Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
WILSON IS MOST
VERSATILE MAN
st. Johns Student Best ALL
Round Athlete in the South
Atlantic Section.
C. u. NINE TO LEAVE
ON NORTHERN TRIP
BrookIanders Scheduled to
Play Some of Best of Big
College Teams.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Wilson of st. Johns College is one of
the best all-round athletes in the south
1t is questionable if there is a man in any
college below the Mason-Dixon line who
is more versatile than the Annapolis lad.
and it is doubtful il there is one his
equal. There is not branch of sport in
which Wilson is not exceptionally
capable.
Last fall Wilson proved himself one OF
the best halfbacks in the section He
was just about as clever as the ma jorty
of those play wing with larger college
elevens. and certain it is that there was
none as capable as he in throwing the
forward pass. Not a man performed on
any team that played in this section
who could do nearly as well as he in
that department. In fact, to make
plain statement. as a thrower of a foot
ball Wilson is in class by himself,
none barred. Also he is a capable ground
gamer. being able 10 make long lodging
runs around the end on more than one
occasion.
Wilson is just as capable on the track
in basket ball and in base ball as on the
gridiron. He is a pole vaulter, a high
and broad jumper of no mean ability,
clever baske. ball forward. and has
pitched base ball we'll enough to blank
the Navy this spring. Wilson can broad
jump somewhere between IL and - feet.
can high Jump about feet q inches and
pole-vault over 10 feet. He was rated as
one of the most capable men last winter
on the basket ball team that beat Nir-
ginia and this spring is the main pitcher
the nine.
able to accomplish those things he has
yet to do so.
Crowley of Virginia is apt to be one of
the greatest hurdlers in the world in the
course of another year or SO, If he is not
already. He won the hurdles at Pennsyl-
vania last week, and again in Baltimore
Saturday he distinguished himself in the
same event. He ran the distance in time
that was exceptionally good-under p
seconds.
1t must be remembered that this is
Cronleys first year under really
capable trainer. OF course, he has had
competent coaching at Episcopal High.
but did not get the close attention
there that is now being given him by
Pop Lanigan. Crowley is a youngster
and with the greater development there
is every reason for thinking that he
will become one Of the foremost Of the
worlds athletes in that event. IT. is
proba BILE that Virginia will have an
other representative on the Olympic
team in 1914.
Catholic University leaves tonight on
its northern trip. Some of the best
college base ball teams in the coun-
try will be played before it returns.
The following is the BrOoklanders'
schedule during the next few days:
New York University at New York.
Holy Cross at Worcester. Harvard at
Cambridge, Fordham at New York and
Army a West Point. Beginning with
tomorrow. these contests take place on
successive days, the last to be played
saturday with the Army.
IL the {. L. nine gets through this
schedule with three games won out of the
nve they may consider themselves as
having accomplished much. The work of
the team during the entire season has
been excellent. but it will have to go
against very capab BILE aggregations in the
north and will be compelled to play five
games in succession, something that is
generally very hard on a college team
because of its pitching staff. While the
Brooklanders are favored by having a
Very capable trio of twirlers. they will
be lucky If one or the other does not get
his bumps, which would mean that the
men would have to be worked out of or
der. If the pitchers can get by. each with
game. SO that they can be worked in
rotation, there is chance that the best
record made by southern team in years
on northern trip will be the result of
the journey.