Evening star., 1923-12-23

When il is considered that Penn
svlyania, beaten by Maryland, TO U,
defeated Center College, whlcn rated
among the best of southern eleVehs'
by three touchdowns and nelo soai;;
and that Yale, played to a. stanostlii
nv MARYLAND. beat North Carolina
and Georgia by SO to o and 40 10 o' IL
does not take any great stretch oI
the IMAGINATION to see just how merl-
torious were Marylands EFFORTS IN IT'S
two supreme tests against grio,loll
machines that were among Iiie oSS
IN the country.
Georgetown. which usually has been
an essy leader in foot ball activities,
suffered a let-down which was very
marked. Not only did its eleven ran
to measure up to the stanoapa . or n,ore re
last several years, but 1t lost more
Games probably than any otner
Georgetown eleven ever lost in
single season.
This was due to several causes ~
number of injuries kept star player :
cut of the game for large pal. y, a.
the season, there was cnanSe III
the Goa aching system, and the team
played through terriftically nara
schedule with exceptionally strong
acknowledgement it would not
have got a whole lot of credit Tor
defeating: and yet when IL was ae-
feated by them-Princet excepted
Georgetown was made to appear as
weaker eleven than it actually was
AS a matter Of fact, Georgetown
probably could have gone on the heid
with any other southern team with
even chance of winning.
Georgetown'S brilliant record in
track and field athletics and In base
ball. University of Maryland's accom-
pIishmentS on the gridiron and open
ing of a new athletic field and gym
nasium. and Catholic University's de-
ax-N0 04r,
prospects of an excellent basket ball
team have been the outstanding fac
tors in the development of team ath-
letics during the past twelve months
From a standpoint of accomplish
ments by individual athletes only the
briefest mention can be made, be-
cause so numerous have they been
that lack of space precludeS the pos
sihflity of much more than naming
some Of them
Maryland Earns Grid Fame.
Possibly the surprising record OF
the University of Maryland foot ball
team was from a national viewpoint
the most outstanding of all the rec
ords made by teams during the year
The defeat meted out to the Univer-
stty Of Pennsylvania and the remark
able game against Yale were hailed
from one end of the country to the
other and given prominence in the
nations press that nothing else done
by local college received.
C. u. Gains on Gridiron.
Catholic University developed q
stronger eleven than usual and gave
promise of reaching a point in foot
ball that it's standing in other re-
spects as a fine educational institu-
ton causes 1t to deserve. George
Washington has not yet found its
way into the foot ball light, but
new and wideawake president and
a rising sentiment in favor Of ath.
letics indicate g. new era. Gallaudet
had good year in foot ball, and ir
view of it's limited enrollmen,
achieved remarkable results.
Outstanding players in foot bal
were Hagerty, Sheehan and Thomp-
son of Georgetown; Hotel and Hen
derson of George Washington, Lynch
De Nault and vosanger of Catholic
University; McQuade, Pugh. Grove.
and Supplee of Maryland; Massinkoff
Langenberg and Boatwright of Gal.
laudet
Georgetown had by far the best
base ball team turned out by loca
colleges. 1t left Washington, to &c
north for. its final games the las'
part of May with only one defeat
that at-the hands Of Holy Cross. UT
north Yale. Providence College ant
Boston College fell before 1t, but al
Holy Cross, a one-sided defeat, 9 tc
o. was sustained, and with that went
the hopes of the Blue and Gray fol