Evening star., 1923-03-04

troubles at times. but in the main
its lack of experienced ina
College base ball this year will
bring to Washington some of the best
collegiate mines of the north, and
south. Most of the big northern
schools. including Harvard, will come
here, while big southern institutions
also are due to take hop in this
direction. In fact, il is doubtful IL
any other city in the country sees
during the run of two-month sea-
son of college base ball as many
teams from as widely divergent sec
ton of the country. Representatives
of schools from Maine and Vermont
to Florida appear on local fields. and
if there is any such thing as good
base ballsby college teams Washing
ton fans get d chance to see 1t.
Track and field games scheduled
at the University of Maryland April
81, with Georgetown. George Wash
tenders, probably will have to be
given up. The new stands are al
most certain not to be complete at
that. time and the CONSTRUCTION
work has put one side of the
track in such condition that the
whole of the straightaway prob
ably will have 10 be resurfaced. The
track could be used for one or two
meets this spring, but If the stands
are not complete it will be useless
to attempt to hold the games. Off
cial notifications to this effect are
to be sent to Georgetown. George
Washington, and Gallaudet this
week.
Instead of holding it's meet on this
date. the Maryland authorities will
cooperate with the American Legion.
holding another set of games In the
Central stadium. The American
Legion competitions are set for April
81. and Georgetown, Maryland.
George Washington and Gallaudet
are certain to place their teams in
the meet. In fact. three of the four
already have signifed their inten-
tion to do so.
The American Legion games in
the Central stadium last year were
not only a big advertisement for the
legion, but also served to bring A
local field of track stars who other
wise would never have been seen
here. The meet is for worthy pur-
pose, raising of funds for needy SOL
diers, and should receive strong
financial support for that reason alone,
even if it were not attractive from
standpoint of good competition.
Charley Swan, who Is naging
the American Legion meet, Will try
to bring here. as feature, the med
Club to run against picked team
from Georgetown. This would bring
Joie Ray back to Washington. and
If the same kind of crowd turned
out to see him perform in the Cen
trail stadium the financial success OF
the competitions would be assured.
Friday morning Mt the New Ebbitt
Hotel a meeting of the executive
committee of the South Atlantic In
tercollegiate Athletic Association
will be held in an attempt to formu-
! late policy for the association
which should put il Solidly on its
sentatives of the southern intercol-
| legiate conference will gather In
Richmond for a discussion of their
problems in relationship 10 the
/ South Atlantic intercollegiate A. A
University of Maryland will take
| this spring the longest base ball trip
! it has ever had scheduled. The trip
games with most of the big schools
| in the south. Thursday. March 2s,
| is filled with a game at Richmond:
| Friday. North Carolina State at
Raleigh: Saturday, North Carolina
University at Greensboro; Monday,
| Tuesday, Clemson at Clemson; We'd
nesday Georgia. Tech at Atlanta;
| Thursday, Oglethorpe University at
| Atlanta: Friday, South carolina at
| Columbia. and Saturday, Buffalo. In
| ternational League, at Anderson. s.
IC. The team will return to Wash
| ington Sunday where II is due to
meet University of Vermont on Mon
| day.
! Georgetown ought to have almost
grand cleanup of its outdoor track
season. At present it seems that no
other school will stand anything
more than an outside chance to beat
| it in the South Atlantic champion
| ships. despite confident statements
| from Lexington and Blacksburg as
! to what is expected of the Virginia
Military Institute and Virginia Poly
technic Institute. The Blue and
Gray has an exceptionally capable
mAa in Plansky to take the place OF
| LeGendre in all-round events. In
| fact there are some who seem to
| think that Plansky may be just as
big point winner as the former star.
| Hilltoppers do not have capable
athletes.
| Ed Lynch led the Catholic Cniver-
sity basket ball team during the
past season in scoring, dropping the
ball in the basket 35 times from the
| floor and 104 from the foul line: He
| totaled ia points of the 433 credited
| to his team. Eberts got most goals
| from the floor, scoring AZ; Breslin
was second in field goals. just one
'ahead of Lynch.
The Brooklanders wound up their
| season with eleven victories and four
! defeats. a fine record in considera-
tion of the material available for
Coach Fred Rice at the beginning
| of the season. The team lost to
Grove City, Mount st. Mary's. Vir-
ginia, Washington College, and de-
! feated Gallaudet, Lafayette. Boiling
Field, Bucknell, George Washington
twice. South Carolina, Mount ST.
! Mary's, Carnegie Tech. Washington
and Lee and Navy. The big feat OF
| the season was the victory over the
| Navy. Any team which goes to An
| napolis and defeats the Midshipmen
| deserves all the credit that comes
! with having been successful under
! decided disadvantages a