Evening star., 1919-02-26
NAVY TRACK TEAM
L|STSDUAL MEETS.
Middies Scheduled to Contest
With Hopkins, Penn, Pitt
and Cornell Squads.
BY II. C. BYRD.

The Naval Academy track and field
team has a schedule this spring thal
encoupasses only four dual meets, but
which involves meetings with three OF
the big universities. The opening
date is with Hopkins, and the sailors
ought to have no trouble winning that
but the following meets are to be
with Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania and
Cornell. The first meet is listed
.Aarl 10, the second May ,. the third
gAy 10 and the fourth May u.
It is, definitely understood that the
Nav relay team IS TO be allowed TO
60 to Philadelphia April Is to run IN
a mile event against the Army No
formal announcement has been made
of that. but those supposed to be in
position to know are confident that
permission viii be granted
For the last two years the Navy
track squad has been coached by
Jimmy Mulligan. former Georgetown
runner MulliEHn says that his pros
poets at the Navy this spring are
good Particularly is the coach lm-
pressed with the work of Davis, a
half miller. Davis, according TO Multi
gan, will run the half this spring IN
I.56 or under, which is about as good
as anybody else in the United states
can do
Stories about the predicameuts in
which foot ball officials and base bali
umpireS have found themselves al
times because of peculiar decisions or
decisions which did not please the
fans, are many. but none has yet
matched the yarn told of George
Brown. Boston \. A man, and his
experience in Maine town
1t seems that Brown had been ref
erecting for a number of years a big
game between two Maine colleges and
had been giving great satisfaction.
However. the time came when lie was
compelled to give a decision that from
the side lines caused il to seem that
he had given one school the game. AS
might be supposed, there was lot of
wrangiing and threats of various
kinds, but the affair blew over and the
following year Brown was back on the
job as referee for the same game.
Just prior to the contest Brown de-
cjded he needed d shave and stepped
into a barber shop Naturally, the bar
hers talk had 10 do with the impend
ing foot ball game. When the shave
was about half finished the barber
asked this question:
DO you know who's going 10 referee
the game?"
Il think it's fellow named Brown"
was Browns reply.
why. that's the guy that robbed Us
last year" Jerked out the barber. and
j. just hope he comes in here for
shave"
"I don't care much for foot ball my
self and don't think IN go to the game
ar ALL" was the way Brown tried TO
prevent identification.
We'll. all I've got to say. I'd just
like to get a chance TO shave that guy.
tha,'s all. Have a massage2''
Blown did not want a massage and
he did not bother to wait for the
change that was coming to him out
OF the dollar he handed the barber
Yesterday the surprise of the high
school basket ball series was foisted
on the followers of the sport when
Eastern defeated CentraIs quint by
IL to To- The Blue and White led
easily at the end of the first half, but
slowed down in the second, and East
ern picked up and got the margin of
victory by throwing a goal from the
floor in the last few seconds.
?. Business got a victory over Teehni-
cal by nosing out that school by 10
to g., The Stenographers thereby fin
ished their season without a defeat
Here is the final standing of the