The Washington times., 1921-02-06
NAVY'S QU|NT
WOULD VISIT
Virginia, Too, Expresses Desire
Through Coach Of Coming
to Washington.
BY BRYAN MORSE,

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most desirable place for college
teams TO visit. The latest addition
10 the list of visitors here is Vir-
ginis and II. II. Lsnigan, better
known TO the athletic world as Pop"
Lanigan, expressed a desire today TO
return more often with Virginia
athletic teams. Yesterday at the
Naval Academy William III. Lush,
coach of the Naval Academy basket
ball team, said he would endeavor to
arrange a game for the Navy team
in Washington next winter. The big
college teams, finding Washington
more and more suitable, are max
ing every effort to land games here.
Pennsylvania has been here with
It's basketball team. Princeton Is
coming shortly. Fordham visited
from the North. and from the South
Carolina. Virginia Polytechnic and
Georgia Tech are to arrive.
z Practically all of the Northern
baseball teams from the big colleges
however Washington is getting to
be a real mecca.
VIRGINIA is BOOSTED.
On it's visit to the Naval Academy
yesterday Virginia was highly COM
plimented by Billy Lush. That's
the best looking team we have
played this season." said Lush. LAM
gan has a fine passing team and one
which might have beaten US with
little more experience on hoor this
size"
Lanigan played an unusually wise
trick in stacking up his first team
against the Navy for the first half,
and his second string the greater
part of the second half. Defeated
finally by q score of 80 to is. Nir-
ginia held the Navy to 15-to-lf
count in the first half
Against George Washington at
night Lanigan sent in second string
to run the Hatchetites as hard as
possible. In the second half the Vir-
ginia regulars went in and grabbed
30 to % score. The game through
out was quite the best played on any
local court this season and until the
last ten minutes, when q. w. u.
players tired badly and failed to drop
even a percentage on shots attempted,
was a nip and tuck affair.
Lanigans lads displayed greater
speed and experience. George Wash
ington players were bit off on de-
fense and allowed the Virginians
who were unusually quick starters. to
get the jump.
VIRGINIANS RETICENT.
Washington college men were anx-
ious to learn just what the status OF
Virginia's athletics happen to be at
this writing in view of the recent
resignation of DR.. w. A. Lambeth and
DIR. Albert Lefevre from the athletic
board.
The Virginians, fourteen strong,
were about as communicative as
clans on the matter. Pop" Lanigan
said he knew little or nothing about
the designations and that he was not
acquainted with what was contem-
plated in the future.
Lanigan expressed himself as de-
string games with Washington col
leges and said Virginia would like to
return for other sports as we'll as
bask etball
There appeared to be no question
but that Virginia was alive to the
fact that football and basketball
games in Washington would be
playing games on neutral" fields
seemed to be very live subject with
Lanigan.
LOCAL LADS SCORE.
Two Washington boys, brothers, did
unusually well at the Naval Academy
yesterday. Angus Sinclair the plebe
swimmer, in a dual meet with Pitts
burgh, clipped a second and fifth
from his own worlds intercollegiate
record in the 22O swim. Sinclair shot
through the water in 2:27:4.
On the mat, Valvin Sinclair, an
alder brother in the first class, threw
Clark, of Tufts College, in minutes
and Al seconds in the 125-pound class.
For the past three years Red" as the
Navy men call him, has been working
for an IN" on the mat. He bids fair
to come through and his victory was
unusually popular. very proud
father watched the performances of
both youngsters.
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