Evening star., 1923-12-23


all
Nine games are on each of the bas-
ket bail, lacrosse and foot ball sched-
ules with the possibility that
tenth game may be added to the list
of court contests. Two of the en-
gagements for the stickmen. how
ever, are regarded as only practice,
affairs. None of the basket ball
games nor any of the gridiron bat
ties can be regarded as soft pick
Ing"
Basket Ball Getting Start.
Maryland's comparatively brief
schedule for basket ball is due 10
the fact that the sport is being fos-
tered seriously for the first time at
developed by the College Parkers ~
several bygone seasons. there were
no real facilities for the game until
this winter, and the quints support
ed by the Black and Gold in the
past were not really representative
Four Of the games booked will hbe
played in Ritchie gymnasium at Col
lege Park, while two more Will b.
staged in the Capital City. under
University and George Washington.
University of Richmond. " NJ. ]. and
Washington and Lee will be met OF
foreign floors. as will Virginia il
the game with the Old Dominionites
materializes.
snckmen VIII Face Test
Maryland faces a strenuous Ia
crosse schedule. meeting seven teams
of formidable caliber. Five contests
are booked with teams In the Inter
collegiate League, to which Maryland
was recently admitted. and in addf-
ton Army and Navy, which annually
| produce powerful twelves. will be en-
gagged. Maryland's leading engage
ments, from the standpoint of rival
ry, VIII be played with Navy in
Washington on April IL and with
Johns Hopkins in the Baltimore sta
dium on May 5.
Washington will have it's first OPP
portunity of seeing two Of the lead
ing lacrosse teams of the country in
! action when the Midshipmen and the
Old Liners clash. Navy has not been
beaten in six years. and Maryland
last spring gave the Midshipmen
their hardest battle, the Annapolis
| clan winning. to 2, by getting
goal in the last minute of each half
Other teams Of note that will be
met are Penn State, Penn and Ste
vens. which will visit College Park.
! and Lehigh, Baltimore City College
and Baltimore Poly also will be
tackled at College Park. but the
| schoolboy combination can not be
expected to give their older oppo-
nents more than a workout.
Changes I'm Gridiron List.
There are only three changes III
/ the foot ball schedule from that of
last year. Washington College has
! been given the opening game. on
| September 27. instead of Randolph
| Macon: Washington and Lee makes
! up for the Penn contest that was lost
| through the decision of the Quaker
| authorities to tighten their schedule,
showed back to November /, the place
| held by st. Johns last year. Mary
| land will play no game the Saturday
prior to the annual Thanksgiving
| day combat with Hopkins.
Three of the grid games will be played
at College Park, q trio in Washington.
and, with Hopkins being met in Balti-
more. only two trips of any consequence
will be taken. These will be the pill
grimages to New Haven to meet Yale
! and TO Chapel Hill to face North Caro-
| lima. A game that has been compare
lively easy for the past two seasons will
come in between these travels.
Two Teams Well Fortified.
! Maryland doubtless will be well pre-
pared to meet powerful opposition In
| lacrosse and foot ball. but, while there
| is good material on hand for the basket
| ball team, not great deal can be ex-
pected to be accomplished in this sport
! the first season out.
Only one of the regulars OF last sea-
sons lacrosse team will be missing when
practice starts about the first OF F'ebru-
airy, while the grid squad of next fall
will lose only four regulars and two
reserves Groves, Branner, Brewer and
| Pollock will be regular gridders to COM
| plete their college careers, while Young
| and Latham, players of marked ability,
also will be lost.
Ed Pugh. Washington boy, recently
| elected captain of the eleven. however.
| should lead one of the best teams ever
| to represent the university. Several
clever men will come up from the fresh
men team, and Beatty, capable line
man. who was ineligible during the
past campaign, is certain to make bid
| for a berth.
Tossers to Resume January 8.
| Basket ball practice, which was halt
! ed after last Wednesdays session for
the holiday season, will be resumed
| by the varsity squad January 3. four
| days prior to the reopening of the uni
versity. Coach Shipley is anxious to
! have his team in readiness to give
George Washington battle in the open
f, ing game that will be played January
| II at College Park. 1t will be the frst
! for regularly scheduled contest
Including Joe Burger. who may OF
! may not play the varsity squad that
| has enjoyed couple weeks or practice
/ in the fundamentals mas peen made up
of an even dozen. Bill Supplee and
| Kirk Besley of the varsity grid team
will be added when the grind Is re-
sumed. Supplee was one of the best
| players in the Washington high schools
while at Tech. and Besley played for
| Friends School of Baltimore before
becoming a collegian.
Besley has earned his letter in foot
! ball and base ball. two sports that he
! never played before coming to Mary
land. Now it repains to be seen what
he will do in the'one game in which he
had previous experience. II would be
the irony, of fate If he should fail to
make the quint.