Evening star., 1924-05-25

would create considerable interest il
section. more interest certainly than
Several schools already have ex-
pressed their interest in the project
in no uncertain terms:
II think the league idea for col
lege base ball a goC< one and I'm for
IT," said Bob Fetzer. director of ath-
lctics at the University of North Car
olina
Something must be done to bring
back interest in college base ball and
it seems to me that the organization
Of league would create such inter
est intend to begin arranging
home contests now for next spring
in the hope that We can set th~
proposition across definitely nest
fall was the way Dick Smith, grid
uate manager OF athletics at Wash
ington and Lee, stated his position
when asked what he thought could
be done to build UP public interest il
the spring sport.
Let's take up the idea of leagu"
and put il through" says Blondy
Ciarksou. in charge OF sports al Nir-
ginia Military Institute. because |
believe the move would help base
ball lot"
College bnse bail Is one sport which
has probably produced more general
discussion among college people th"n
AL others mbined. The question of
professionalism In il has been th,.
backbone of contoation in m4u!
round table discussions Tic sport
is, lii this Immediate section, in cou-
petition with professional base ball
ana is completely overshadowed
thereh by. II is only the exceptional
game that draws Il crowd oIhrS than
the strictly partisan follow riS of the
contending mines.
Directors of ath letics and graduate
managers are too often inclined to
compare the interests in spring sports
to the interest in foot ball. " hitch is
useless. No sDrtnS sport viii e'er be
devised that will bring attention from
the general public that does foot ball
Two main reasons are offered for this
opinion. In the first placee. foot ball
Is game that commands greater in
tereSt because of it's own nature aud
In the second place. one game of foot
ball is played each week and there
Is no oIher game on the campus TO
distract attention from il. T" "hiIt in
the spring the base ball team PLAYS
sometimes three or .our games each
week and by the cry number OF
games decreases their Importance
and unusuaineSS. - Base ball also Is
put to the further ds s3dSantagc of
having at times two or thFee other
contests going on at the same time.
thereby splitting the attendance. For
instance, there may be h dual track
meet, lacrosse game and d tennis
match going on at the same time the
base ball game Is being played
A league such as is contemplated
undoubtedly would create greater in
tcrest in base ball. but the sport
never can be as generally popular as
foot ball, no matter what is done to
help 1t.
Worth Carolina State College has
just finished what is said to be the
hest season It has had on the diamond
in years. The state championship
has been won by II and many games
with teams outside North Carolina
have Sseen marked up on the won side
Of its ledger.
Mucn,of the credit of North Caro-
lima States success in ball this year
has been due to the coaching Of
"Chich" Doak, former Virginia League
manager. At least the Raleigh men
are giving him that credit. Every
effort, 1t is understood, is to be made
to have Doak return to handle the
teafn next year.
iStMiSersity OF Maryland plans an
interclass track and field meet this
year as "a part of its commencement
week exercises. program for the
meet has been worked out, including
events for girls as we'll as for the
male members of the four classes.
! The main events will be the inter-
GLASS mile relay championship and
the tug of war. The tug of war is
to be changed from what 1t has been
In previous years. Instead of having
just one tug between the SophOmoreS
and freshmen, there Will be three
tugs for the championship of the uni
versity. In the first the sophomores
are to pull against the freshmen, in
the second the seniors against the
juniors, and in the final the victors
in the other contests will pull for
the title.
are loO-yard dash, 22o-yard dash,
440-yard dash. ss0-yard run, mile
run. 12o-yard h.gh hurdles. 22o-yard
low hurdles, pole vault shot put,
throw, discus throw, 50-yard egg
race for girls, 50-yard three-leg race
for girls. 100-yard hoop-rolling race
for girls, 1o0-yard rope-skipping race
for girls.
The events for girls will count for
the point trophy to be given the WIN
ming class and the winners seconds
and thirds will score just as many
scored by the men in the regular
track and field competitions. The
team winning the tug of war will
get Is points and the one finishing
second 10.
Probably no foot ball team in the
south will suffer as great a loss in
backfield material as will the Uni
versity of Maryland when the class Of
this year graduates. Johnny Groves,
quarterback: McQuade. fullback. and
Branner halfback. wind up their careers
in June and to take those three men out
of any bac<field Is leaving a real hole.
Besley, who played quarterback with
Groves, also may not be back, In
which event the team will be put in
the position of starting the season
without anybody who can play quar-
terback. While he never got credit
for It, Branner probably was the best
and most dependably consistent per-
former in the Maryland backfleld last
fall and his absence from the squad
Is going to be felt more than any
body now realizes
Another department. In which the
team will be hurt Is In the fact that
McQuade and Groves formed the
forward passing CO Animation which
no team stopped, Mcoade's accurate
passing and Groves brilliant handling
of the ball on the receiving end of
the passes will be exceedingly dfm-
cult to duplicate.
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