Evening star., 1923-06-03

them in the past lew seasons. Gr
the higher educational institutions
of young men who have performed
of sport.
All of the colleges will suffer, {
Fourteen Hilltoppers who have br
versity get their sheepskins this mo
eighteen athletes being in the gradu
teams at Gallaudet, while Catholic
will have their ranks depleted. All
letes of prominence will leave the
With the college year passes one of
the greatest athletes that ever attend
ed local institution-Jack Flavin.
Coming to Georgetown from the Port
land (Me.) High School in the fall
of 1919, Flavin made the foot ball
team that year and since has par
ticipated in three major sports an
nually. He has been a remarkable
backfeld player on the gridiron. In
three seasons earning national recog-
milton.
His infield work with the base ball
squad has been of high order and his
basket ball play at forward eXcep-
tional. During his sojourn at George
town Flavin has won three Gs an
nually, something no other Hilltop
athlete has accomplished IN years.
Jacks loss will be felt on grluiron,
diamond and floor.
MnIOney Faces Hard Task.
The Hilltop foot ball squad is hit
80 hard by graduations that Jackie
Maloney. the new coach, practically
will have to rebuild the varsity
eleven. In addition to Flavin. Gus
Malley, Bill Kenyon and Bill Lowe,
all backfield regulars last fall, are
ending their college careers TINS
month.
From the line will go Capt. Rudy
Comstock, guard and tackle, and Carl
Werts, center, all-South Atlantic Sc
lections; Zube Sullivan, tackle; Andy
Zazzali, end, and Bill Goggin. tackle
and guard. Excepting Lowe. al! OF
these men were with the foot ball
team four seasons. Lowe played in
three. II appears as though George
town will have almost an entirely
new team as we'll as new coach next
fall.
much to Georgetown, for he has taken
part in three sports in each of mis-
four years there. In addition to play
ing foot ball. Zazz has been with the
base ball and basket ball teams, and
did well with them, too, although not
winning a complete set of varsity
letters each year. Others to go from
the base ball squad are Clayton
Sheedy, who has been at first base
for three years. and Malley. four sea-
also did some sprinting for the track
team one year.
The track and field team is to lose
its captain, Jimmy Connolly, who has
brought Georgetown much fame
Last year Connolly won the inter-
collegiate mile title and during the
past winter scored many points for
his alma mater. He has been with
the team four years. Alec Brewster
a quarter miller, with three years on
the team to his credit. graduates, as
do Tip Moroney, field performer. and
Charley O'Byrne, runner Each OF
the last two mentioned has been on
the team but two years.
Maryland Graduates.
Both foot ball and base ball at
Maryland will have their ranks de-
pleted, for of the eighteen athletes
graduating at College Park, many
have disported themselves on both
gridiron and diamond. Six of those
who are about to complete thelr
school boys. Zeke Bailey, one-time
Centralite, has put in four years at
base ball and foot ball at Maryland.
while Rosy. Pollock, another eX-
Central student. has three years in
each sport to his credit at the state
university Pollock captained the
nine this spring.
Mish Gurevick, Piggy Moore and
/. w Bosley, former Tech boys, have
established good foot ball records at
Maryland, the first named being with
the squad three years and the other
two four each Moore has been one
Of the best linesmen Maryland has
had in years. Mac Brewer, who went
to College Park from Western High,
has gone through three years of col
1ege foot ball in addition to playing
with the lacrosse team.
Brewer and Pollock may return to
Maryland for postgraduate work and
in that event would be eligible for
The athletic teams. The same is true
of Kirk Besley of Baltimore, with
two years experience with the foot
ball and base ball teams.
Other foot ball men due to graduate
are Andy Nisbet, big tackle: Jake
Smith, linesman, and Eddie Semler,
nine. while Semler played in the out
field. John Moran. third sacker;
Donald Watkins and Grafton Wallis,
catchers, and Robert Burdette. out
fielder, are other base ball players
ending their college work.
Track men graduating are w. c.
Crooks, team captain and cross
country runner, and the Simmons
twins, Laurence and Lansing, who
came from Minnesota and now make
their home at Takoma Park. Lau-
renee Simmons also played with the
base ball team. 7. h. Miller, who
has done well at lacrosse, is to go
from the twelve.
blow is Struck GulIaudef.
At Gallaudet eight athletes are
about TO conclude their college stud
les. First and foremost among them
ts Lewis La Fountain, for four years
star in foot ball. basket ball and base
ball, and mighty capable track per-
former. Perhaps La Fountains best
work has been on the gridiron, where
ne proved an exceptional end
Other foot ball men to go are
Harry Baynes, Ladislaw Cherry, Fred
Connor, Prentis Lucado, Arson Mills
and Toivo Lindholm. Baynes also
was with the basket ball team, while
Lucado has been a base ball player
and track man; Connor has done some
track and field work and Cherry and
Lindholm have scored as wrestlers.
James Orman, a wrestler. also will
. get his diploma this month.
Catholic University does not expect
to lose much of its athletic talent, but
five of the men who have partici-
ate. John Clark and Walter May,
pitchers, and Norman Roddy, out
fielder, will go from the nine. Roddy
In one season was with the foot ball
team. James Mahoney is the only
gridman about to graduate, while
from the basket ball ranks will go
John Fitzgerald.
George Washington probably will
lose several of it's best men In loot
ball. and basket ball. The Hatchetites
were none too strong in these sports
last fall and winter. and should any
of their athletes leave, the squads
will be weakened considerably.
DoIlese ranks leave behind them envi-
able athletic records. They have
played brilliantly in many fields and
fne best that can be wished for them
is that they may enjoy in the outer
world the success that has been theirs
in varsity athletic endeavors.