The Washington times., 1917-12-31
|0LLEGES CARRY
IN PROGRAMSOF
SPORT ACTIVITY

Despite the inimation that an early
closing Of the scholastic year is in pros
pect. colleges here will carry on their
sport programs in so far as they arc
Self-supporting. This is taken 10 mean
that basketball and baseball will be un-
Ger way at all the local institutions
and that plars for football on a large
scale viii be undertaken for next fall
Georgetown University expects TO con-
tinue lis basketball schedule and plans
for a baseball campaign. Catholic Uni
versity will continue in the same
branches OF sports. while MARYLAND State
will have basketball and baseball, with
track. lacrosse and tennis II possible. It
is expected that GaIaudet will have
baseball. as wen as basketball, which is
E5w being played.
Minor Sports Cut.
Reports from the various colleges all
over the country tend to show a desire
70 foster as many sports as is possible.
Those branches like tennis. track. row.
ing. lacrosse. wrestling and fencing.
which drain the athletic Golfers, are ex-
peeted to be either greatly cut down or
called on for the duration OF the war
Football, from which is derived the
funds necessary to carry on practically
ali other sports, will be played on as
large a scale as possible. Financially.
football is big asset and makes all
other sports save baseball and basketball
possible.
TIVE Branches Doomed.
Local colleges do little besides football,
Basketball and baseball. It is expected.
however. that track and tennis will 20
by the boards. although none Of the ath-
letic directors will give out information
at this time. Georgetown has said II
would hold the annual indoor field and
track games II possible. Charles Moran.
at Catholic University, is Of the opinion
that there will be no work done in track
this season. II is intimated that c. u
will be represented by a football team
next fall.
With the return OF the college
students from the holidays this week,
basketball will be IN full swinr.
Georgetown Will proba bly, lose Nc.
Nulty and Fees. according TO reports.
These players are about the strength
Of the Georgetown attack and will
leave big gap in the Blue and Gray
i've.
Fees has the reputation of being the
best free tosser IN this section of the
country. He made more than 30
per cent Of his chances last season.
McSulty has improved steadily to the
point where he is ranked as one OF
the best floor men in the colleges
south Of the Mason-DiNon line.
The District Intercollegiate Basket
ball League gets under way January
IL again. In the meantime the teams
will be given the beneft Of some in
tensiye work In the first games
played December - there was a lot
Of ragged play. due to the fact that
none OF the quints had been on the
floor for a long enough time.
High school basketers start their
league at the Y. ". c. \. on Friday. I
Business and Tech meet in the first
game Of the double header. while .
Central and Western take the floor
in the second engagement The
games will start at o'clock with 1
Beckett and Hughes handling the 4
contests.
Central and Business are due 10 1
night IL out for the title in ,he schol !
Rstic league this winter, according to I
the dope None of the other schools 7
appear to have a lOok-iH.- Eastern 4
and Western as well as Teen will he .
represented by green combinations f
Central viii have a veteran bunch on .
the floor while business has two eN-
ceptionally good players in TOwbes 4
and Raedy. around whom Coach Full /
Ter has built strong aggregation.