Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-31

| colleges with thousands of students
ana ss II is given as reason for calling
on sports. There is only one way to
| look at that side of the question, il it
IS true and that is that athletics. in
stead of being played by the student
oodies. are dependent for their exist
e ee upon a privilege class. In case
that is the state Of affairs. it would
! be best to abolish intercollegiate sports
not only for the period Of the war.
| but for all time.
There is going to be-except for
peculiar circumstances in some excep-
| tlonal case-but one good reason for
| the cancellation of sports in colleges
| nat Is the state Of mental depression
| when may exist after heavy casualty
| lists begin to come back to America
with the names of killed affecting
| every community from coast to coast
| ana from gulf to lakes If there ever
was time when there was need of
| sports IT Is no." No one department
OF any character has given as many
men TO the service Of the nation as
mas college sport: and despite the men
eettlng military training in many
| schools the athletic teams have given
more men to the country than any
| companies of students Every officers
| reserve camp almost is a roster of col
lege athletes. and already great
many have received commissions in the
Marine corps and Regular Army
| Let athletics continue
rms afternoon the Terminal Railroa d
! Y; NJ G. A.. League will resume its reg
uiar schedule. the beginning Of the sec
ond half of the season. Nine contests
| be played by Auditors and Shops The
schedule was drafted last night at a
meeting OF the board of control of the
league IN the association rooms at Union
| station. Schedule:
! Tuesday. July 81. Shops vs. Auditors
Thursday August ., Auditors VS.. Cen
| eral Office.
Saturday, August 4, Auditors vs.. shops
-, Monday, August 6, General Office vs..
Wednesday, August s, Shops vs.. Audi
tors.
Saturday. August IL. Auditors VS.. Gen.
Monday. August 10. Shops VS.. Contra,
Office. al
Wednesday. August Is. General Office
Vs. Shops.
Saturday. August IS. General Office vs.
Auditors. "
According to press notice sent out
by the Amateur Athletic Union, there
viii be no dearth of stars in the cham
pionship events in st. Louis the first
week in September. Practically every
man who has won a title in amateur
running or field events in the last year
is to be present. Here is the A. A. US
announced ISL.
Earl Thomson OF Los Angeles, the ma
tional junior 12o-yard high hurdle
champion, with record of 144-5 sec
onds; Joseph T. Higgins, the former
Holy Cross College star. middle distance
runner now representing the Irish
American A. c.; Edward REM. New York
A. c.. ex-nationaI indoor and outdoor
champion walker: Jim Lincoln, New York
A. c., metropolitan javelin champion
William Kyronen. Millrose A A, ex-
cross country and distance champion
William Plant, Long Island A. c., tu-
nior national walking champion; Yves
ley NJ. Oler. New York A. c., and former
Yale University captain and nation
al and former intercollegiate high
jump champion. providing he is not
called away with the Aviation Corps
before the championships take place;
Avery Brundage, Chicago A. A., ma
tional all-around champion. Joie Ray
and Dan Ahearn. the national f1ve-mile
and hop step and jump champions. re-
spectively. will be on the Illinois A. c.
team, and Eddie Fall, conference mile
champion; Joe Loomis. indoor sprint
champion; Earl Eby, 600-yard cham
pion; Sherman Landers. pole vault
champion, and Andy Ward. outdoor
sprint champion"