Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-11
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS
PLAN BIG STRIDES
ON ATHLETIC FIELD.
Great Advancement in All
Branches of Sports Is
Contemplated.

BY II. c. BYRD.
| Colleges and universities in the
south-the south being spoken of
as the territory below the Mason
| and Dixon line-are making great
preparations for the reconstruc-
ton of their intramural athletic
programs and for the broadening
| of their intercollegiate activities.
| Furthermore. all the institutions are
| putting forth great efforts to getf
| into working order the recon-;
mendation of the National Col
legiate Athletic Association to
place all athletics under the juris-
| diction of all-year men. who arel
| to be members of the faculties.
Not only are several Of the insti- |,
tutions putting at the head ofl
their athletic affairs athletic direc-
tors. but most of the larger ones are
| arranging to employ several as
sistants, or already have done so.
All intend 10 couple their intra-
mural sports program with their
development of intercollegiate
! games.
The athletic situation in institutions,
here is, for the most part. well known.
At Georgetown. Charley Cox is in
charge of all sports as general man
ager; John O'Reilly is physical d.
| rector. trainer and coach of track and
| basket ball, and Albert Exendine han
dies foot ball. Catholic University has
capable director Of sports in
Charley Moran, physical director In
Tracey. basket ball coach IN Fred .
| Rice, track coach in Bill Foley. and
is casting about in an effort to obtain
/ the services of a good foot ball tutor
! for next fall. Maryland State has one
man in charge Of sports. and is plan
| ming system under which men at
| tached to the faculty on all-year jobs
will coach and be responsible for the
various sports; besides these physi-
cal director is to be obtained to han
die all gym work and to develop intra-
mural play.
Changes Made at Virginia.
Considerable interest has been
| evinced everywhere over the recent
changes in athletics at the University
| Of observation-disclosures. which are to-
take effect next fall. Rice Warren.
former Virginia foot ball coach. will
be in charge and is to be given abso-
Lutte freedom in the development Of
his work. He will be subject only in
faculty committee on athletics.
charged with the regulatory super
vision Of all sports. Permanent
coaches are to be obtained for other
sports, with Pop Lanigan remaining
| to coach basket ball and track. Com
trary to the general impression I'M
| some quarters, there is no interior
ence at Virginia with coaches OF
ding the base ball squad as inde-
pendently as ever a coach directed
any combination OF collegiate players.
Beginning next September. Rice War
| rem will take charge of all sports and.
| according to the chairman OF the
| will be vested with full responsibility
| for the success or failure of the fu-
| ture athletic policy OF the institution.
Washington and Lee has DR.. Pollard
as director Of athletics and he has
three assistants who help him In the
general physical work and coach
teams. Bill Raftery is coaching foot
ball, basket ball and base ball and
Forest Fletcher takes care of the
track squad. Virginia Polytechnic In
tenn, with the leaving of Charley
Bernier, which places Sally" Miles
! back as graduate manager and pro-
vides for a new director OF athletics.
who will coach foot ball. and for two
| assistants to direct gymnasium work
and coach other teams. Virginia MIL
itary Institute last fall adopted about
the same arrangement which now 10
| being put into effect at Virginia Poly
| technic Institute.
quired the services of Bill Fetzer. for
merly of Davidson. to be resident gen.
eral coach. Tai Stafford also ID there
in charge of athletics as graduate
stitution for one or two assistants. A..
in the words he used to the writer
several days ago. tho Job is too big
for me or any one man to handle
right"
Carolina After . Good Man.
North Carolina University is casting
| about for a man to place In charge
Of all its sports-a man who can see
and realize the possibilities Of de-
velopment in an institution of 1000
students. Just how effectively North
Carolina intends to develop its ath-
only intends to get big man to place
at the head of its system, but Will
give the man all the assistance he
| needs in the way OF physical In
structors and subcoaches. Charles
university, put it this way: I'VE intend
to wait until we can get the kind
Of man we want. and when we get
| him we are going to give him every
thing he desires In the way OF any
need Of" Wooden is enthusiastic
about the possibilities of the develop
ment OF intramural sports at North
Carolina, as he believes the geograpn-
, zeal situation of the university Is such
as to make certain the successful out
come Of almost any project OF THIS
nature The University OF Nortn
Carolina, while 1t has splendid facii-
ties in buildings and grounds. IL ex-
actly twelve miles from nowhere ana
has almost no recreational facilities ex-
cent those furnished by the university
authorities. 1t is because OF that thae
Wooden believes the field for recrea.
tfonal activities to be % great, ana
1t IL for that reason he desires con.
siderable stress laid on intramuT1I
sports by whoever takes charge.
University Of Georgia has just placed
Frank Stegeman, former university OK
Chicago athlete, in charge OF Its teams.
He is an all-year man and head coach
of foot ball and base ball, with assist
ant coaches. DR.. 8. v. Sanford will. OF
course, remain as director OF athletics.
Georgia contemplates some new de-
velopments in its intercollegiate re-
lationships, and there Is not much
doubt that 1T will have new teams ON
it's foot ball schedule in 1921. Georgia
is not satisfied with its existing ar
rangements.
Others Plan for Big TAinEs.
Other state institutions in the south 1
planning big things in athletics are
yersity Of Florida and University Of
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