Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-23
COLLEGE MINES
SOON WILL PLAY
N. A. c. and Catholic U.
Scheduled Tomorrow, With
Others Booked Later.
FOOT BALL Is PECUNlARY
SUPPORT OF MINOR GAMES
Intercollegiate Reports Show That
Most Colleges Depend Upon Their
Elevens-0ther Sports.
By b. C. BYRD.


The college and scholastic base ball
season Is scheduled to open here this
week. Several games are booked. and.
according to present indications, it ap-
pears that the majority of them will be
played The first contests are to take
place tomorrow if conditions are such
that the players can take the field. The
Catholic University is to open its sched-
ule against the Maryland Agricultural
College, while Central High will, go to
Georgetown Field to meet the Props. The
next college game is Wednesday. when
Georgetown is to try its fortune against
the Washington American League club.
The Western High and Georgetown
Props will play, Friday. while one game
is also to take place between colleges.
Swarthmore being scheduled to play the
first contest of its southern trip with the
Maryland Agricultural College. Saturday
the Maryland AggieS come in to meet
Georgetown, while Catholic University Is
to play Swarthmore.
1t is not likely that the games between
the college teams will be very we'll
played. The contents are not apt
to show any great skill on the part Of
any OF the college players. because Of
the lack of time they have had to get
III CoHQiL1ou. 1ueI6 10 uOt d ulsdii oh ally
Of the teams who Is really ready to play
good ball and probably will not be for
two weeks. The squads have had only
two or three days of practice. and while
the men may be in good condition ply 81
cally, they are not in shape from a stand
point of good base ball. 1t takes more
than superb physical condition to make
a man hit the ball. throw accurately and
play the game in general as it should be.
But the players and coaches will vel
ah1 TO ynf he a
take part in real contests. They all
probably wish there were few more
days before, the opening Of the season,
but they want to get started now in the
portant meetings scheduled to take place
in short while for which they must be
prepared.
1t has not yet been definitely decided
whether or not the game between the
will be played tomorrow. Word has not
been received at NJ. A. c. relative to the
condition of the c. L. field, and it is no,
| known whether or not it will be in shape
| to play on.
Everybody seems to be unstinting II
praise of Conway. the former Phiia
delphia Central High School player, wht
is expected to hold down first base FOL
| the Georgetown nine this spring. 1t Ii
I
an infield position Georgetown has hat
in years. So clever is he that it has beer
reported that he has been offered a tria
with the Athletics. That must mean thai
he can hit some. too. A man who gives
no promise of being able to WELD a bal
| effectively cannot hope for much Of &
| chance in the big leagues, and If he was
| offered one with Connie Mack it mus
| be evidence that he can connect with the
ball once in while, at any rate.
! In the recent intercollegiate report it is
| clearly shown that foot ball is the main
stay of the finances of sports in the big
universities. 1t practically pays the ex'
| penses Of the minor branches Of athlet.
! les, as nearly all are operated at a loss
The following figures. as given out by the
| Princeton authorities, show conditions as
| they really are:
! Princeton gate receipts for nine games
| amounted to S67315, of which 81 1888, OF
more than one-half, was received as the
Tigers share of the Yale Harvard AND
| Dartmouth games. The six contests with
minor colleges Melted Princeton but
I, $3.50, an average Of less than $1,000 per
game. source of revenue, in addition
| to the gate receipts. was the training ia.
BILE, tthe players paying 1858 for board.
while the foot ball programs netted $414
Against this revenue were expenses
! amounting to $4,000, showing a balance
of $32,322, far in excess of the net re-
ceipts of all other sports combined.
No other sport at Princeton APPROACH
ed these figures either in receipts or eX-
penses. Base ball cost S15,034, while re-
ceipts were $25,693 leaving a balance OF
$1O659. The track and field team showed
a net loss of $3.9s2: gymnsstic assoca-
ton, S26s; basket ball. $402; swimming.
Sill; wrestling, $9lS. and rowing. 1856.
Hockey showed profit of $75. which puts
t. IN Hn zinc oil tao wv
with foot ball and base ball at Prince
tom
And these conditions are general. There
is hardly big school. or college OF any
character, for that matter that does not
depend almost solely on the amount of
money drawn at its foot ball games
to keep alive the other branches of
sport. We're it not for foot ball there
would be much less in the way of inter
|, collegiate competition, because the minor
sports are operated at a loss. The
amount of money taken in at the safe
for minor sports is very much below the
expense account: In fact. so much SO that
the proceeds are almost negligible.
Central High will probably run into a
who'e lot better college team than 1t ex-
poets when 1t goes to Manassas to meet
stitution is not especially strict in re-
gard to its eligibility rules, with the re-
suit that Il good nine is gotten together
nearly every year. The high school boys
can look for little other than a decisive
defeat.
Georgetown seems to be exceptionally
well pleased as result of the efforts of
Danny Coogan, who is now in charge of
base ball. Practically every player in the
squad is satisfied that a competent man
Is directing the team, and the alumni
were largely instrumental in obtaining
his services. It is thought that Coogan
will turn out a nine at Georgetown which
will be much stronger than those which
have represented the school in recent
years.
There is youngster at the Maryland
Agricultural College who is mighty apt
to make q very capable athlete before he
finishes. He entered last fall and has
been out for all the teams with the eX-
ception of foot ball, and has made good
showing in each instance. He is Vincent,
and he halls from Hyattsville. He has
shown ability enough to warrant the pre-
diction that he will make a star player
before he is through, and If he does not
1t will be because something is radically
wrong.
The first of the base ball games in
the race for the state championship of
Maryland will take place Saturday
week, when the Maryland Agsies will
go against Johns Hopkins. The Farm
ers will be at "A disadvantage by hay
ing to play so early in the season, be-
,auSe fbe,, have NOT been ah1a 10 do