The Washington times., 1922-03-16

Others whose duty and pleasure
It Is TO chronicle the doings Of the
great national pastime declare the
year Win surpass any other In his.
tory. From the preparations now
going on in the baseball training
camps in the South there is every
chance Of 1922 being the banner
year Of baseball.
At home Georgetown. Catholic
University, Maryland University
and 0allaudet are banking on ex
ceptional schedules. and first-clasa
Baseball teams with which to com.
bat opponents.
When II IL remembered that
the Hl11toppers, BrOoklanders and
College PArkers produced three
great teams last year and that
majority Of the players are re-
turned for this years teams, It
can be confidently predicted that
they VIII again produce winners.
GEORGETOWN was ranked first by
u majority Of college baseball crit.
les last year and will have ab"ut
tho saIlno combination this season.
The Washington high schools and
preparatory schools shortly will en-.
Gage in preliminary baseball games
which include several lengthy trips
into Virginia and Maryland. AT
least three schools plan extensive
campaigns previous to the opening
OF the titular series which starts I'M
mediately after Easter.
In addition to baseball. practically
oil Of the schools will put out track,
tennis and swimming teams. The
track schedule II one Of the larges:
ever attempted In the District. From
Aprfl 81 to Juno . there will be at
least one track meet each Saturday
BY far the biggest outdoor meet
Will be the legion games set for May
8. According to announcements IL
u planned to make the affair a track
carnival which will start about 10
o'clock In the morning and run until
late afternoon, including the annual
freshman high school meet for the
morning events.
The big &C" Club meet, the annual
high school meet. and what Ia pro.
posed ~ the Consolation meet" for
high school boys who have not won
letters viii be features here this
spring. e..
In, addition to the local eneags-
ments the colleges and high schools
win make q pilgramage to Ph,la-
delphia on April 29 and 80 for the
Penn Relay Carnival. At least ten
institutions will b represented IN
this meet from Washington accord
ing to the present count
Colleee tennis teams win be the
first to get action this spring. The
various leagues and associations
win follow. In addition to Lehigh,
Yale, Harvard, Southern Cali
Sornia, Washington and Leo and
other visiting college teaxns II is
tumorod that Tilden, johnson,
Williams, ShimidIu, Richards and
others viii be hero for . spring
tournament st Chevy Chase.
Tennis suffered somewhat here
last year on account Of the national
open golf tournament at Columbia
which overshadowed everything
else. Those interested in tbs net
game declare that there will be q re-
doubled interest this year despite
the growing popularity Of golf.
Officially the golfing season opens
today with the admission OF play
ers to the public park course. A
stretch of fair weather will prob
ably see q host Of devotees in the
various courses.
In this connection q number of
tournaments are listed for the spring
starting with tho annual Washing
ton Country Club affair the first
week in May and the continuance
of the tournaments until late IN
June,
Rumor has It that the local COL
ieges are contemplating golf on y
small scale as q starte. with the
Observation-Disclosures.