Evening star., 1918-06-18
COL[EGESP[ANN|NG.
[FOR1919CONTESTS
No indication Is Shown Of
!. Any Lessening Of AetivI-
:
: ties in Sports.
By II. Q. BYRD.

Colleges in the south Atlantic sec
tion. and most of the institutions
In the northern and middle Atlantic
states. plan to continue their ath-
.leties throughout the next year. At
least. that is the attitude expressed
by practically all the men who have
charge Of sports in the institutions
referred to. and already efforts are
being made to form affiliations and
line UP schedules In basket ball and
base ball. Foot ball lists for next
fall were completed two months ago.
An effort has been inaugurated in
Maryland to bring together the col
leses OF the state into some kind
Of q basket ball organization. and
most Of the five or six institutions
supporting intercollegiate athletics
are at work on their 1919 diamond
schedules. Athletics probably are con-
Quoted at less cost by the colleges
in Maryland than by those OF any
other state. owing to the inexpensive
dollars will more than cover
the cost Of tho most expensive
trip taken by any of the teams,
whereas enormous amounts are laid
out each year by some schools to
cover that phase of the foot BAH
season. Thus Maryland institutions
are not laboring under as great, a
handicap as some of the others In
continuing their sport systems.
There is no way to foresee what con-
ditions will be with the opening Of next
spring. but right now it seems to be the
maintain some kind of sports program.
Torpedo team won from the Quad
rangie nine in the Navy Yard League
yesterday by II to 2. scoring heavily
In the second. third and fourth innings.
much for the losing club to overcome.
only five hits being registered against the
Torpedo finger. Also Bryant famed
twelve. The Torpedo nine hit the ball
hard. nve Of the players getting two or
more hits each. Cox and Sterzer led.
with six safe drives. evenly divided be-
tween them.
lander. the Swedish runner. who
has been credited. in Sweden with
several records. undoubtedly is one
of the best cinder patchers at dis
tances ranging between a half mile
and two miles there is in the world.
When Zanders first brilliant efforts
were made skeptical persons in this
country SnOOk tneif HeduS as tHouR II
to negative the idea that he had
actually done what had been claimed.
So many times foreign athletes have
been credited with marvellous per-
formances and failed to make good in
competition. with supposedly poorer
athletes that it was hardly believed
that lander had done what waa
reported to have accomplished. How
ever. tho consistency of his perform
ances. over. a period of two years
seems to establish him among the
greatest of the worlds distance men.
In the schedule announced by Fred
Rrunner Tor the opening Saturday OF
general swimming at the: bathing
beach Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days will be given to women and girls
and the other days to men and boys
From to 8 each day will be fol
mixed swimming, and both men and
women may, use the pool at that time
and escorts will not be necessary
Women and girls will be compelled to
wear rubber caps, and stockings are
not to be allowed. The playground
pools also are scheduled to open Sat
urday. though no adults will be per-
mitted to Use them.