Evening star., 1922-10-01

But attractive as the impending en-
gagemert between the Middies and the
season for the District, with the meet
ing OF Georgetown and Holy Cross
rarded for the following day and with
other contests of somewhat lesser
importance listed by the other varsity
combinations hereabouts. not to men
tion the usual high school champion
ship games and a series for the sand
lot title. the dish being prepared Tor
local followers of the gridiron sport
this fail will serve merely as an ap-
petiZer for the years to come, II plans
now in prospect materialize.
To BE Grid Center Of South.
1t is the announced intention of the
base ball club. wi'irA contro!s tn@ oA',
plant available for the staging of
games of major Importance in this
section. eventually TO MAKE Washing
ton the foot ball center of the south
in fact as we'll as name-and the
situation as regards the game is such
the ambition may well be realized.
Ciriff already has been In communi-
cation with the athletic authorities OF
a number of institutions whose teams
would prove a powerful magnet here.
with a view to interesting them In
proposals to schedule 1928 games in
This city. One contest he is par
ttcularly anxious to book and which
would prove 4 wonderful drawing card
IS the annual Georsetown-G Georgia Teen
set-to. These games heretofore nave
been held exclusively in Atlanta. where
the Crackers yearly play to capacity
crowds--and invariably win. Unless
all signs are misleading the Geor-
CLANS. with the new check on SHIFT
plays in force, will have their string
of consecutive victories cut tnis fall
in which event the following year
should find them eager to accept an
opportunity to meet the Blue and
Gray warriors here in an inclosasv
having practically double the seating
capacity of Grant Field.
Other Big Teams Prospects.
There are other schools. in addition
to Georgia Tech, Penn State and the
Navy lacking facilities to make games
profitable, which might reasonably be
expected to favorably entertain pro-
posals for games in Washington
These include lafayette. last season
generally rated as on par with Penn
State in claims to eastern title honors;
Washington and Jefferson, which up
set the dope by holding the University
of California team, champions OF the
Pacific coast. TO a sCoreiess tl@ al tne
tournament of roses in Pasadena New
Centre. Lehigh. West Virginia. Auburn.
Vanderbilt, V. 2. I. and Washington
and Lee.
Some of the schools are so re-
stricted by regulations regarding
playing away from home or on any
field other than the home grounds
of their opponents that difficulties
will be encountered in bringing them
to Washington. but a sufficient num-
Der should be available to assure the
capital of several battles of major
Importance each year instead OF
merely one or two. Negotiations al
ready have been opened with some
of the institutions named and 1t is
confidently expected that within
comparatively few years the goal OF
making Washington the gr!diron
capital of Dixie will be achieved.
Navy Game to Prove Test.
To a certain degree the ultimate po-
sition of this city as foot ball mecca
will be determined by the measure of
State-Navy struggle. Every effort
will be made to have facilities for the
scomfort Of spectators as complete as
possible, including new, modern
scoreboard showing the downs, dis
rance TO be gained and score, in a
place visible from all points in the
park, and marking OF the lines On
both sides of the field in large nu-
merals.
With one-third each of the entire
quota of seats allotted by arrange
nent to Penn State and the Navy.
only about II 900 will be available for
distribution locally, and, judging from
advance requests. this sunpiy will be
exhausted shortly after the seats are
placed ON sale. probably this week.
In the event that gridiron enthu-
siasts of the capital demonstrate the
interest expected in the opportunity
to attend football games of the first
rank the ball club has announced 1t
will completely encircle its field with
double locked steel and concrete
stands to increase the seating ca
1acitv to 80 900