Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-10
MUCH IS OFFERED
IN ATHLETIC WAY
This Week Will Be One of
Great Activity Among COL
legeS and Schools.
HOPKINS TRACK MEET
IS THE BIG EVENT
Big Representation From This
City Will Compete-Basket
Ball Games of Importance.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Much is held out in an athletic way
tins week to the followers of the indoor
sTorts Besides several basket ball games
TO be played 10y the several college q,nts.
tho first track and field meet of the wear
viii take place
Ely far the most important event is the
set % games to be held in Baltimore by
the Johns Hopkins University 1t is the
lTst meet Of the year. and will give the
college. club and school teams in the
South Atlantic section their first chance
To test their strength in actual COMPETE
ton.
Nearly al the local institutions will be
represented at Johns Hopkins George
town will send over one of the fastest
relay tours that has ever represented Il.
besides many men to compete in the indi-
vidual events; Catholic University will be
IN for track athletics with real zeal for
the first time: George Washington will
have relay four entered. probably: il is
possible that Gallaudet will be represent
ed and the Maryland Aggies will place a
relay team and three men in the compe-
tition.
Only two of the WASHINGTON high
schools will be represented They are
Western and Central. The latter will
have several individual entries. and
the former will send over one or two
relay teams. With the exception of
the prep schools around Baltimore,
Episcopal High is about the only other
one that will have a team entered The
Washington Athletic Association. sew
eral men from the Y. NJ. c. A.. running
under the name of the Atlas Athletic
Club. and the National Guard a.e tIe
clubs that Will likely enter relay
2 quartets.
There will also be busy week in
basket ball circles. All the local col
leges are scheduled TO play important
contests.
scheduled is that between Georgetown
and Virginia. The game will be played
saturday night, rather an inconvenient
arrangement. considering that the big
meet in Baltimore is to be held the
same evening.
Any game in which Georgetown and
Virginia appear as opponents is impor-
tant. and il is to be regretted that the
conflict in date is TO occur. Besides the
game with Virginia, Georgetown Will meet
Fordham tomorrow and the Maryland
Agricultural College Wednesday.
Other basket ball contests scheduled
are as follows: Wednesday and Thurs
day the George Washington University
uuint viii go to Lexington. where IL Will
meet the Washington and Lee aggreea-
ton and Virginia Military Institute. To-
morrow. Catholic University will go TO
Baltimore to play Loyola and Friday
night ii is booked to meet Virginia here.
cal College in Baltimore Saturday, and
the Maryland Aggies and Loyola Will mix
it at College Park.
Besides the contests in which the coll
leges will appear. there Will be several
interesting ones between teams in the
District League and among the school
quints.
The Virginia five is scheduled TO meet
the Catholic University five here Friday
night. and Georgetown Saturday. There
IL some doubt 10 whether or not the
.. C.-Nir3in game will be PLAYED. IL is
known that the Virginia management has
been seeking to obtain poStporeElent
~ order that IL may be in good shape TO
meet georgetown. 1t may be that if the
pOstpOleme:.t * secured Georgetown and
Virginia will meet Friday night instead
of Saturday. An Arrangement of that kind
would be very desirable on the part of
Virginia and Georgetown, because all
Georgetown men desire to see the con-
test In basket ball. and Pop Lanigan. hav-
ing charge Of both basket ball and track
at Virginia. Will certainly want TO be with
his teams. which he cannot IL two re-
lays are TO be run in Baltimore and the
ouint plays here.
Whether or not Catholic University
would consent TO such an ARRANGEMENT
is a question, but it probably would not
unless il were carried through before il
knew exactly what was being done.
The suggestion IS made by Parke Davis
hall rules committee that the goal posts
bt placed back of the real goal line SO
that they will be the line of what is
now the io-"ard zone in which forward
passes may be made across the goal.
IF the goal posts were removed from
their present position TO one the line
Of the zone mentioned, II would do away
with certain dangers that undoubtedly
exist 10 men the offensive and defen-
sive, and would also allow a wider lati-
tude for plays in the part of the field adj
jacent to that where the goal posts now
are.
The proposal submitted by him. that the
players be numbered. is not likely TO bear
much fruit. even though passed. Such
an arrangement would hardly be adhered
TO any more than ii has in basket ball,
and il IS very questionable if the play
could be identified any more readily
by numbers on their backs than they are
now Such ruling Was proposed i'll
basket ball and was carried. and Vet not
team that has come here this Year mas
lived up 10 the ruling.
II Virginia gets away with the basket
bail games in which IL will meet the
Catholic CniversIsy and Georgetown
Washington and Lee will have the best
claim on the South Atlantic title The
Dexin gton school won from the Orange
and Blue decisively Saturday night so
much so in fact that there could have
been little doubt to the stronger team
Unless Virginia meets defeat at the hands
of one OF the local institutions the title
viii have to b. conceded to Washington
and Lee. Or course. that summation is
made Without taking the Navy into con-
SicerAcon, the Sailors. without d doubt
having the strongest quint in the south