Evening star., 1920-07-04
HATCHETITES LAYING
BROAD SPORT PLANS
UNDER NEW LEADER
By II. c. BYRD.

charge of athletics at Western High
School and sports writer for local
paper, has been appointed director
OF student activities at George
Washington University. The ap-s
poinrment was made by President
Collier upon the recommendation
of the board of managers of student
activities, and the appointment will
be confirmed by the board of trus-
tees at its first meeting prior to the
opening of the university.
Morse should make good in athletics
at George Washington. He has worked
under much the same conditions at
Western High during the six years he
has been in charge there that he will
face at the downtown institution and
Bun and Blue gridiron uniform.
Broad Contacts in Athletics.
Few men get more personal contact
with athletics in all branches than
Morse has had. While student at
Western High. where he graduated in
1905, he played on the foot ball, base
Dali, and ran on the track team, and
was conspicuously successful in all
Leaving Western, he entered Clarkson
Tech. where he again played stellar
roles in several branches of sports, and
came to George Washington in 1909 for
postgraduate work. At Clarkson Morse
was captain of the base ball team for
track for two. At George Washington
ne played quarter during the season of
1910 and was conceded to be one Of the
best backs in the section.
Since taking charge OF sports at
Western High Morse has been un-
usually successful. and with very lit
tie in the way of facilities and good
material. He has won two high
school championships in basket ball
and one in base ball and his teams
or third. with the exception of the
first year he handled Red and White.
Morse's first problem at George
washington will be to develop a foot
ball team, and he intends to get right
at his work. because he is not in po-
sition to let any grass grow under his
feet Last night Morse said that 1t
was his intention to get out letters
immediately to all men in the univer-
sity who are known to have had ex-
perience in foot ball and ask them to
meet him September 10, with the idea
of talking over the actual beginning
OF practice, which has been set for
September Is. Orders for uni iforms
and other equipment are to be placed
| Immediately, and arrangements to oh
tain grounds for practice and to play
the games also will be taken up with
| in the next few days. Morse expects
| to have all preliminary matters at
| tended to within the next two or three
entire time to rounding up material
| among the 3.400 students of the uni
versity for the eleven.
Hard Gridiron Schedule.
While the first two games of the
| George WaShingt schedule for next
fall are with Western Maryland and
| Delaware teams. which probably will
| be beaten without a great deal OF
dlfflculty, not more than one of the
| remaining contests is likely to offer
| anything but the hardest kind of
battle. Following contests with
these elevens are to come games with
West Virginia. Villanova. an open
date, West Virginia Wesleyan. Ford
| ham, Gallaudet and Catholic Univer-
| ably will be filled with Lynchburg
College.
This array of contests does not
OFFER an easy season. but it is about
the only kind of a schedule the
Hatchetites care to play They in,
lines among universities of their own
standard, which. while not the easy
way, is a certain way of making
known an intent to stick at the game
on a solid basis. and to develop good
teams.
Besides turHlHB oul VeTSity SicScHs
it is the intention to develop a fresh
man team and schedule games for 1t
with high and preparatory schools
in and around Washington. In this
way Morse expects to build up ma
terial to plug the holes which may
be left by graduation or by men leav-
ing the university for some other
reason.
Financial obligations are to be met
through gate receipts and voluntary
fees. It is expected that there will
be available for running athletics
and other student activities during
the year approximately $4,000, which
should be ample for all needs.
George Washington students may
rest assured that regular programs
for all branches of athletics will here
after be a part of their university
life. Next fall. even before the foot
ball season is well on. plans will be
got underway for basket ball. base
ball, track. tennis and swimming. At
tention also is to be given to girls
versity are to develop basket ball.
swimming. hockey and tennis. with
a possibility of indoor base ball.
DR.. Borden Deserves Credit.
While several individuals have had
much to do with the reconstructive
program for athletics at George
Washington, one man who has been
most concerned WIFI the oSNelop-
ments, yet who has kept almost en-
tirely in the background. is DR.. Dan
iel Borden, one of the professors in
the medical school DR.. Borden early
last winter took upon himself the
personal responsibility of calling to-
gether some of the alumni Of the uni
versity to informally discuss projects
for building up a substantial program
for athletics.
Something of the difficulties en-
countered by DR.. Borden in his eff
forts may be realized when it is
stated that when the second meeting
was held, notwithstanding that the
date had been set two weeks in ad-
vance, only one man showed up for II.
and he was a student. Notwithstand-
ing that apparent lack of interest.
DR.. Borden stuck to his self-appointed
task; he interviewed members of the
faculty, had conferences with the
president of the university and mem
bers of it's board of trustees, with
leaders among the students, and be-
gan to arouse not only interest but
enthusiasm. The final result is a
comprehensive system for the carry
ing out of a broad athletic program.
with a director in charge who is a
full-fledged member of the faculty.
Only those that are familiar with con-
ditions at George Washington as
they were will know fully just how
much time and labor attainment OF
this final result involved.
With all due respect to what Bryan
Morse is likely to accomplish at
George Washington in the next Few
years, in the last analysis George
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