Evening star., 1922-12-24

1t would be difficult indeed 10 fint
auy section small which produce,
Is much in the way Of college ath-
it& population. OF millions and with
lore colleges. and two of them amont,
he largest universities iE the world
columbia and New. York, did not do
near we'll.
Ard so il is with considerable pr.,l,
mat local followers of collegiate spor,
may look back to accomplishments of
the year soon to close. But il is easy
I" genera.!2e in such things: now io
some details Of what actually was
done.
&. L. Provides High Spot.
FIRST in Importance in the collegia, 9
sport world is foot ball. and il is
back 10 it that first slancrs are
thrown. Standing out primarily as
the greatest single accomplishment,
vi general Importance was George
owns l3-to-1 victory over Lafayette
N . rost-s,ason game here December
:. Many of the thousands who wended
their way TO American League Park
hat day did so with tn. thought that
'he Blue and Gray would succumb to
one of the premier foot ball aggrega-
tions of the country by two or three
iouchdoWns. Georgetown men them
selves did not eXpec, to win. But
- -
liant contest and won for itself recog-
jIltion II could not have got in any
other way. Georgctown's defeat OF
Bucknell and other accomplishments
despite some disappointments. proved
that one of the Hilltop'S usual good
teams played through the 1922 season
No school in the country played
through harder schedule than the
University OF Maryland. and the fact
'hat the Marylanders did that. Yet
won all three OF the games they re-
Sarded as most important on their
list seems to be sufficient credit
Maryland's schedule was featured by
resumption of relationships with
Johns Hopkins. and the fact that it won
hat game was sufficient to make It's
season successful ii it had accomplished
no other victory. Maryland wound up
US season hy defeating it's old rival
catholic University. 81 to 0, and by
,.king the measure Of North Carolina
state. to ..
q. W. and c. L. Fare Badly.
Catholic University ard George
Washington again failed To put out
teams up TO the standars! they hoped
Tor and which should be attained to
he compatible with their genera,
tandins as Institutions. Neither
school had =. team as strong as its
"ieTen OF the previous season. George
Washington " lost much of its best
l91l material and the Brooklanders
failed to make the best of what they
had. In their annual contest. George
Washington was winner by IL to Z.
George Washington also whipped
'iallaudet. but was overwhelmingly
defeated in the contest with the Blue
and Cray on Thanksgiving day. In
fact. the comparative showing Of the
in the Turkey day festiv-
ties has led to g. change in schedule
which gives them an early date with
Georgetown and the Thanksgiving
day date with Catholic L.
Gallaudet's eleven played through |
, fair season only. 1t suffered much |
from lack of material. 1t was some
what erratic in its play. but put up !
some fine games, especially against |
ieorGe Washington. Quantico Marines
and Drexel Institute.
Next to foot ball comes base ball.
md in that sport all local schools did
we'll except George Washington,
which was not represented. George
own had one of the really great col
sge mines Of the year. Schools of all
alIber fell before the Hilltoppers.
md at the end of the year many
ar hed them as the strongest combi-
.ation in tho east. Even the fine HOLY
roS: nine twice bowed before
'E"illys rroteGes. and most promi-
: sob