Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-10
|SPORTS COME BACK
| TO.PRE-WAR BASIS
Splendid Spirit of American
Colleges Responsible for
Athletic Stability.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Athletics in the colleges have re-
covered rapidly from their wartime
legarthy. Sports in most of the insti-
tutions. large and small alike. have
been conducted during the last four
months almost on a pre-war basis
While minor games, such as tennis,
gymnastics. fencing, were not car
ried on quite so extensive basis as
in former years. the other sports
track and field and lacrosse hardly
seemed to less stable than in 1914.
1t is indicative of a splendid spirit
on the part Of colleges and the Amerl-
to a healthful participation in sports
instead of indulging in the antf-cii-
max to war that has followed IN some
less fortunate countries: FOLLOWING
the civil war, sports had their first re-
vival, and 1t will be very surprising
il the trend of the next decade is not
such as will cause the greatest De-
velopment of sports the world mas
known and see a more general par
ticipation in games by all the people;
Professional and intercollegiate and
interscholastic sports. in which re"
are trained for the edification OF the
many, still will have their popular
places and be perhaps even more
popular, but the reclamation of physi-
cal America must take place, ana
about the only way that 1t can De
accomplished is through health1ul anu
invigorating competitive games. Pup.
lie golf links. tennis courts, oase pan
diamonds, foot ball fields, swimming
pools are coming to be just as much
a part Of city governments as police
forces-and perhaps the increase or
one may lead to the decrease OF the
other Anyway. 1t Is well that
athletics to- help the mind, with its
peculiar psychological tendencies.
gradually to change from one ex-
IRENE to another.
Today at Catholic University the
athletic field will be dedicated in
honor of Ed Killion, who was killed
in France. Killion was a captain OF
infantry, and was shot while sur
rounding a machine gun nest. he
was tackle for two years nso. on s the
rounding Killion's death were excep-
tional. His company had surrounded
a machine gun nest and he had or
dered a band of Germans under the
command of a lieutenant to come out
come out and said nothing.
The Americans were standing
| around the deep trench waiting for
| the enemy to get out, when out
| stepped the German Lieutenant, to
surrender as everybody thought, but
1 d
his heavy pistol and began coolly
picking off members Of the Ameri-
can company. He got six men be-
fore about two dozen bayonets went
through him. and Killfon was one
1 of the six. This story was told by
a Maryland state man. who was a
member Of Killion's company.
Kuhnert pitched fine ball for Tor
pedoes again in the Navy Yard
League, banking Tool Shop, by 6
to o. The left-hander struck out
nine men and allowed only three hits.
Buck pitched nearly as good ball for
Tool Shop, but was poorly sup
ported.
| Marines took the measure Of Zone
| finance in the Government League
yeste rday. by II to 2. The winners
scored three times in the first in
ming and had things their own way
after that Garniss. pitching for
Marines. had little difficulty holding
the opposing batters.