The Washington times., 1919-02-01

Colleges will meet In football, base
ball, basketball. and in track athletics
to the exclusion Of the so-caIled
Northern institutions and a halt has
been called on Harvard, Yale and
the South Atlantic institutions as
training teams in the spring for base
ball and attractions once and awhile
in football
Georgetown, Catholic University,
Richmond College, Virginia POlytech-
Eic Institute, Johns Hopkins, and
Maryland State representatives tacitly
accepted the proposals Of President
H. c. Byrd TO combine schedules for
all sports.
It is proposed to invite Washington
and Lee, Virginia, and Carolina State.
Failure to hear from these institU-
tons In regard to the most radical
proposals ever entertained in this
sectional organizations will mean that
the league" viii be crrried on just
the same.
Virginia Stays Away.
Virginia, Washington and Lee,
Georgegia Tech, and Virginia Military
Institute were conspicuous by their
absence. II was said that the failure
of those not present to join would in
no way halt proceedings. Schedules
are now under way for baseball this
spring where each team will play the
other at home and abroad. Basket
ball schedules for next year will be
worked out for acceptance by an ex-
ecutiye committee composed Of H. c.
Bird, OF Maryland State; Charles X.
Cox, of Georgetown University, and
{. A. Bernier. OF V. p. !.
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Virginia to attend the meeting was
taken TO mean that the charlottes-
Vile men were interested in track
alone. It is thought that the new
move will effectively bar the Char
lottesville men from competition in
this one branch Of sport which is
their only venture with S. A. !. A.
teams.
The adoption Of the new schedules
means that Catholic University and
Georgetown will come together in
baseball and basketball and possible
football, although the rather elastic
understanding between the colleges
admitted OF a rejection OF games in
the event that there was disparity in
the strength Of the teams.
NOrtherners Lose out
That Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Le-
high. Lafayette, Cornell, and other
Northern institutions will be unable
20 come South for games with the
South Atlantic teams is evidenced by
the fact that the sectional teams in
tend playing each other during the
entire season.
Northern colleges have BEEN will
ing to accept big guarantees for
games in this region in the past. but
has been unwilling to reciprOc2te
when the S. A. teams intended taking
q Northern trip. In future there
will be no soft picking on the Easter
training trips for the Northerners.
Sleeps and Eats" provided FOX
the s. A. colleges on baseball and
departure from the old order Of
things. Visiting athletic teams at
Georgetown, State and Columbus Uni
versity will be put at those institu-
tfons and housed and fed over night.
On trips to the other colleges in the
section the District men VIII be ac-
corded the same treatment.
HIIItOPpeFs Ask Cup.
What appeared TO be a decided slap
at the Charlottesville men at the
University Of Virginia is a letter ask
ing that the championship field and
track trophy won by Georgetown for
the past Two years be turned over u
that institution. Since Virginia won
the trophy three years ago it has 7 OF
been turned over to Georgetown for
it's two recent wins. despite George
towns repeated requestsufor the cup.
Discussion was quite free as to the
attitude taken by Virginia IN re-
gard to playing the S. A. colleges.
should Virginia reject the proposed