is Madden. former AndOver
player. Madden was captain of the And
over team at one time. and is now taking
course In the Georgetown Law School.
This practically clears up the situation
at Georgetown, and definitely determines
what will be done next year in regard to
the development of the foot ball team.
meeting of the Washington Athletic
Association will be held next Tuesday
night at 1875 18th street northwest to de-
termine the team that will be entered in
sHA y0l1~
next Saturday night Besides the relay
four about twenty men will be sent over.
There has been great deal of comment
lately relative to the action of the ANA
teur Athletic Union in the Thorpe case.
There have been thousand and
views entertained. and there have been
comments in favor OF and against the
amateur body The majority of views
taken, though, have been against the
=. governing council. and there have been
many pertinent comments on the ineffi-
cheney of the A. A. U. in general TO cope
with the conditions known to exist in its
own ranks
II is hard to understand how any fault
can be found with what was done by the
Amateur Athletic Union officials. What
ever may be said regarding the unjust
ness of the code they represent they have
only to obey its dictates. There was a
violation of the rules they are expected
10 upnOiO, IL was a clear case, and there
was nothing to do but uphold the ruling
that covered 1t. Had the men in charge
done otherwise-well. it was a case of
having to do just exactly what was done
II is probable that there was great deal
of chagrin among the men who were COM
PEELED to disqualify Thorpe especially
after they had vOuched for him as
representative Of this country in the
OiympicS, but there was nothing left for
them to do but call him to account. AS
for the injustice of the demand that the
medals be returned. il was made upon
the same basis as that of the disqualifi-
cation-the code that governs the sport.
There have. undoubtedly. been instances
wherein some officials of the Amateur
Athletic Union have not done strictly as
they should. but this was not one of
them. 1t would have been the worst kind
or precedent TO set had il allowed, under
= present conditions, the Thorpe case to go
by unnoticed.
1t is more the system that governs
amateur athletics which was at fault
than 1t was the men in charge. There
Is little doubt that there must be
change in the code before long if there
. Is 10 be an adjustment between the
many lines of sport now existing. Con-
sistency is almost entirely lacking, and
until the rules of the Amateur Athletic
- Union are modified to meet conditions
there will be continual clashes between
- the existing factions.
Dartmouth will feel the loss of the
- :. much. according to report. The Dart
mouth Athletic Association has been
- hnanced to a considerable extent every
. year by the money received from the
- Harvard contest Upwards of 10000
persons have attended the game be-
tween these two institutions each sea-
son. and the meeting each season has
been looked forward to by thousands
of the alumni of both schools. AS far
a. the size Of the crowds is concerned
and the attention the contests have
drawn. 1t is said that they have been
just as important as that between Har-
ward and Princeton.
Dartmouth is making a strong effort
to add games to its schedule to coun-
.teract the loss financially incurred
with the loss of the Harvard contest
1t Is practically certain that the Car
Isle Indians will be met at the Polo
Grounds In New York. and that Penn
sylvania will be played in Philadelphia
With these two games in place of the
one with the Crimson 1t is more than
possible that the financial part of the
season will be upheld, although it will
mean that the Green must play two
grueling games instead of the one.
The following is a schedule of the
basket ball games to be played in the
Rosedaie Fairgrounds. Y. NJ. c. A.
Rebels at Rosedale Fairgrounds.
Tuesday-Epiphany at Aloysius.
MISUNDERSTANDING at Peck Memo
rial
Thursday-Y. NJ. C. A Bull Moosers
at Epiphany.
Saturday-District Guards at Y NJ c.
y. Regulars. Epiphany at Georgetown,
Collegians.
Just what trouble will arise out of
the holding of the unsanctioned run
given under the auspices of the Memo
rial Athletic Club yesterday remains TO
be seen. At the last moment the en-
tries from the National Guard were
withdrawn. and there were practically
no competitors except men from the
Mem orial club. 1t might as we'll have
been a closed meet. 1t will be inter
esting to note the point as il is certa n
to be brought up. and il might also oe
brought to notice that the only men
10 suffer will be those belonging to the
Memorial club il anything is really
done
In the basket ball games yesterday i'm
which the local Friends Schoo met the
Friends School from Baltimore the
local institutions won two out of the
three contests. The first team beat the
WISHING Friends five by the score of
20 to Is. The second quint from BaIti-
more won its game from the second
Warrington bunch. but the deciding
contest was taken by the local boys by
score of Il to 8 The last, and de-
Gliding contest. played between
Of he t;an