Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-07
STATE LAYS PLANS
FOR MANY SPORTS
MaryIanders to lnaugurate
System of Athletics, Giving
Competition to All.
BY II. c. BYRD.

Maryland State plans broad develop
ment of its athletic system. Not only
are arrangements being made to go out
into intercollegiate competition IN more
branches of sport than in former years,
but an intramural system which VIII
give every individual in college an OPP
portunity to take part in competitive
athletics is to be put into operation.
The first part OF the plan is to be in
augurated this winter.
Prior to the war State was taking
part in six branches of sport III in
tercollegiate competition. Foot ball,
base ball and track athletics were sup
ported as major sports and basket ball.
| lacrosse and tennis as minor. These are
! to be resumed and it is practically GER
/ tain that before long wrestling and box
! ing will be added. In fact. the plan
now is to get wrestling and boxing start,
! ed this year as intramural sports and
/ next year to carry them INTO inter
| collegiate competition. 1t is felt that
! no trouble will be encountered in obtain
! ing dates for wrestling team. but there
is some doubt as to whether boxing
| the colleges for i team to get Il real
| schedule of dates. iutramurai champion
! ships are TO be held at State in both
boxing and wrestling toward the end
I OF this winter.
Reorgan MIA ton OF the educational sys-
tenn of the college now is being effected
and it viii be u week or more before
student activities in general are re-
sumed. However. plans for spring sports
already are under way and arrange
ments are being made to schedule sew
eral big games in foot ball for next fall
and the list of contests for base ball has
been started. Just how much is to be
done in basket ball this winter is not
definitely known just now. The place
in which the team is to practice is piled
full OF government uniforms. beds. blan-
lkets and material of almost every kind
Track sports this winter and in the
Ispring depend entirely on the opportu.
mites for scheduling meets. Lacrosse
probably will not be taken up until mex
year.
| Arrangements have been made where.
by one and probably two state graduate:
will come back to the college to devote
part of their time to athletics in con-
nection with other work they are to do
w B. PoSey, who was captain of the
foot ball team in 1917, is to be bach
shortly, and it seems fairly certain thai
another former state athlete will take
up teaching next fall and in connection
with that help develop what should be
the broadcast system of general athletics
for everybody that has been put into
effect in colleges.
Two basket ball games are sched-
| uled this afternoon in the high school
| series. Business is to meet Eastern
md Central goes against Western
9th contests should be fast and hard
fought.
Jake" Smith. until recently a lieu
| tenant in the Army. is the first OF
Maryland States form~r athletes to
return to college. Smith was on the
foot ball squad in 1917 and played
| centerfeld on the nine last spring
| Several others are expected back
shortly.
| Wight. Westerns star ha!fback last
| fall. probably will enter Yale next
, year. According to Bryan Morse
that is his present intention.
Coach Metzler of Central High says
that Dick Newly should make one
of the best scholastic foot ball play
ers in the section in another year
Newby, according to Metbler. showed
great promise during the abbreviat-
| ed season of 1918.
Homer Remsberg, Ieftfielder at
Maryland State last spring. now an
ensign in the naval aviation service,
was at State yesterday and said that
an even dozen former State men, now
! ensigns in the aviation service hap
pened to get tied up at the same
| time at hotel in Boston last week
Nine of the dozen men are letter men
, from varsity teams Remsberg him
self played lacrosse and base ball.