Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
CENTRAL'S ATHLETIC FACILITIES
NOT EQUALED IN THIS SECTION
Stadium, Indoor Running Track, Two Gym
nasiums, Swimming Pool and Tennis
Courts Furnish Big Opportunities.

! conferred lasting benefit on the peo-
! pie of the District.
| And it might be mentioned here that
Central has a more loyal alumni associa-
( ton than most high schools or scholastic
| institutions. 1t is composed Of boys and
| girls and men and women. hui me ara
all are iit touch with Central affairs and
are always ready TO aid the principal OF
the school in any project for advance
| ment along any particular line.
| The adjustment of the two-sports rule
at Princeton is not surprise. The rule,
which forbade the participation OF one
man in more than two sports in one year
has long been in disfavor and its final
! abrogation is rather a elimination of the
| expected rather than something not looked
! for. That section was placed in Prince
toms athletic code because it was not
desired that a man fall into arrears III
I mis- scholastic work because OF too much
sports. However. Princeton has rules
providing that students Shall keep up In
their work and If they can take part in
more than one sport and stu ain
their standing with their class there was
no reason for Princeton to curtail its own
strength i'll competition with other in
stitutions py prohibitive measures that
accomplish nothing.
Galiaudet's basket ball team leaves
here Tuesday morning for lve-day
| trip, on which i've games are to De
played. The first takes place Tuesday
night with ST. Johns at Brooklyn.
! Wednesday the Kendall Greeners meet
/ the Seton Hall College. and Thursday
| jump p Hartford. Conn. to play an in
| dependent organization known as the
Travellers. The fourth and fifth contests
| take place Friday and Saturday night
against the Crescent Athletic Club OF
/ Brooklyn and Temple University at
| Philadelphia The Crescents and Tenn
| pie. defeated Gallaudet last spring on
their home floors by exceedingly close
scores Besides Coach Jack Haas and
| Manager Schowe K. Wenger. A. Wen
, ger, Whitman. CLOUD. Bcuchard and
| Wilson are to make the trip
Brooke Brewer proved himself the
| fastest man in the section when he
easily trimmed the best dash athletes
! in the colleges in the South Atlantic
| !. y. y. 50-yard last night. Brewer
ran away from the other men, and
| could have won by a greater distance
! had he showed himself to the limit. Not
| only is the Maryland State star the
| fastest man hereabouts. but he is one
| of the best spri nters in the world.
| There are not many men VINO can take
| Brewers measure at any distance from
| fifty yards to 220.
! The meet last night under the aus
pieces of Georgetown University Will be
followed by two others. The Johns
Hopkins-5th Regiment games are TO
| take place this week, and on the Fri
day OF the week following the annual
competitions under the auspices OF the
| George Washington University Will be
| held. These are about the only oppor-
| tunities afforded athletes in the south
Atlantic section during the winter
months.
| bigger relay races will be seen in
each Of the coming meets than were
scheduled in the Georgetown games
| last night. Not only will the big event
for the mile championship of the South
| Atlantic intercollegiate A A come on
as the feature race of the games In
| Baltimore, but others are said to be
| booked which are not one bit less at
| tractive. Three relay races of more
than the average worth are listed for
| the q. W. L. meet. Lehigh and Lafay-
cite being scheduled in one. George
Washington and Carlisle Indians in an
| other, and what should be the feature
| relay of the year ought to be run in
| tho three-cornered event between Vir-
| GINA. Maryland State and Penn State.
representative, as those institutions
are. OF neighboring states