Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
s, CAROLINA TEAM
HAS GAMES HERE
Meets Maryland State Nine
This Afternoon and George
town Tomorrow.
ny II. &. BYRD.

| University OF South Carolina comes
here today for games with Maryland
state and Georgetown. The visitors
meet Maryland state this afternoon at
! College Park and Georgetown tomor-
begin at 4 ocock.
, When Maryland State played South
! Carolina early in the spring at CO.
lumba. the latter had weak pitchers.
but did not seem to have much trou-
| bic hitting the ball. The visitors
/ have husky aggregation. but hard
/ ly measure up to the standard of the
teams representing the other state
universities in the south.
! Washington and Lee comes here to-
! morrow for meeting with Catholic
University at Brookland The Lex
ington nine has been exceptionally
successful this spring. and is strong
in every regard. according to those
who have seen it play.
Business and Eastern play tomor-
row in the high school series.
Lack of success OF Georgetown's re-
| lay team at the University of Penn
sylvania games Saturday has caused
no little surprise. The Blue and Gray
was So much better than the other
schools in the south Atlantic cham
pionShip relay in the indoor meet at
Hopkins that there was no compari-
son between it and its competitors.
but at Philadelphia the Hopkins quar-
| tet proved fast enough to give it a
trimming. Either Georgetown must
have kefnly felt the absence of Lee
Gendre or Hopkins was wonderfully
improved.
| George Washngtons quartet came
| through nicely under the direction
of 10 Il III a
| against remarkably fast teams. the
/ Hatchettes ran a race in which they
! averaged practically f1fty-f1ve sec
| onds for each runner. which was very
creditable.
! Western was the only high school
| from the District to place. and it ran
second to Stuyyesant High of New
York. Western actually was third IN
! the event, but was placed second
after the winner. the Washington
~(Pa) High School four, had been dis
qualified
! Success Of the combined oxford
Cambridge four at the Penn relays
j was not surprising, when 1t is con
| sidered that those universities draw
men from the four corners OF the
| world. AS matter of fact, two OF
! the athletes who did most to win the
| relay race and establish a world
/ record were Rhodes scholars from
! South Africa. While the writer in
no way desires to detract in the
| least from the fine performance or
the Hfitishers. ii does seem. in view
! of the strict eligibility rules of most
American universities. that it is Civ
ing the English institutions just a
little the edge on the colleges and
, universities in the United States to
allow them to unite their strength
against teams which, respectively,
represent separate institutions.
Efforts of intercollegiate track and
field teams this week will be bent
toward the South Atlantic lntercol-
legiate Athletic Association cham
pionships at Blacksburg. under the
auspices Of Virginia POLYTECHNIC In
stitute While several other schools
will have teams entered. it seems that
! the probabilities are the real fight
| for the point trophy will be between
Virginia, Georgetown and Hopkins.
While the colleges and universities
. will be working hard for the develop
ment of their teams for the Blacks
burg meet. scholastic squads in this
section will spend their time getting
| in shape for the big meet at Central
High The Mount Pleasant school
has entries from twenty-five schools.
comprising some Of the biggest
scholastic institutions in the east.
The success Of the games is assured.
i if quality of competition is to be the
criterion.