Evening star., 1922-12-24

,umhed, 20 their proweSs were Dart
mouth. Fcrdhan. Princeton, Georgia
Tech, West Virginia, Cornell and
Pennsy lvania.
Mar yland and Catholic University
; also had good mines. but neither had
, as briliIaHt 4 season as 1T had gone
| through in other years since the war
! In their annual series they split even
Maryland winning the first contest, at
: College Park. and g. L. the second, at
| Brookland. Catholic University play
cd rather erratically. putting up some
! really brilliant efforts at times and
then again falling before mediocre
teams. Maryland got t. poor start,
being compelled t" rebuild after the
loss OF its star. pitcher and three
members of its iu1leld and two from
, its outtield. catholic University and
Maryland. despite the fact that they
uld not have as' good seasons as usual
defeated such teams as South Caro-
Una. North Carolina. Pittsburgh. Yer
mont. Dartmouth. Syracuse and West
! Virginia.
Lack Of pitching material handicap
ped Galiaudet. and il was not as
strong as when ii had the exceptional
Dowies to do its hurting.
Also Sets Pace in Track.
Georgetown, as in other sports. led
the District colleges in track and field
us track squad was the greatest ever
IN.
and transcendsi by far in alI-round
capabiiity any "f the teams that rep
resented schools in the south Atlantic
section. In the annual south Atlantic
championships, at charlottesville Nav
~ ~ ana ~. the Blue and Gray won cas-
~ against Penn State in Il dual meet
IL completely Swamped its opponent
II won the Johns Hopkins indoor meet
ana also captured its own Sc, of in
ooor games. the first it held after the
war. In ract, Georgetown's success
iui resumption of its indoor meet
was one OF the features of the year.
Outstanding even among I;eorrn-
town stars was Bob lie Gendre, who
proved himself. at Pennsylyania the
last week in May. to be the bes; ALL
round man BY winning the pcntath-
,on' the event for which the best col
iege men in the country strive.
tniversity OF Maryland got back
INTO track sports again after 4 lapse
SINCE 1911. 1t put out only "A fair
squad having no sprinters. One Of its
men. though. proved himself "A star in
shotputting. Bill Beers breaking the
~ outh Atlantic record with u heave of
10 leet inches. surprising the mark
Pie!iousiE held by summers of Vir-
gina Military Institute. G;aIlaude,
anu George Washington had track
squads, but the combined teams of
an Inc other local schools would not
tJeOTRp-
town. Catholic University was not
represented
Georgetown and Catholic University
LED the field In basket ball. The former
nad T. team even stronger than it's
usual strong outfit. while the latter
also put out quint famous for it's
Iast and brilliant play. The Blue and
Gray went through it's season unde-
1eated on its local floor. Catholi.
best game probably was PLAYED
a asainst Pennsylvania, although il iost !
by a margin OF two points. Gallau-
get and George Washington both en-
Joyed some success on the court bur /
not to the extent of the schools al !
ready mentioned. Maryland did NOT |
have basket ball team.
Maryland was the only one OF tho
to support lacrosse. and |
It did so well that it was ranked third
IN the east by an accepted authority
on this sport.
And before closing an all too brief
review of the year. 1t seems especially
;ommendable that local schools have
lone so well when it is considered
hat they did this despite the fact
hey played under higher standards of
eligibility. Georgetown ard Catholic
niversity adopted the onc-year rule.
ma MARYLAND holds TO tie rules of
ne south conference the strictest
code in the country.