Evening star., 1925-01-11

section.
catholic University. which appar-
entity is not as strong as ii was last
season, viii get its first real test
against toyuia, the BdltmoreanS
are said to nave an exceptionally
strong aggregation. The Brookland-
ems also viii get an opportunity to
show what advancement Coach Fred
= Rice has been able 10 make with
his men. And here il may be said
that it there is one basket ball coach
in the South capable of taking green
material and whipping it into shape
To play WoTtb-whiIe basket ball, il is
Rice
just how strong Maryland will find
Lafayette is a matter OF conjecture,
hut no matter how strong the Penn
sylvaniauS may be if the Maryland
"rS play up 10 the form they dis
played just before the holidays the
game should not be anything other
jhan nue contest.
Tive otI.>r big basket ball games
ol the week are specially interest
!HS to people of this section. Navy
goes 20 New Haven to play Yale and
Virginia Polytechnic institute and
Virgin Military Institute meet at
Roanoke With the remarkable rec
ord the Navy quint is making it
should draw d great crowd at New
haven. y. =. ]. and V. NJ J. would
b. rig attraction AT Roanoke if they
engaged only in game of ping pong
GeOrgetUWn's track and field SQUAD
leaves here Thursday night for New
"rk where II is to take part in the
fVtdnam University indoor meet
Holden is to be one of the competi-
tors in a special 6OO-yard run.
Catholic MI T,-..----
NashlnStoh are to engage in inter
CpIleSIate swimming contests and will
lhaugurate that sport in d dual meet
Ia the Catholic University gymnasium
FRIDAY night. The meet originally
was scheduled for Saturday, but was
brought forward to Friday because of
other games Saturday night.
incidentally the Catholic Uniyer-
sIty athletic authorities have decided
70 branch out into intercollegiate
competition in another sport-boxing
Wo matches have been arranged. one
at Virginia Military Institute, Febru-
al! . and the other at the Navy,
March =. Ted Mitchell. who trained
the foot ball team last fall, is to coach
The boxing team.
I'm the whole South Atlantic section
IL Is doubtful if more than two men
""N NIl' members OF 1874 foot ball
squads could be selected for an ALI
star combination, who would get the
UNQUALIFIED approval of the majority
OF those familiar with the strength
OF teams and the worth of the plav-
efs' Dli1ey, quarterback at the Uni
Nerslty Of Virginia and White. full
back at Virginia Military Institute, are
The two players who seem to be con-
suerably above the general run and
Il fttrr
Dy those who know most about them
were by far the outstanding perform
erS in their positions
Two coaches whose teams played
against Virginia said: "Difey is the
best quarterback I've ever seen in
the South Atlantic section. He not
only posse tsses exceptional speed. but
II" can dodge and run with the bail
better than any other back of the
season. Not only does he have those
qualities, but he combines with them
ability 10 use good judgment in Sc
l'"ting his plays and in handling his
team generally.
Everybody feels about the same
way about White, except on little
different basis. \ back who weighs
close TO 200 pounds, who can drive
through line or run in the open
hcld. who Is brilliant forward pa SIS
thFCWcr and who can average 80 or
60 yards in putting need have nothing
less said for him
willie practically nothing was
heard around here about Rackley,
Wake Forest back. at least one man
has come out with the assertion that
he was one of the outstanding backs
Of the South. Sol Metzger, coach at
University OF South Carolina, ex-
pressed the opinion that RackIey had
fnH
the entire South and that he was
nearly the whole Wake Forest
eleven South Carolina defeated
Wake Forest and Metzger says that
the trick was accomplished because
his team was taught to stop the one
man, Racllley. Not only was he an
excellent line plunger and runner in
the open field, but 1t good drop
kicker. 1t was Rackley's 45-yard
boot Of field goal that produced
victory for his team in its game with
Washington and Lee.
In thinking of South Carolina's
victory over Wake Forest the fact
is called to mind that South Atlantic
elevens were not very successful in
= thair efforts against teams some
miles away from their own habitat
Wake Forest and North Carolina
were defeated by South Carolina, Vtr-
Ginia Military Institute lost to
Georgia Tech, Washington and Lee
lost to Florida. Virginia and Mary
land suffered at the hands of Har-
ward and Yale apd about the best
showing made in a contest in which
a South Atlantic eleven appeared
against a team in another section was
Georgetowu's 0-to-3 game against
Pennsylvania Virginia Polytechnic
Institute played a O-to-0 game with
Auburn, but that probably would not
he considered as creditable a per-
formauce as Georgetown's effort
against the Quakers.
BoNinE is being taken up an inter
collegiate sport in university after
university. Several in the South
Atlantic section now maintain teams
Catholic University being the latest
addition to the ranks of mittdom
And in this connection it is remem-
bered that a representative Of the
University Of Virginia a few weeks
ago told the writer that boxing was,
next to foot ball, the most popular
sport at the institution. Crowds of
1000 or more attend every match
held, il was said. IT is recalled that
Virginia had d member of its boxing
team on the Olympic boxing team last
Summer.
WILL MANAGE PEORIA.
PEORIA, Ill, January 1O.-Wnliam