Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22

had to absent themselves from ltnaca
from Monday until Friday. Mr.. Court
ney does not believe in n four-Inile race
and his reasons are better stated than the
reasons generally offered. He makes an
original point In his position as to the
Weiibeing of the men in his charge by
that he would rather see every
crew man dismissed from the university
for neglect of studies than TO let those
men do so little rowing work as not to
be prepared to stand the strain of
fotir-Tnile race.
Here I am inclined to think that every
body would agree with him; that is, that
it is not his duty to see that men Ike It
care OF that end of it. for nobody but
himself would be responsible for the phys!-
cal condition of the men in the race.
After all. when it comes to the last deci-
sion. parent would certainly rather
have his boy dropped from the university
for low standing than have him sent
home with a heart lesion.
Another revelation for those that have
thought that Courtney believed in the
crew getting all the racing it could Is
that he states ccnclusively that he would
have no varsity crew row more than one
race in a year. ana that race after co..
iege closed in the sumncr. Nor would
he allow his freshmen TO take part in any
games or races in the cGi-
iege year. Another good thing which
So1ithSs StltGS HUNT III HIS speS1tt ID
that he believes in good. clean athletics
not raking the country with a fine-tooth
comb to get a lot of star prep school ath
1eteS and persuade them TO come 70 the
that he believes in athletics
of the kind that are played by the men
who. come to college to get an education
and mean to use theft. time at the uni-
versitE for that purpose and then 90 into
athletics. Re also deprecates The Kind OF
athletics that compeis boys To be beer
drinkers. whether they want to or not.
Good advice. indeed. and worth lot of
College Men in Base Bail.
The manager of the st. Louis Browns
has signed no less than fifteen college
players, and the squad that he takes
Town to Florida in this month is largely
made up of college men. The University
II Michigan, Vanderbilt, Tennessee Le-
llgh, Alabama, Illinois, North Carolina,
ieorsia. Georgetown and st. Louis Uni
'erslty are all represented. Connie Mack
p the Athletics has already demonstrated
Inc value OF college men. If one manager
alone in major league base bah signs fif-
teen college players. one can easily mag
ne what that example may mean in the
way of demand for this class to I'LL the
ranks of professional base ball
Concentration makes the Ty Cobbs and
the Lincoln Beacheys and the Charlie
The foot ball team of the AnnapoIis
Naval Academy will make a new depar-
Lure next year. according to the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania foot ball schedule
The 18th Of October the Navy team viii
play Penn on Franklin Field. There is
40 question about the familiarity of An
aapolis teams with Franklin Field. In
TACT. with the exception Of a game played
It Princeton some years ago and the one
IN New York last year. the bulk OF the
contests have been held ON
that gridiron. Just what this departure
means in future years is a question. and
the public would greatly enjoy a more
frequent sight Of Army and Navy foot
hall teams, but 1t has been the supposed
lnwritten law at the two academies ttat
Ill their games, with the exception of the
main contest between the two, should
take place on the home fields at Annapo-
lis or West Point.
It is something Of comfort to foot
ball enthusiasts to find a case where the
of a boy prefer to have him
his energies for the gridiron
pastime and therefore withdraw him from
track athletics.
Spiegel is the man-Washington and
Jefferson star backfield player-and it is
evident that his parents do not mean to
take any chances of interfering with
their sons being on hand to show the
Harvard team Wnat ne can 90 IN q run.
ming game when lined up in the Stadium
next October. For Washington and JEFF
ferson, owing largely to their excellent
work last season. have been added to
Harvard,s foot ball schedule and will
play the game at Cambridge on the
10th Of October.
1t is pretty tough on the University of
Pittsburgh track team that they should
be Guaranteed as the result Of an out
break Of scarlet fever. This also rendered
a cancellation of the basket ball game
with Washington and Jefferson necessary.
According, to the accounts, however, spe-
cial arrangements were made so that the
students might continue their studies
while in quarantine.
Albert Exendine Of Oklahoma, one of
the star Indian players, has. it is under
stood. been secured as coach for the
GEORGETOWN foot ball team next fall. He
is n good man and should do good work,
and It is rather pity that the relations
which" have been somewhat strained for
two or three years with the University of
Virginia have finally reached the break
ing point. so that the chances are there
VII, he no GeorSetown-Virginia game
Virginia northern trip, however. will
make UP for this to them, but Georgetown
has NOTHING as satisfactory TO substi-
tute. -..
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