Evening star., 1925-03-08

another shoe, when everybody III thu
However when Spring begins to
shove aside Winters gloom and the
- air begins TO warm, everybody turns
rs naturally to base ball as to SWIM
ming pools little later. 1t is re-
markabte that of all the TRADES
against college base ball and of all
the efforts that have been put forth
20 have 1t abolished, not one has, been
heard of in the Spring. Last Fan
several schools desired to abolish base
ball as a Southern Conference sport
and emphatically said So but not
q peep against the game is heard
from anybody now and Will not De
heard again until next Fall
At Atlanta recently, during big
gathering of coaches, everybody
seemed to be talking favorably OF
the diamond. The school which took
the lead against it in November ana
December evinced conslderaole priue
In telling of what a good team 1t
expected to turn out.
Practice Is Started.
Practically all schools in the South
have begun practice. Many OF those
in the Gulf States have been working
ont for some time, and those in the
South Atlantic States also have their
men out North Carolina, Virginia
and North Carolina State have been
thinking and practicing for several
davs and have had their battery men
working out for about three weeks
Here. GEORGETOWN. Catholic University
.nd Irniversity of Maryland men were
ont Yesterday in force and will stay
out until June. Georgetown ana
Catholic University had some INDOOR
practice for battery candidates prior
to getting the men on the field. Mary
land had it's initial workout yeste.
Gav. Some members of Gallaudet ;
SQUAD have been taking more or less
5nformal practice sessions, but real
work for the entire group OF canol-
dates is to open this week
All local schools are to play gooo
schedules this year and greater IN :
terest in many of the games shouiu
be the result. Big Northern ana
southern institutions hake contests
hooked with local schools 1aie'
Harvard, Pennsylvania, l.ehigh, YER
mont and many other of the more
promient Northern mines are due 10
appear. while South Carolina, Nortn
Carolina, Virginia, Washington ana
Lee and other Southern schoois nave
games listed with Georgetown Nalh-
olic University or Maryland.
College base ball in and around
washington, though, has nara TO"
to hoe. for several reasons. Not onl5
does it have to contend with MAJOR
league base ball. but 1t also Is up
against horse racing as an attraction
for the general public. No matter
how we'll the college teams may play,
thew cannot do as we'll as league or
eanizations. and even if there Is
prospect of a game in which is keen
rivalry. even alumni think there is
keener rivalry between thorough
breds
At the University of Georgia and at
some other institutions similarly sit
uated base ball holds great interest
for the schools and for the pupnc'
Georgia's nine, for instance, is the
only one in a town of 10000 and the
town itself takes something OF a
civic pride in that team. Think OF
Washington taking pride in Cath-
olfc University, Georgetown OF
George Washington with a big league
club playing almost in the heart Of
the city.
Branc, Bocock, new head foot ball
and base bali coach at the University
of south Carolina, was Il star on
eieorgetown's foot ball teams around
1906. AS a quarterback Bocock was
picked as one of the best in the
South, and since that time has
coached at many Southern schools.
Bocock's most notable work as a
coach has been done at Georgia and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He
was at Louisiana State just prior to
taking up his work at South Carolina.
Bocock was at V. p. l. for several
years, remaining there longer than
in any other place. Bocock know S
athletics and is splendid fellow per-
sonally.
Bill White, coach of base ball at the
University of Georgia, has only one
arm. The knack he has developed
in hitting the ball to the infield with
that one arm is remarkable. Not
only does he do it with accuracy
but with just as much speed and with
as little apparent difficulty as the
coaches that have both their arms.
Some dissatisfaction with the
length and size of the annual basket
ball tournament of the Southern Con-
ference has ID to several suggestions
for changes. One of the proposals
at the meeting of the executive com
mite of the conference at Atlanta
n week ago was to discontinue the
tournament as at present conducted,
organize four leagues according to
seogra phica1 values, determine tire
championships of those leagues and
hayc the four championship quints
meet in Atlanta for two days to de-
termine the conference title. This
would mean two games on Friday.
with the winners of such games play
ing the final on. Saturday. This pro-
posal was made by President Sanford
and was received with much favor
able comment
George Marsters, Georgetown's star
half miller. is a fine type of college
athlete. Not only is he brilliant in
his performances in his specially. but
he Is the type of man it is pleasure
10 know Quiet and unassuming,
Marsters at the Same time possesses
the poise and confidence that go with
conscious ability.
University of Maryland has two
pitchers who should not have much
difficulty holding their own in col
1ege ba e ball during the coming sea-
son. They are Nihiser and Schrider.
tho former a. right-hander and the
Natter a southpaw. Schrider is about
as capable hurler as one usually
finds in college ball, while Nihiser
also is far better than the average.
Last year Nihiser was not eligible be-
cause of scholastic difficult es, bot
now is in good standing. When he
was taking turns on the mound with
Schrider two years ago, Nihiser was
pitching just about as good bah as
his teammate. He is expected to do
just ss well in the coming two
months.
II MaHSiakoff of G;lllaudet turns out
10 be as good q base ball player as
he was in foot bail and basket ball
he should become 'he most valuable
athlete to represent the Kendall
Green school in MANY wears 1t liz