Evening star., 1913-02-24
BASKET BALL IS
ABOUT FINISHED
Local Colleges, Schools and
Clubs Are Winding Up Their
Schedules for Season.
LARKIN LIKELY TO BE
SECURED BY G. u.
Will Probably Act as Advisory
Coach and Take Charge of
Medical Work.
BY H. C. BYRD.

BY II. C. BYRD.
The basket ball season is practically at
an end. Catholic University has only two
more contests on its schedule. George
town will lay off the entire week before
playing its last few games Gallaudet
has no more meetings booked, and the
Maryland -Aggies played their last en-
gaSement last Saturday. Besides the col
legcs, the scholastic and city leagues are
about finished for the year, the champion
ship having been settled III both.
Georgetown will not meet any team this
week. 1t will do nothing until next Mon
day, when it is booked to play Prince
ton at the Arcade. After that only one
more game is schedued-with Buck
Dell-but, as it comes ten days later, it
may he that it will not take place. Cath
olic University has just two more con-
tests to play. Wednesday it is booked
to meet the University OF Maryland and
Friday it will play the George Washing
ton five. Neither Gallaudct nor the
Maryland Agsies have games listed but
an attempt will be made by the latter to
get the Kendall Green quint to go out to
College Park to play.
The basket ball season with the other
colleges in the south is also practically AT
an end. Virginia has one more game
scheduled, but it is likely that it will be
Cancelled according to statements made
last Sa t,rrlay evening
The season in this section has been less
of a success than in years. mainly be-
cause there is no clear way by which
any of the teams claim the title
Washington and Lee and Georgetown will
each figure that it has as much right to
be classed the best as either of the
other two, and the question will never be
settled. OF course, the Navy has the
strongest five in the south and it Will be
given that honor but the real fight comes
in trying to determine what school is tC
be placed next.
BY comparative scores it would appear
that Catholic University is the best but
they count for little in any branch OF
sport. 1t is more than possible, though
that the Brooklanders will he given the
CHOICE when the final summing up is done
because of that very thing, there being
no other data by which the quints may
be compared.
The Y NJ. c. A. five has won the cham.
pionship in the City League, it having
been defeated but once in the whole fif-
teen games played. Likewise, the Army
and Navy Prep School has the undisputeo
title in the Scholastic League. it having
finished its season without loss.
Practically every one of the local col
lege and school quints had intended t,
get out its base ball squad today or to-
morrow for its first workout. That
such will not he the case is certain now
to judge by the present condition of the
weather 1t seems rather unfortunat,
that the worst conditions almost of tn,
entire winter should appear just at "a tim.
when the summer sport was to be started
There have been any number of days dur
ing January and February when it was
warm enough to practice, but just at the
time when it is expected that work will
start the weather is exactly the opposite
of what it should be-
1t is almost u certainty that DIR. Larkin
former player .at Georgetown and coach
at Carlisle and Cornell. will act in some
capacity in connection with the Blue and
Gray foot ball team next fall. Not much
of definite nature is known relative &c
the position that is to he rendered to DR.
L.arkin, but from what informa tior
could be gathered yesterday regarding
the meeting Of the executive board today
it is fairly certain that he will be secured
to act an advisory coach and take
care of the players from a medical stand
point.
DR.. Larkin, in such a capacity, would
practically be the director OF the fortunes
of the foot ball team. He would hardly
be termed head coach, and Yet he would
exercise such supervision over the squad
that he would be in charge although not
doing much Of the direct coaching.
Such move on the part of Georgetown
would be polite one. to say the least.
DR. I.arkin has had Il great deal of eX-
perience in foot ball. and knows condi-
tions at Georgetown better than would
any new man who might be secured.
While in charge of foot ball at Carlisle
in 1907, the former Georgetown player
carried the Indians through the season
without a defeat. He was head coach at
Cornell the following year. after which
he gave up nearly all his connections
with foot ball.
By the list of individual stars and the
number of big college relay teams en-
tered, it looks as though the Georgetown
meet will be the best Of the South Allan
tic season. With Yale. Princeton. Car.
,, lisle, Cornell, Hopkins, Washington and
Lee. Georgetown and Virginia competing
In the feature relay races, and the second
ary colleges in the section also in COM
petition. it is likely that there will be
some very interesting and closely con-
ed that the Yale and Princeton two-lnile
race last year was the closest of the
evening. Princeton led until the last
stretch when the last Yale runner, who
had been trailing at the heels of the
leader, sprrang into the lead and won
out by the bare margin of few inches.
There was just barely daylight between
the two men when they finished. The
Otner relay tours are sure TO snow form
enough to furnish some close events.
The main interest will center around
the race in which Georgetown will meet
Virginia. The event is creating a lot OF
talk this year by reason of the fact that
it is the first time in years that the Blue
and Gray has had better than an outside
chance to win from the Orange and Blue
It has generally been a walk-away for
the Virginia four in the last few years
but it is being predicted by many that ii
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Whether or not that will prove true will
not be known until after the event is
run. 1t may be that Virginia will bring
a more capable quartet here than is ex-
pected, but the chances certainly favor
the Blue and Gray. Georgetown has one
of the fastest fours that have ever repre-
sented a college in this section. and that
Is has already shown its heels to the
Pennsylvania mile relay is evidence that
it is very capable.