Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

Georgetown may play West Virginia
and Syracuse, Maryland may play Chi
cago and Yale, as Georgetown and
Maryland do next fall, but not one of
these games, as desirable as they are,
offers opportunities for interest that
would a meeting between Georgetown
and Maryland. That seems the logical
game for Washington's local color
and it may be only a question Of time
before it will be played.
GeorSetoWn'S performances in track
and field athletics last Winter and
Spring probably were outstanding az
complishments of the year as far IS
college athletics go. No other track
done the things Georgetown's
track team of 1925 did. 1t went
West and North and in each section
was uniformly successful. 1t is ques-
tionable if any other track and field
squad in the country this year had
as many outstanding achievements 10
its credit as did the one that rep
resented Georgetown.
Perhaps the outstanding feature of
an outstanding team was the two-mile
relay team. composed of Sullivan.
Holden, kinnaly and MarsterS. Not
only did this quartet establish new
world record for its event. but finally
rea ched a stage where no other col
lege cared especially to run against it..
Hilltop Trackmen Shine.
Georgetowns track team won the
indoor intercollegiate and might have
repeated by winning the outdoor
championship had it not been that
two of the best performers Of the
squad. Norton and Burgess, were pre-
vented by injuries from competing.
In speaking of track athletics. it
might be well to mention here that
one of the two features of Maryland s
athletic year was its track team. The
Marylanders had no such record as
Georgetown. but. without having had
! any kind of d track and field squad
| for years, it went out and developed
! some good men, had u strong relay
| team and won some meets. Mary
| land beat Virginia, North Carolina
| and Navy in indoor relay races. Won
| three of four dual meets, won the
| invitation collegiate meet at Rich
mond and won the South Atlantic
A. A. L. championship games held
| here in June. .
| Probably the other best achievement
of the year for the University OF
| Maryland was the winning of the
championship of the Southern section
! of the United States Intercollegiate
Lacrosse League. The accomplishment
was especially gratifying because
when the season began. it did not seem
that prospects for a good team We're
very bright. Pennsylvania, Lehigh.
| Hopkins and Swarthmore were the
teams defeated in league series.
Nine at Catholic L. Good.
Catholic University deserves more
than passing mention for its record
in base ball. In fact, the success of
| the team was a noteworthy personal
| triumph of Coach Charley Moran. Be-
| ginning the season with rather poor
prospects, he turned out a nine that
went through very successful year
against the strongest teams in East2
| ern college base ball.
| Basket ball competition was keen for
| all colleges, and probably it was in
that one sport that Maryland stood
| out somewhat over the other colleges.
For the first time it was strong enough
to win two games from Catholic Uni
| VerSity, and not only defeated several
| strong teams, but made an excellent
record straight through the season.
| In the Southern Conference basket ball
| tournament the team won from Ala
bama, rated prior to the tournament
| as one of the three strongest teams
| in the South, but lost the second
game 10 d team it should have easily
defeated.
Catholic L. was much weaker than
! usual. George Washington was
stronger and Gallaudet about on a
| par with its former teams George
town had strong team. but did NOT
| play a schedule that really afforded
| opportunities for the team to show
| its real worth.
College base ball around Washington
never will hold forth with any espe-
! cial strength, and local colleges are
not paying so much attention to tho
sport as formerly. However, in ad-
dltion to the crack team c. L. boosted.
Georgetown and Maryland played
through very creditable seasons.
Many Stars on Teams.
No review would be complete with.
| out some mention of the men who did
most to make good teams possible.
At Georgetown Tony Plansky and
Jack HaSerty were outstanding stars
OF the gridiron season. The former
| was mentioned prominently on sew
eral all-America and all-Eastern
elevens at fullback, and the latter
| Undoubtedly was one of the best run
| ming backs in the East
| Plansky also was Georgetown's out
standing star in track, winning the
all-round track and field championship
| OF the country. Johnny Holden
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| Emerson Norton We're the other men
VINO dld most to create fame for the
! Blue and Gray in track athletics.
Out at Catholic University the out
standing athlete in foot ball was Emil
MAYER, end, recently elected captain
of the foot ball team for next wear.
Babe Adams was a star in foot ball
ana In base ball. At Gallaudet the
best all-round man was Massinkoff,
who left college in June and was not
back for foot ball.
| George Washington's most promi-
nent foot ball player was Craig Wilton.
and his work at halfback was good
In practically every game. The ath-
lete who achieved most at Maryland
was luke Supplee. He was a mem
Der of varsity teams in foot ball, bas-
ket ball and track and was good in all.
He was picked as all-Southern end in
foot ball Conner Lewis and John
| Hough were SO proficient at lacrosse
that they were given positions on the
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