Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24

New York. Also Saturday night a
swimming team IN competition wit
Brookiand
Maryland has nothing at all sched-
uled. Last year ii ran it's schedule
through examination week and when
the week. wound up three athletes
found themselves knocked cold as
result of their setto with eXamS-so
cold, in fact, they were not allowed
to continue in school This year it
was decided to have nothing in the
way of competition and very little
practice.
University of North Carolina j.
after two or three good coac hes for
NEXT year. The resignation of Bill
Fetzer. head coach Of foot hall and
coach OF base ball. has left the uni
versity in position where il must
FIJI these places. II also is under.
stood that permanent basket ball
coach is desired one who can helm
with other sports and give his entire
time tC the university. And il might
he said in connection with Mort h
Carolina that whatever coach or
coaches go 10 that school they could
not find another institution in tho
South where they would he more for
tlltdINiN -1Ib1lS0 IN regard 70 ma
terial for teams North Caroline has
a Zig student body and for all il :
teams plenty df men who have had
more or less experience in the par
ticular sport for which they happen
To he candidates.
No school in the South will have
better material for foot hall next Fan
than Carolina. and no school has had
better material for basket ball. And.
with the good coaching il has had it
is not much wonder that The univer-
sity has stood we'll up in front in
sports.
Johns Hopkins and Fifth Regiment
Athletic Association contemplat &c
having one Of the biggest indoor
| track meets this year ever held be
I low the Mason Dixon line. The meet
in Baltimore every year is well han.
died and, OF course, possesses the sd
vantage Of an excellent floor. Tho
meet date has been set as FehrUar ~
q, mainly because that is the date OF
which it stands the hest chance =
get several GOOD men from the Nortt
and some of the foreign athletes who
will tour the East under the auspices
4 of the Amateur Athletic Union. II is
/ hoped that Houhen, the German
!
star will he able to take part. and
| virtual assurances have been made
that they Will.
Nirg mia seems 10 have one of the
greatest basket ball teams in its his
tory. Not only he's il been scoring
many points against weak opponents
but has been doing the same thing
against all corners Georgia recently
falT II /.
in games against Washington and
Lee and Virginia Military Institute
and beat both schools hy bigger
scores than Maryland won by, Vel
went up to Virginia and was deci
sively beaten. The Charlottesville
school has a team of rangy men, who
are big men and they can shoe
baskets.
From all accounts Georgetown is
likely to have mile relay team This
| year just as good "A : il was last viii
Ascher and Burgess. two Of the hes
quarter milarS in the country as
mainstayS. Swinhurne. the surviving
member Of the two-mile quartet Of :
year ago. and McClain Sprintel
last season. it is said that Coach Johr
| OReilly is feeling optimistic over tbs
outlook. AScher is 4 - second man
| Burgess has no peer in this country
at the distance. and if the other twc
men can give a credible account q
| themselves. the Blue and Gray should
! make itself felt on many tracks
Apparently 1t is Coach O'Reilly's in
/ tention to center his efforts this Win.
ter on a mile team and not try to pu
| out two-mile combination.
| Washington College has in Carol
| one Of the greatest college basket hal
/ players in the country. IF there il
| anything on the court that Carol
cannot do that thing has not been oh
served in his two games here FRIDAY
| and last night with Maryland anC
! Georgetown. Carroll is left HANDED
and simply is an artist in handling
| basket ball. He seems to he very &C
| curate in shooting goals from almos
| any reasonable distance Incidentally
/ Carroll Is playing a position unfamil
! lar to him. He is a forward and ha!
| played that position in high schoo
and college. but this Winter wa!
shifted to center To fill a big ga,
| there. And in addition to Carroll tn.
| Washington team has in Dumschott
another man little less effective. Dunn
schott is not as snowy a PLAYER a:
| Carroll, but he usually manages Il
| score more than his share Of the
| points. He is deadly shot under the
| basket.
Tom KibIer. who is athletic director
| and all-round coach at Washington
| College, is man Of wide experience
in athletics and exceedingly capable
And Washington College is perticu
| larry fortunate in being able 10 keer
a man of his caliher, and is only able
| to do SO because Chestertown has
been the home of his family for 2
hundred years or so. and he now Is
! running a business which Yields hin
four or five times the salary he gets
from his college work. KILLER coach
es foot ball, basket ball and base ball
and does a good job In all. He was
formerly a. manager Of a ball club ir
the Texas League. And what lis not
generally known of him is that he
formerly was physical director a
Ohio State University, and while there