Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-02
BEST OF POLO
GAMES TONIGHT
WaIbr00k Should Present
Fastest Team of Season
Against Local Men.
VIRGINIA MAY LOSE
GOOCH NEXT YEAR
Quarterback Likely to Get
Rhodes Scholarship to
Go to Oxford.
BY II. G.. BYRD.

What will probably be the best polo
game played at the Arcade this season
Will take place tonight. A five represent
Ing this city will meet a quint from the
Walbrook Athletic Club Of Baltimore.
1t Is likely that the Walbrook aggre-
cation will be the strongest visiting COM
bination that has appeared on a local
floor. 1t has generally finished in front
Of the other teams in Baltimore and has
played successfully against some of the
best polo organizations in the country.
No matter what kind Of game the local
men put up, the Walbrook bunch Is likely
to be more than a match for them.
The Arcade team has been practicing
since 1t met the other five from Balti-
more some time ago. and should be in
condition to do excellent work. At least
two of the men on the local five are as
capable the skates as are generally
seen, and some very good work in that
department is sure to be seen because
the Baltimore players are no novices in
handling themselves by any means.
The lineup of the local team will be
the same as that which has played in
the previous contests. That of the WIS.,
itors is not known. but it is said that
they have some of the best players in
Maryland on their list Of eligibles.
The athletic carnival at the Y. NJ C. A.
was one of the most successful ever held
in the @ street building. The two bas-
ket ball games, the swimming meet and
the volley ball contest came off and were
pleasing attractions. 1t is reported that
between three and four thousand persons
watched the events.
The Yankee basket ball team won the
banner event of the day when it de-
feated team from Fort Myer by
score of 90 TO II.
Here is rather an amusing incident
which took place about ten years ago
and in which local man played an i'm
portant part. Mr.. Spear. who is now an
engineer for the District. is the man re-
ferred to-
1t was at the time when Bernie Wefers
was at his best as sprinter. Mr.. Spear
was also a sprinter of note, and the two
men were training together at Cape May
for a series of races which were under
consideration. The last mentioned had
been out for his morning workout, and
while jogging back to the hotel encoun-
tered a man bundled up in sweater and
with light running trunks on jogging
slowly up the beach. Spear called out to
him to get move on and not to run as
if he We're tied. The stranger replied
that lie would run just as he pleased and
lie did not want anybody whom he did
not know TO try to tell him anything
about the game. There were several
sharp retorts between the two and then
the Washington man gently intimated
that if the other did not keep his ideas to
himself he would bury him under six feet
of Jersey sand. The stranger answered
the remark by laughing outright and said
nothing else. The two men continued
their ways and that was the end of the
incident.
That evening at the dinner table Wefers
turned to Spear and remarked: Il hear
YOU came near having it out with some
fellow up the beach this morning.. The
reply came back Eyes. and if he had not
Kept quiet when l told him to l don't
know what l would have done to him."
Wefers then asked Spear IL he knew the
identity of the man he had encountered.
The latter replied that he didn't know
and didn't care. Wefers smiled. then
said well, If you don't know I'll tell
YOU. 1t was Kid Mccoy; he Is down here
doing a part of his training for his fight
with Jim Corbett for the heavyweight
championship
Spear tells the story on himself and
says that he often wonders what would
have happened had he undertaken the
job of burying Mccoy.
1t is very probable that Virginia will
lose Quarterback Gooch after next year.
Gooch has two more years to play with
the Orange and Blue institution. but it
is not probable that he Will take part In
athletics after next fall either on the
track or in foot ball The fact is that
Gooch is fairly certain of securing a
Rhodes scholarship next winter and in
that event will go to Oxford the follow
ing year.
The loss of Gooch in his senior year
would mean that Virginia would prob
ably lose one of its most valuable men,
A quarterback with three years of ex-
perience Is something hard to find and
he would undoubtedly be worth much
more then than in any previous season
q would
the ball and would be able to direct the
team with much more facility. 1t would
he impossible to replace him under ordi-
nary circumstances.