Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-22
men TO LEAD TEAMS
ARE NAMED At YALE
Indications Are That Dark Blue In
tends to Resume Athletics
in Fall.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Yale is making preparations for the
carrying on Of it's athletics next year
just as IL no war were taking place.
Managers and captains Of all branches
Of sports have been announced. and.
according to the latest issue OF the
Yale Alumni Weekly, sports will be
been no interruption. It is possible
that there may be some slight re-
trenchment along certain lines, but the
probabilities are that. the Dark Blue
again will be in the field with the same
fighting, aggressive kind of aggrega-
tions that have represented 1t In the
past.
What is being done at Yale is true
xo1 sss ef fhs
ent intention IL to place athletics back
on the plane they held prior to this
spring. All the institutions seem to
realize that they viii have ~ ,,s teams ~
few years, because of the losses of vet
eran athletes, but that fact Is not de-
terring them.
A prominent alumnus Of Yale yester-
day gave this as his opinion of the sit
uatfon:
From all that I gather we will again
have athletics next fall. Hardly any
doubt exists that foot ball will prove
it will be financial success is without
question. At Yale. just as at other
places. foot ball has been the big factor
which has given the university the
financial help necessary to the broad
development Of its other lines OF ac-
tivfties in intercollegiate competition,
and unless the international situation
becomes much more acute the gridiron
game especially should flourish, and
upon it depends in a great measure the
probably will not be able to turn out
as strong teams as usual. owing to the
loss OF veteran material, but our great
est rivals are in the same boat. Har-
ward and Princeton athletes have gone
into many departments of the govern
ment service. and their teams also will
have among their personnel a lot Of
green material. I believe that the pos
formances by the teams should not pre-
vent the resumption of sports, and
think that the great majority of the
alumni Of Harvard and Princeton are
Of the same mind: There is another
phase to the question, too. You know
that officials of the naval and military
academies have gone on record as ia
vor1ng the intensive development of
athletics because athletics do more to
develop the powers Of leadership than
any other line Of student activity. The
Military and Naval Academy cannot
hope to furnish the government with
sufficient officers for its armies, and
many OF the men who command will
universities II officers Of the navy and
army gain from participation in ath-
ietics at Annapolis and West Point,
they can get the same development by
taking part in them at the institu-
tons which do not feature military
training"
The Yale "Y" for crews this year has
been awarded to the men who rowed in
the race with the University of Penn
sylvania early in the spring. This was
ad1udged sufficient criterion upon
which to make the awards. inasmuch as
the annual event with Harvard was
not held. Heretofore Yale oarsmen
have always depended upon the race
with the Crimson to get their insignia
The disruption of sports early in the
spring changed conditions.
Auditors won from Shops in the Rail-
road Y. M. G. A. League by a score of
II to 4. outhitting and outfielding it's
opponent. Mowrey. who played left
field for the winners, got three safe
cracks out Of four trips to the plate
and two of the three were for two bases
each. Mulroe and Thornett of the same
team also did some lively clouting of
the ball. the former getting triple and
two singles and the latter a triple and
a double. Shops made only four hits,
against twelve by Auditors.