Evening star., 1925-06-14

ton in the world, yet that is what
town had a far better foot ball team
Everybody knows what Georgetown
accomplished in track and field ath-
letics. and its triumphs were so many
and varied that they need no retelling
here to add to their luster. However
ii Is doubtful if any school ever en-
Joyed better year in all-around track
and field accomplishments. Victories
in all departments followed the Hill
top runners, jumpers and weight men.
The basket ball team was strong and
the base ball team also did some eN
cellent work.
G.. W. on Foot Ball Map.
Probably one of the features of the
sports year was the real revival of
foot ball at George Washington.
Under an amply system the
Hatchetites stepped out and won
some games. and gave promise of de-
velopment that indicates much for
the future. And what George Wash
ington accomplished was especially
creditable, because it was done under
disadvantages not confronting any of
the other four schools. George Wash
ington had no field of its own and
had to play and practice all the time
on borrowed grounds.
Also the Hatchetites got out and
did some real work in track and field
athletics 1t captured couple OF
dual meets and finished third in the
South Atlantic A. A. l.. champion
ships. In addition to track and foot
ball teams that were far superior to
anything the Hatchetites have had
in years, the basket ball team also
was much stronger than usual and
capped its season by giving Catholic
University trimming
Catholic University, with poor ma
terial, played through fine base ball
season, the result of the year on the
diamond being a great tribute to
Coach Moran'S ability The foot ball
season did not develop as much as
was anticipated and the basket ball
team was weaker than usual. but to
compensate for these disappointments
the Brooklanders introduced two new
sports and revived another when they
put out boxing and swimming teams
and again turned out a track and
field squad
Gallaudet had an exceptionally good
foot ball team. but found some rough
going in basket ball and base ball.
However. the year for the Kendall
Greeners was anything but disappoint-
ing and their record is a, splendid
example of what may be accomplish.
ed through intensive coaching with a
small number of men from whom TO
select
Bigger at Maryland.
University of Maryland has seldom
gone through a better year in general
athletics. 1t did about as well as il
expected to in foot ball, far better
than ii expected in track and field.
got/an even break in base ball. and
had an excellent seas in lacrosse
and tennis.
Giving earnest attention to track
for the first time since before the
war the squad went through a better
season than any other track aggre-
cation in the history of the university
The lacrosse team, after an inau-
spicious start, jumped out and won the
championship of the Intercollegiate
Lacrosse League, and the tennis team
took five out of seven matches.
1t would be impossible, for lack of
space, to give in detail a resume
of the sports season of each institu-
tion, without considering a resume
for each. However. there were GER
tain outstanding features in each
school. which seem to deserve just a
little more than general mention. Up
at Georgetown it was the work of the
Kennally and Marsters went through
year that has never been surpassed.
Not only did they defeat team after
team, but it was an open secret that
no other school cared particularly to
face them They set a world record
for their distance and never were de-
feated
1t was Catholic University's base
ball season, already mentioned, that
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ment. With little material at the be
ginning of the eason, the squad came
along and developed into a winning
combination without seeming to pos
Sess such real base ball virtues as
good hitting and fielding. The team
won because it played more common
sense base ball than it's opponents
Gallaudet Eleven Strong.
Gallaudet's work in foot ball stood
out as its supreme achievement. The
Kendall Greeners, building around a
brilliant athlete in the person of Mas
sinkoff, had team far better than a
school of it's size had any right to be
expected to produce. 1t won game aft
er game by decisive scores and finish
ed up the year with a better record
than any other Gallaudet eleven has
made in long while.
University of Maryland's sudden
jump from comparative obscurity in
track and field athletics to a place
Of prominence in South Atlantic cir
cles probably takes precedence among
it's athletic work for 1924-25, al
though the winning of the Intercol
legiate Lacrosse League championship
was a close second.
In the last eight years Maryland
has done practically nothing in track
yet during the season which ended a
little more than a week ago with the
winning of the South Atlantic A. A
u. championship, the university de-
feated the Navy, Virginia, North Car.
olina, Richmond. Rutgers and Co
lumbia in relay races. won three out
of four dual track meets, won two
open meets indoors and an invitation
collegiate meet outdoors at Richmond
George Washington's work in foot
ball was it's pride. and Well it might
be. The Hatchetites did marvelously
well in consideration of the handicaps
they had to overcome, and that they
did indicates that they will be a rea
force in college athletics in this Sec
ton in the near future. Possibly
though, the most far-reaching factor
in the development of athletics a
IG. w. u. was the establishment of g
student fee system for the support OF
athletics. That action placed ath
letics on a sound basis. and gave the
Hatchetites a permanency in sports
they never before enjoyed.
Men Behind the Guns.
Coaches most directly responsible
for the exceptional efforts put forth
by these schools are John O'Reilly
who coached track at Georgetown;