Evening star., 1917-03-04
COLLEGE PLAYERS
!. BEGIN WORK SOON
Suitable Weather Only Thing
Necessary to Bring Out
Diamond Artists.
BOCOCK IN NEW POSITION
BY n. C. BYRD.


section probably will get down
to hard work this week. The
probably" is placed in the pre-
vious sentence because of the pos
sibility that the weather will not
open sufficiently to allow real
workouts outdoors. Many of
the squads already have started
practice in cages and gymnasiums,
but the real training is not going
to begin until the players can put
on spiked shoes and uniforms and
get out on the grass. The first
clear day, if the sod is not too
wet, will find hundreds of col
lege and school players in the Dis
trict and the surrounding terri
tory limbering up to get their
arms and batting eyes IN shape
IOI lIlc SOlllllS SSdooii-
In less than three weeks the first
games/are to be played. Georgetown.
Catholic University and Gallaudet have
contests scheduled before the last week
in March, and many other institutions
in this section are to play before April
Il. Practice in the schools and colleges
is beginning this year later than usual.
owing to the unusually severe winter
Many teams have done considerable
work prior to March ! in many seasons,
but that was impossible under condi-
tions which have existed for the last
month Those institutions forlunate
enough to possess cages. or big IN
door space sufficiently large to allow
practice. are in particularly favora-
Bile position. However. the others. those
that depend solely ana absolutely on
outdoor work, are not likely to begin
their schedule in as good shape as In
previous seasons.
Authorities in charge Of athletics at
George Washington are gratified over OBJ
tanning Robert c. Marshall in the capa-
city of director of athletics. Every body
connected with the university seems TO
think that il is move in the right di-
rection. The following is an excerpt from
the current issue Of the Hatchet, the
student publication at George Washington.
giving a brief history of the work OF Mar
shall at other institutions:
Robert c. Marshall, who was recently
appointed as director of the university
athletics for next year, has turned out
many championship teams Mr.. Marshall,
who is thirty years old, prepared for col
lege at Wellessel. Mass, High School, and
was graduated at the University Of Maine.
where he won places on the base ball. foot
ball and track teams. He played summer
base ball in New England, and profess
sional basket ball with Brockton in the
Bay State League.
He turned out championship teams
in basket ball and base ball at the
George Junior Republic in New York.
where he taught and coached for two
years. For the last two years he has
taught and coached at the Roanoke
City High School His team won the
championship in base ball in that part
of the country. He has been an official
in many college basket ball games in
Virginia, as well as at Cornell and
Syracuse.
He has aroused great interest in
athletics at Roanoke, and he comes
recommended by such men as DE-. Al
Sharpe of Cornell"
Three colleges from here probably
viii be represented in the Meadowbrook
indoor track and field games next Sat-
urday night at Philadelphia. George
town is due to send two or three men,
Catholic University is scheduled to run
a relay against Lehigh and Lafayette,
and Maryland State will have several
runners in competition. Brewer won
the invitation fifty in the Meadowbrook
meet last year. and took the first leg
on the trophy for that event. 1t is
necessary to win the trophy three times
in order to get permanent possession.
Chapman is entered in the 1,000-yard
open, Morris in the open b0-yard dash.
Grace in the open 440, Carter in the
open mile and two Of these men with
two others probably will run in a re-
lay race. Brewer also is to take part
in the open 50-yard dash.
The Meadowbrook Club has the repu-
tation of holding the best indoor meet
in the country Thousands attend the
contests, and the competition is fast
as can be, inasmuch the stars of
the east and middle west always are
entered. The management of the meet
makes 1t point to bring together the
best athletes in special races, and the
struggles for first places as a result
are about as keen as could be desired
Just how far the Meadowbrook people
go in getting big races is shown by
the fact that they have scheduled two
International meetings this year, and
are making an attempt to get two of
the star athletes of Sweden to run in
special half mile and a special mile
against Ted Meredith and Joie Ray.
Catholic University's base ball team
this spring is going to be in a fortunate
position in regard to pitchers. The
Brook landerS have back both the men
who did such good work for them a
year ago, Hendricks and Fahey. The
former experienced his first season in
college ball last spring and made good
from the start He was one of the best
looking young college pitchers around
these parts. With good control, fair
speed and curves. he combined much
better Judgment than usually is found
in the very best of college hurlers.
Fahey is veteran and may be depend
ed upon to deliver good work. Coach
Charley Moran is lucky in having such
good material with which to begin his
year.
Preparations are under way for the
annual intercollegiate and interscho-
lastic track and field games to be held
by the Maryland State College. The
meet has always been held the first
Saturday in May. which this year falls
on May 5. The meet is closed to insti-
tutions in the District of Columbia and
Maryland, but the. probabilities are
that several schools ana colleges out
side these two territories will be ex-
tended invitations. The meet is pure
ly an invitation affair.
More than a month ago 1t was printed
in these columns that Branch Bocock
was being sought by the Louisiana State
University to take the position of athletic
director. Word has just come from New
Orleans that Bocock has accepted the ap-
pointment and will take charge of his
work next fall. He is to coach foot ball
and generally supervise all sports. Bo-
cock played quarterback at Georgetown
in 1905 and 1906 and coached at the Uni