Evening star., 1917-01-14
BY n. C. BYRD.

The George Washington University
foot ball schedule for next fall is about
complete. Only one date remains to be
filed. and Graduate Manager Hodgkins
expects to have that settled by the mid
die of this week. The season will open
September 2e. with Gettysburg, and
close Thanksgiving. with the annual
struggle at Georgetown.
After the contest at Gettysburg,
which is to be played at Gettysburg.
the Hatchetites will journey to Nor
gantown. ". Va. where they meet the
West Virginia University. Johns Hop
kins is to be played again, the game
being booked on the same relative Sat
urday as last fall. The two most i'm
portant contests to be played here, ex-
cepting that with Georgetown, of
course. are with Catholic University,
November 3, and Crsinus. November 10.
Gallaudet also is on the Hatchetites'
list. being down for November "a
Here is the list of contests:
September 29-Gettysburs at Gettysburg.
October 6-West Virginia at Morgantown.
October 13-Hopkins at Baltimore.
October ao-Eastern College at Washington.
November 3-Catholic University at Washing.
November Io--Ursinus at Washington.
November 1s-Western Maryland at West
minister.
November 24-G.llaudet at Washington
November 2s-Georgetown at Washington.
George Washington practically has
made arrangements for a change in the
gotiations have been carried on with
%a,-
athletics at the university-in fact. TO
become athletic director. No official
announcement has been made of the
new policy. but it has been learned
that it will go into effect on the 1st
of next September. The man with
whom an agreement has been reached
now is at the head of athletics in
another institution. and does not want
IL to become known just yet that he
is to sever his connection there. An
official announcement of the change.
rect the sports of the university. likely
will be made within the next few
weeks.
Athletics at George Washington have
been somewhat shaky. even since the
close of the last foot ball season, and
there was some question on the part
of the faculty as to whether or not
it would be wise to abolish all ath-
letics. However, at meeting last
week of the faculty and student repre-
sentatives matters were so adjudicated
that the situation now seems safe.
Athletics are on a solid foundation,
and with the advent of A man next
fa lie ss<iz
TO the direction of the affairs Of the
athletic association q. W. L. should
begin TO regain its former position of
prominence.
Managers of track and field sports at
Georgetown and George Washington
are making preparations for the hold
ing OF their annual indoor meets.
Those in charge at Georgetown are
hustlinS along with their arrange
ments in order to get things in ship
shape BY February i, the date of their
games. and those at George Washing
ton are goings ahead with deliberate
efforts to build up the biggest affair
of the kind ever held under thc aus
pices of that institution. The George
Washington games are to take place
Friday, March 2.
Georgetown is holding its nee. much
earlier than usual. The annual games
under the auspices of the Blue and
Gray were previously run OFF On the
first Saturday i'll March. but the change
was made this season because of the
inauguration. George Washington de-
cided to take chance and hold its
meet on Friday instead of Saturday.
| thus making an effort to draw some Of
the college teams here for the double
| purpose of running and seeing the
| President inaugurated.
No concrete announcements of def
nitely arranged relay races has yet been
made by the management of either
! university. Relay races are the most
| important Of all the contests that take
| place at these affairs. and followers of
track sports are always anxious to
&, see close competition of this character.
/ The events. when well run, always
! arouse a lot of enthusiasm among
partisan and non-partisan spectators.
| The local meets have their quota of
south Atlantic intercollegiate cham
pionship contests. AT the Georgetown
games will be held the ffty-yard dash.
/ ffty-yard hurdles, half mile. high jump
and shotput. George Washington has
been awarded the two-mile run. ,40-
yard dash, pole vault and two-mile
| relay. These events will be in addi-
tion to the regular open-handicap COM
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