Evening star., 1914-12-20
BY II. C. BYRD.

three of the four local colleges when
sunnort the game until after tho holi-
davs. Catholic University will play two
contests this week. The Brook1anders
are to meet the Yale University quint
Tuesday night at the Carroll Institute
and will go to New York Wednesday
TO play the i've representing New York
University.
The game Tuesday is one OF the Dig
gest of The year, and is the only one
in which a representative of one of
the "big five" universities will be seen
here. Yale undoubtedly will present
very formidable front. The Dark Blue
always is turning out strong teams,
no matter what the branch of sport,
and the basket ball quint is not likely
Ii, he an exception. Fred Rice, coach OF
tho local institution. is much of the
opinion that his team will be the VIC
tor. Rice has not the least hesltaIioh
in making the statement that the 1a!e
five is going to have the most d1fncult
task it has undertaken in long while
TO defeat his men. and that if they per-
form up TO their usual standard tne
Dark Blue ought not to have any bet
ter than an even chan C for victory.
II woud certainly he Il big feather in
the cap of the Broofianders II they
could :ret away with victory over
Vale The Dark Blue has reputation
in athletics that is second to none. and
10 turn out a team capable of defeat
ing il would be something exceedingly
worth while for Coach Rice The
Brooklaud aggregation knows just
row much depends on the result of the
contest and II will leave no stone un-
turned i'll its eforJs to make the prep
aration that viii enable 1t to finish
with the long end of the score.
George Washington's defeat at the
hands of the Navy was not unexpect-
cd The HatchetiteS could hardly have
cyuccted to accomplish more than they
did. and their showing was creditable.
TO say the least. The Navy Is not an
easy team TO defeat in any sport, and
that il is on its home floor In basket
ball makes the task all the moro diff
cult Basket ball is the one sport in
which the home team has a greater ad-
vantage than any other and particu-
lariy is this true of the Midshlpmen,
who never leave their home court to
play. Also the larger space which the
visiting teams at Annapolis find than
they are generally used to makes
against them considerable
In Wise and CuIligan, business High
has two exceptionally good forwards.
Both youngsters are capable defensive
as well as offensive players, and both
can shoot baskets a whole lot more
accurately than the average scholastic
player in this section There is hardly
u contest in which they take part that
they do not star, generally scoring a
very great majority of the goals Both
are fast. cover the foor well. and DIS
play more intelligence than Is usually
evidenced.
The south Atlantic cross country
championship will be held here jan
nary O. The event will be under the
direction of Prof. Maurice Joyce, phys
-ical director of Carroll Institute The
event probably will number more men
A,ns- haf4
and keen competition is expected. Prof.
Joyce now plans a preliminary event to
the championship run to be held five
days previous to it-January 4. This
race will be for five miles. and prob
ably will be open to any south Atlantic
athlete.
The championship run will be over
distance of five and half miles, and
cially laid out course in Potomac Park.
Prof Joyce was down yesterday look
ing over a possible course. and said he
was satisfied he had selected ground as
good as any over which the event has
previously been held.
There is quite little talk of forming
an intercollegiate league in Maryland,
Hopkins. st. Johns, Washington Col
lege. Western Maryland and the Mary
land Agricultural College. Since the
breaking up of the old organization.
which was effective, or. more. aptly. in
effect, until 1907, several efforts have
heen made to organize such body.
This year a representative of st. Johns
addressed a letter to the Baltimore
sun. asking that an association be
formed. and recently at the foot hall
BANQUET, held at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College Prof. T. f. Symons
dean of the horticultural department.
made an address in which he advocated
= that such an organization be fostered
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come of the movement. if such it may
he called, is questionable as there is a
decided sentiment against the idea of
entering into such an association, even
Of the schools from which the agitation
has sprung.
Captains have been chosen for all
three OF the local college foot ball
fHaIns. and the men selected are among
teams Earron, guard, is to head the
fo rces of Georgetowt. next fall: Muir
rhy. center. is to be the leader at
catholic University, Martin; tackle and
guard at ':allaudet, has been awarded
the honor at that institution.
Prof. Leslie McNemar is taking hold
OF the athletic situation at George
Washington University in n manner
that admits of no doubt as to his inten-
ton to place the Hatchetites hack on
the athletic map. He is advocating the
return TO representation in every
branch Of sport, and is endeavoring in
every possible way to obtain the sup
port of the entire student body
There is no question but that George
Washington has Il better opportunity
70 get back on the sport map than ever
was presented to school before In
fact, ii has been offered sufficient
guarantee for one contest. with an
option on 30 per cent of the gate re-
teipts- almost enough to pay its expenses
for the year. There have been rumors
TO the effect that Georgetown has made
overtures to the Hatchetites' officials
FOR game for next fall, but il is
absolutely known that a definite propo-
sftion has been placed before the Buff
and Blue. and that this proposition
embodies certified guarantee of $4,000
with an option of 80 per cent on the
receipts.
With such o proposition in front of it
to begin with, il hardly seems that
George Washington viii do anything
other than have a team. 1t certainl J
* AN alltsring bait. one that should
serve ~ place an eleven on the field
next fall IS representative of the down