The Washington herald., 1914-01-20
ALL GAMES ARE
NOW CANCELLED
Georgetown Refuses to Meet
Virginia IN Either Base
ball or Basketball.
STATEMENT OF ANGLM
Faculty Director of Athletics on Hill
Says Outlook is Bright for j
All Sports.
STATEMENT OF ANGLlM

The Georgetown athletic authorities do
not intend to allow the letter sent them
by the chairman of Virginia's athietic
committee, which was made known yes
terday at a conference of the athletic
board at the Hilltop school. worry them.
Georgetown will not meet Virginia
again; at least, not until Virginia comes
forward with a formal request for a
game in any branch of athletics . II
was decided yesterday at Georgetown to
cancel both the basketball and baseball
games, and also not to allow a George
town team to meet a Virginia team in
any branch Of sport in the future.
Following is a statement issued by Mr..
Francis X. Anglim, faculty director of
athletics at Georgetown. last night:
MIR. Anglim's Statement.
Unfortunately in the past all branches
of athletics have been demeaned by un-
seemly wrangling. Georgetown University
does not consider it helpful to athletics
or promotive of college sport to indulge
in such a practice. We have never under
taken to arrogate to ourselves the right
to supervise the athletic code of the
University of Virginia, or to dictate its
tenets. No other university in this coun-
try has ever assumed this power with
respect to Georgetown's code, and 1t
would be admitting an inability to man
age our own affairs, which We are not
yet ready to concede, TO turn over our
athletic department to the authorities of
Virginia.
Except TO point out that Virginia
played football with Georgetown in 1872
and 1913, both events being subsequent
in time to the matters now complained
OF as grievances. we have no comment
to make on that universitys present posi-
tion. Speaking for myself. personally.
hat laGc to
hend the consistency of an expression
Of high ideals contained in a communica-
ton which is sent to the public press
before ii is received by the person to
whom it is addressed.
1T is understood that the athletic
faculty committee of Virginia does not,
by its published resolution, intend to
prohibit the student athletic association
from fulfilling what are termed existing
contracts with Georgetown. Georgetown
will voluntarily notify Virginia that its
athletic association is under no obliga-
ton, contractual or otherwise, with Us.
We not only will not insist on, but In
the present circumstances We will not
permit baseball and basketball contests
with the University of Virginia teams"
Praises 1913 Eleven.
Mr.. Anglim spoke in the highest
terms OF Georgetown's 1913 football
team. and referred to his qualification
with the action of the alumni at the
banquet Saturday night in honoring
Harry Costello SO slgnally. He said
that no cleaner or gamer football team
ever appeared on the gridiron than
that which defeated Virginia last No
vember. and he regretted that appar-
entity the sting of defeat brought forth
Virginia's published desire not to meet
Georgetown again.
Mr.. Anglim said that the uotlook for
next year at Georgetown, both for
baseball and football, was. brighter
than at any time in the past: that
Georgetown's athletic policy had. for
tunately, for some time past. been su-
pervised not only by faculty director.
but by an advisory compittee COM
posed of leading professional and busi-
ness men in Washington. and that its
athletic standard was as high as that
sof any university in the country.
When asked whether or not George
town would reply to Virginia's letter.
Mr. Anglim answered that there would
be no reply, as that would be incon-
sistent with the attitude of George
town not to enter into a wrangle on
athletics.