Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-28
TWO SCHOOLS
ARE FAVORED
Hopkins or Georgetown Should
Win Point Trophy in Meet
Tomorrow Night.
AGGIES ENTER TWO
RELAY QUARTETS
One Will Run Western Mary
land and Other Richmond
CoIIege-0ther Gossip.
BY II. C. BYRD.


! Unless the men from some of the larger
| institutions cut in the points in sew
eral of the events. 1t is very likely that
either Johns Hopkins or Georgetown
will win the point trophy in the games to-
morrow night. OF the two it would seem
that the last mentioned stands the best
chance to secure the honor
| The fact that the Johns Hopkins squad
defeated the Virginia men In the George
/ Washington meet last week would indi-
| cate that the Charlottesville institution is
not likely to get away with the point
! trophy, although there is the possibility
| that with its full strength in competition
| it would be able to do SO. And then it
will be remembered that Georgetown got
| away with the greatest number of points
| in the easiest kind of manner in Hop
! kins' games. and with practically the
| same opponents it ought to secure
enough tomorrow evening to give it it's
| own point trophy.
| The only factor that seems to stand in
| the way OF the Blue and Gray winning
| its own meet is that representatives
| from some of the larger institutions may
win points that would otherwise go to
| the local school. Unless that happens
| Georgetown should stand a very good
| chance to finish first and, in fact, it ap-
pears fairly certain that it will
| If the Georgetown squad should come
| first in the matter of the point trophy
and the relay also it would be the great
F.! est victory won by a Blue and GRAY
| track squad in many a year That kind
of an ending to the meet seems to be al
most too good to be true, as far as the
supporters of the Blue and Gray are
| concerned.
| 1t is certainty that Georgetown had
| rather win the relay race from Nir-
| ginia than to get the point trophy. The
| Blue and Gray has been SO long without
! a victory over the Orange and Blue In
| that branch of sport that one just now
! would be about as great a balm as could
| be had by the track supporters. Last
/ year the race was lost by the shortest
margin in years, and this season it is
| confidently expected that the event will
go to the hilltoppers.
Whether Or not the Georgetown team
will win is something that cannot be
/; positively foretold, but it is certain that
| 1t stands a better chance TO finish in front
now than 1t has in long while. In fact.
! the quartet that represents the Blue and
Gray at present is one of the fastest COM
binations Of indoor runners seen in this
section in long while. There is not =.
| man on the team who is not able to do
| the quarter in exceptionally fast time
and all are especially adapted to indoor
performances.
The Catholic University basket ball
| team will end its season tonight when it
| meets the George Washington five at the
Arcade. The game should result in an
easy victory for the Brooklanders.
! The writer was in receipt of a communi-
cation this morning from Mr.. r. G. Shaw,
| in which exception is taken to state
ment made in these columns yesterday
regarding the basket ball title for the
south The following is the communica-
| ton:
basket ball team the championship of the
south Atlantic section. and you say that
1t is on comparative scores. How can
you reconcile the fact that W. and L..
Yale on a foreign floor? Also the fol-
lowing scores: w. and L., 43; Virginia
e, on a neutral floor. c. t. won from
Virginia on the home floor by only ten
| c. e.. 43: G. W. t.. IA; W. and t.. go:
| Trinity. 8; C. L.. about 10; Trinity 2,
| can see c. Us superiority over George
| town on scores, but not over W. and l..
| r. G. SHAW.
AS matter Of fact there is some basis
Tor argument in the above, but the writer
| has not to his knowledge, given the Cath
/ Ole University quint the south Atlantic
title. In fact, no personal expression of
| opinion was given in the article referred
w
| was said was that practically every body
| was according the Catholic University the
strongest five in the south. and that the
consensus of opinion seemed to be that
| the honor should be given to it. That
| was simply d statement as to what the
| writer believed to be the general opinion
! among those who have been following
| the sport during the past season. This
; idea was secured through the expressed
/ opinions of several who have seen Wash
| ington and Lee and Catholic University
| play.
| AS for what the writer personally
| thinks regarding the south Atlantic cham
| pionship for the season just ending, ref
| erence is made to the following excerpt
! from story written by him within the
| last ten days:
| be decided in the south Atlantic section
this season. The championship will I'M
doubtedly go to the .1uint representing
the Naval Academy but the next place
Catholic University and Georgetown,
there being no way to settle the suprem-
acy between these three institutions.
| THE Navy has won from Catholic Uni
| VerSity and st. John s, and has shown an
all-around form that has surpassed the
work of the other qunts. 1t is one Of
the strongest fves that has ever repre-
scented a school In the south. and. per-
work gives 1t the distinction Of leading
the south, and there Is a generally ex-
pressed opinion that If the Sailors were
| to meet the big intercollegiate league
quints from the north they would be vic
| torious.
Granted that the Navy has the best
| team. that is about as far as one will get
| in making selections according to merit.
If Catholic University, Washington and
| Lee or Georgetown were to be chosen for
| the next honor there would be numer-
| Gus adherents from the two other institu-
| tions who would Immediately take issue.
| Without games taking place between
| those three schools it will be impossible
to say which is the better five, although
| the majority of local followers of the
| sport seem to think that Catholic Univer-
sity has a slight margin on the others.
| This Is probably the first year in q
| long while that Virginia has not been one
| of the most important factors in south
| Atlantic basket ball. This season 1t has
| lost to two Of its greatest rivals and been
defeated by two other institutions that
| have never before been considered in its
| class. Washington and Lee and George
| town have won from the Orange and
| Blue, and Catholic University and ST.
/ Johns are the two schools scoring their
| first victories.
1.-THE season In this section has been
less of a success than in years, mainly
| because there is no clear way by which
/ any Of the teams can claim the title.
| Washington and Lee and Georgetown will
| each figure that 1t ha3sas much right to
be claSsed the best as seither Of the other