Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-20
BY q. C. BYRD.

Two open wrestling tournaments
are to be held here during February.
One will take place on the 9Th. under
the auspices of the Memorial Athletic
Club. and the other is to be held by the
National Guard Athletic Association
on the goth. The first is scheduled for
the Memorial gymnasium and the other
Is booked for the National Guard
armory.
The following bouts will be listed
for both tournaments: One hundred and
five pounds, 115 pounds. 40 pounds. 125
pounds Especially, 1S5 pounds, 14o
pounds, 15s pounds, heavyweight class
The events will be open to any athlete
registered in the Amateur Athletic
Union or the District Federation. The
winning team will be presented a
handsome cup, while the victors in
each bout will be presented with
medals. go,
Entries for the Memorial meet Will
close January 81. but the National
Guard tourney will hold open its lists
until two weeks after that. On ac-
count of the number of entries eX-
pected by the Memorial club 1t viii
hold a set of preliminary bouts Feb
ruary z.
The Y. NJ. T. A is scheduled TO meet
the Central y. NJ G. A. OF Baltimore IN
two branches OF sport Saturday. IN me
afternoon at $50 O'Clock the hand bail
teams Of the two institutions VIII me up
against each other for u match IL singles
and doubles, while at $3.50 O'Clock the
ba sket ball quints will test each other S
strength.
The basket ball game will be the first
the "Y'' five has played Oh its home hoor
i've tact G q
aggressive and we'll played, as the Balti-
moreans will strive to redeem themselves
for the defeat suffered some time ago on
their own floor at the hands OF the wash
;ns1on live, and the local men will Ger
raiply put forth their greatest efforts to
,uru their first exhibition OH their horne
floor into victory. The Baltimore Y. NJ.
c A is represented by 4 mighty strong
combination while that which wears the
colors of the local "Y is very formidable,
Two basket ball games of more than
ordinary interest are to be played here
tonight The Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute is to meet the Georgetown quint
in game that will have a direct bear
ing on the south Atlantic champion
ship. and Catholic University is to &c
against George Washington in a con
test sure to be hard fought. and which
also will figure prominently in deter
mining south Atlantic title holder.
Georgetown ought to win from V: p
IT,, though the Blacksburs collegians
may have the advantage OF weight and
possibly speed. The improved form
shown by Georgetown against Wesl
Virginia Wesleyan would indicate tha'
| it should be the victor. especially since
| it also has the advantage OF having
PLAYED several contests, while this VIII
| be the first for V. P. I. The Virsinians
may prove whole lot stronger
! though, than is anticipated, in which
event they will probably get the big
end of the score.
| Catholic University must win from
George Washington tonight in order te
keep hard in the running for first hon
ors in the south Atlantic section. The
strong. if not stronger. than any other
quint. and if they can defeat the Hatch
cities decisively will have made anoth'
err step into their march toward the
| title honors. Catholic University has z
much better aggregation of basket bal
PLAYERS than George Washington, and
| If it's men play as well as they have il
some of their previous contests. should
not meet defeat. George Washington
/ is strong collectively and will put VI
an aggressive game.
~
/ II is hard to believe that Princeton
would give over the coaching of the
foot ball team next fall to a man who
has never played the game. yet that is
Just what has been done.
On the face of 1t. that seems to be
rather preposterous and a poor way te
get victories from Harvard and Yale
but when the coaching record of the
man chosen is looked into things may be
considered in a different light While
he did not play college foot ball. John
! c. Rush has made a record at the Uni.
versity School of Cleveland as a coach
! that has seldom been seen in any ol
| the preparatory institutions. For four
| teen years he has taught foot bali sue.
| cessfully and has. besides developing
/ winning teams. sent away from thai
| school some of the greatest stars the
gridiron game has produced in the
last few years.
The case Of Rush may. be a parallel
to that of Zuppke, who never yet
l played, yet made q brilliant record al
coach Of tho Oak Park High School Of