Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

II the game is arranged It will be
the nrst meeting of the Blue and
Gray and Buff and Blue since 1916
and the second since 1907
Until the break in 1907, as a result
OF some untoward activities on the
part OF George Washington students
and the failure on Georgetown's part
70 give, the Hatchetties what they
regarded as an equitable financial ar
rangement. the game on the HILTON
was one of the biggest in the south
Inc held at Georgetown always was
taxed to its limit and both schools
maze almost money enough out of
. INC game to run their athletics for
the year.
would Please the Fans.
The foot ball public will be glad
to see the two schools meet again.
even IL indications are that Georpa
washington may not be able to turn
out team sufficiently strong to win
In the first two or three years.
1eorgetown's decision at Boston
sune .ihe ago TO adopt the migratory
residence for an athlete who trans
1ers from another university. has
caused George Washington to look
with favor on the scheduling of a
game with the Hilltoppers more than
~~1y SehCi OHc 1dClOT.
ANY man who comes to Georretoun
from another college will have to re-
nam a year before being eligible to
pay. An authority at Georgetown
stated last night that it was intended
70 go even farther than this and
aoopt the freshman rule within the
next two or three years. As soon as
mat Is done the Blue and Gray will
have the full one-year residence rule.
Georgetown's attitude at present is
70 90 away with all things connected
with its athletic system that have
;ent;ee.. 70 raise objections from other
institutions, and the adoption of the
migratory rule is the first step In its
pan TO develop close relationship with
certain schools with which it is not
now in athletic competition
Gambling ON Varsity Games.
Gambling on college foot bail games
in some sections has grown to almost
unbelievable proportions. And while
betting by students is carried on to a
great extent, it is thought that pro-
fessional gambling is the greater of
the two parts of the evil. Something
Of the magnitude of betting on some
collegiate contests may be realized
when 1t is stated that the coach of a
certain eleven told the writer last
rail- that on one of the games in
which his team participated some
thing more than $4,000 was wagered.
That coach said that he saw and
talked with two students in their
rooms the night after the game and
knew that each of the students won
more than $4,000.
In one section Of the south last sea-
son professional gamblers jumped
from town to town for no other pur-
pose than to be present at games at
which they thought they had the best
opportunity to clean up the most
COIN" to use the expression Of the
man VINO was telling of the practice.
Also it Is said that the management
of one school has been much bothered
by offers of professional gamblers to
back the team and put out winner
30 that they could reap better profits
probably we should apologize to the
English language for using the word
profits in this sense. Happily, these
conditions are not widespread, and ,
that they have been confined mostly
to limited areas is all the more reason
why college authorities are working
to prevent their spread.
Coaches Are Concerned.
Coaches particularly are concerned
about betting on games. Nothing SO
tends to put a coach Gin wrong" than
to have the students and alumni lay
big sums of cash on the issue of GER
tain games. The team loses. probably
through no fault OF the coach, and the
men who have dropped their cash
howl about the inefficiency of the
coach and blame him for their trou-
bles.
II there is any one factor which will
breed trouble for coach in general
student body it is this practice, and
the average coach stands in dread of
nothing else as he does of that. The
propaganda which has been started
against many a coach and which ul-
timately resulted in the loss OF the
job first has emanated from a betting
element which has lost money. In
fact, it is limited that just such case
existed last fall.
Raising Of big pools for betting has
been almost completely stopped
among students and alumni of the
better class institutions, and the
whole college foot ball world is go
ing to be on a close lookout for the
gambler.
Troublous times are in store for in
dividuals who go to college foot BAH
games next fall with the idea of rak-
ing in easy money by laying their cash
against the money of students who
are betting through sheer loyalty as
much as on a real belief that their
eleven will win.