Evening star., 1915-02-15
BY n. c. BYRD.

Northern trips are to be taken by two
of the local university basket ball
teams this week. George Washington is
scheduled for six contests, two of which
are to be played at Lancaster. Pa,
and Syracuse n. Y, and the others in
and around New York city. Catholic
University has one conflict booked in
Philadelphia and the other three it is
to appear in are to take place in New
York city.
George Washington will open its
schedule with a contest against SYRIA
cuse University Wednesday night.
Thursday it is to make its appearance
at Lancaster in a battle with the
Franklin and Marshall five. Seton Hall
is the next opponent, and it Will be met
at South Orange, N. J.. Friday evening.
Saturday evening the Hatchetites will
be the guests of the Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute. The team will lay
off over Sunday at New York, and Mon
day will go to West Point to play the
Army quint.
Whether the Hatchetites will make
much of a showing on this trip is
doubtful. 1t really cannot be expected
that they will accomplish great deal.
AS il is series of contests which
would try the mettle of a more rugged
set of players than those VINO constl-
tute their quint. They also Will be
against basket ball players OF a much
different type from those usually en-
countered in this section.
Catholic University also is to play the
first contest of its trip Wednesday,
opening with game against the Tenn
pie University, which was decisively
defeated here just before the holidays.
Thursday the Fordham team will be
played again, and Brooklyn College and
ST. Johns College are to be met Friday
and Saturday. respectively. The Brook
landers should win the games with
Temple and Fordham. but they are
likely to have their hands full when
they tackle st. Johns and Brooklyn.
Both these schools are represented by
capa BILE quints and their work should
be of such a character as to afford brill
liant conflicts.
George Washington and Gallaudet
are both near the end of their sched-
ules The former will have but two
games left on its schedule after it re-
turns, and the latter only one. The
Hatchetites are to meet georgetown IN
the gymnasium on the Hilltop one
week from Wednesday. and viii close
their season the following Friday with
game against Virginia at the Ma
tional Guard Armory. The Brookland
institution is to meet Virginia at the
Carroll Institute Thursday, February
%, which will be it's last appearance.
While there was a fair attendance at
, the George Washington track meet
Saturday night there really was not
as large crowd present as the quality
of the competition deserved. There
were many well matched relays. and
the open events produced some splen-
did efforts. The two-mile relay be-
tween the Baltimore Cross Country
Club and the Baltimore Central Y. NJ.
c. A was as closely contested an
affair as one might care to watch. while
that thrilling finish between Virginia
and Cornell was a wonderful eXhibi
tion-probably the best that any one
mile race ever run in Convention Hall
has produced.
Also a word might be said for the
officials The meet was in the hands of
with much greater dispatch than was
really expected There was not hitch,
| once the races were started. and every
thing went off smoothly as clock
work. Especially do Prof. c. Z. Beckett
of the Y. NJ. c. A. and Emory Wilson,
principal of Central High. come in for
commendation. The former, as starter,
did excellent work. while the latter, as
hustle with which the various compe-
titions were rushed through. The
whole meet was carried out In a very
efficient manner, and no positions are
half so responsible those of starter
and referee.
A movement ls on root to hold an
open banquet. at which every member
| of the South Atlantic Amateur Athletic
| Union is to be asked to be present. The
affair will be something in the nature
| of an effort to develop more pleasant
relations between the various organi-
| cations which support the body. There
have been many MISUNDERSTANDING be-
| tween the different organizations con-
nected with the Amateur Athletic
Union and it Is thought that if the
rnnf ha
brought together in such a social event
much will be done toward alleviating
conditions. Lathrobe Cogswell of Bal
| timore, president of the association, is
terning it after that which is an an
nual feature of the Middle States Asso-
citation.
The statement published in a local
morning paper to the effect that John