Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-30
N. A. c. AND c. j.
WORK TOGETHER
First of Series of Such Prac-
tees Will Be Held Tomor.
row on the Hilltop.
GERMANS PRAISE
AMERICAN SYSTEM
Tell Eng|ishmen That Methods
Employed Here Are "Mar-
veIous"- either Gossip.
BY n. c. BYRD.

The Georgetown and Maryland Agri-
cultural College foot ball squads will
practice against each other tomorrow.
This will be the first of a series OF such
meetings arranged to take place at va
rious times during the season. The work
will probably consist in the main OF
long scrimmage, but some special forms
of play may be tried out.
/ There is no doubt that the Farmers
are In need of just such rough work as
they will get against the more expert
enced squad at Georgetown. The squad
has as yet not really had any practice
though an attempt is being made to ar
| range the school work of the several
] players so that more time can be devoted
to it. Georgetown will also G1t lot OF
! good work out of the meetings. The Blue
and Gray team has not been against any
aggregation yet. except its own scrubs,
which, at best. is not worth as much as
working with an eleven unfamiliar with
the plays and signals. The Hilltoppers
are to meet the Navy next week. and in
practicing against the suburban eleven
they have their only chance to get
real test of strength. that is, providing
the Aggies prove strong enough for that.
The Carlisle Indians are likely to strike
a snag Saturday when they meet Lehigh.
OF course, this is not even intimating
that the Indians will not be able to win,
Glen Warmers bunch having won many
contest when it looked as though
they were against a stronger eleven. By
comparative scores it would seem that
Lehigh is stronger now than the Indians,
but that seldom shows a great deal.
There is not much doubt though, that 1t
| is better than last year, and the Indians
will have to show a great deal more
strength than was evidenced against
either Of the three teams already played
if they expect to win. Lehigh MAS one
Of the strongest of the secondary elevens.
favorably with the big universities right
now 1t is more than possible that
Lehigh will beat Carlisle. though 1t is
just as possible that the latter will be
the victor by a good margin. 1t is hard
to tell what the Indians will do; they
generally have such a strong offense that
it takes an exceptionally strong defensive
eleven to hold them in check. Lehigh
seems to have very powerful variety
of plays itself though, and it may be
that it will do lot of scoring also
It is rather interesting to note the
tone of the German committee which
recently visited this country in its efforts
to secure athletic tutors for its track and
field team for the next Olympics, when
| it made replies to queries upon its recent
arrival in London. A cable from London
gives the expressed opinion of the
Germans as follows.
THE German imperial athletic games
| committee arrived here (Plymouth) yes
| terday from New York Carl Diem, the
| secretary. said the tour could not help
being of benefit to the end of developing
| a German Olympic team for 1915 After
/ seeing the perfect system that obtains in
| the United States he readily understood
why the American teams won in
| Olympic games since their revival.
| 'It is really marvellous. There Is
| nothing like it at all at home. Athletics
and athletic life in America astounded
u.s. A palatial clubhouse with perfect
| training equipment, athletic fields and
stands and everything in connection for
| the furtherance Of track and field games.
| showed development unequalled in any
| country in the world
s! Diem finished his talk by expressing
| thanks for himself and companions to
| the officers of the Amateur Athletic
| Union and the athletic clubs in the vari-
| Gus cities, whose guests they had been.
for courtesies and assistance extended
| to them.
i The praise the Germans have given
conditions on this side of the Atlantic is
merited undoubtedly, but there is occa-
| sion to wonder whether or not the Eng
lish were not really searching for a basis
| for further knocks at the American sys
| tenn of developing athletes. Since the
Olympics there have been many-a great
maany-articles written In England, the
general trend Of which seemed to indi-
cate that in that country they had rather
their opinion, 10 semi professional tactics
I The Germans have taken the common
| sense view of the matter, though, and the