Evening star., 1926-05-24

anywhere could beat these pertorma
When it is considered that North
Carolina had done little in track attn
letics until after FetZer took charge,
The success attained since that time
NAV he attributed almost entirely 10
his untirinG efforts. For years f'etzer
has enjoyed success as a Srldlron
coach, and as that has gained con-
siderable of q reputation, but in all
proba ability he likes to play around
with a track squad more than he does
with foot ball. F'etZer is one of those
who believe that track athletics OFFER
the finest known way of supplement-
ing physical education, inasmuch as
il has so may different forms OF com
petition. and something usual can
he found in which every man may
with training and effort do We'll.
Fetzer has proved himself very val
liable at North Carolina. Not only
does he know how to manage ath-
letics. but he is a good coach i'll two
sports, something unusual. He is per-
sonally very likable and one of the
men connected with athletics who are
real builders. North Carolina is lucky
to have him. and any other school
would be lucky to have man like
him.
just how much difference a piece
of equipment may make in the result
of game never has been better dem
onstrated than in the lacrosse con-
test between Johns Hopkins and
MARYLAND last Saturday. For about
80 minutes before the game heavy
showers fell and made the field very
slippery. Maryland had on regular
lacrosse shoes. while Hopkins wore
hard leather cleatS fastened on an
aluminium plate. which was covered
with a thin layer of rubber. The
rules provide that lacrosse shoes shall
have a sole of flexible rubber, and the
MARYLAND coach contended that the
Hopkins shoe was Illegal, maintaining
that rubber covered aluminium did not
come within the meaning of flexible
rubber sole.
However. the contention got no
where, and Hopkins players. with
their hard. long elects. had sure foot
ing. while the Maryland men slipped
and skidded all over the field.r Hop
kins players could stand up and Mary
land players could not. Unable to
keen their feet, Maryland players
found their stick work shot to pieces
and really looked bad against good
team.
Hopkins probably had a somewhat
better lacrosse team. but what other
wise would have been a great game
was made almost ridiculous by TIE
difference in footwear.
For one reason or another. prep
school athletics usually are marked
bv better performances than high
school sports. With the exception OF
some few big high schools in scat
tered sections, il is doubtful II h1gh
schools turn out as strong teams as
nrep schools. That holds good in
foot ball and track. especially. Per-
haps the prep schools devote more
time to athletics and have better
coaching. Certainly many or them
enjoy the advantages of better coach-
ing than the high schools generally
have. Also it is true that many hlgn
school men. with experience in hlgh
school athletics, go to prep schools.
end consequently the prep school
teams are made up of more eXperl-
enced and older men. Especially Is
this true in the North.
This situation has given rise IN
many places TO suggestions that track
and field meets be divided in two
classes, one for prep schools ana one
for high schools. Recently Dr: Bar
ratt. coach OF the Central High Schoot
~
opinions of many when he said IN
reference to the University OF Mary
land annual interscholastic meet;
'Why don't you divide your track
meet in two classes, one for hlgh
schools and one for prep schools. we
who have to do with high schoois
cannot compete successfully win
nrep schools. We may once In i
while. but as general thing we
cannot. Prep school athletes usually
are older. stronger and more expert.
enced and competition of that klnd
IS very discouragin5 to high school
boys" 49,, Y-r;
1t is understood that the UNI
yersity of Maryland contemplateeHSs
some change in it's meet which VIII
do away with the feeling among hlgn
schools that they cannot compete on
a basis of equal opportunity WIN
nrep schools and at the same time
offer the prep schools plenty OF
chances to compete among them-
selves. 1t is possible that two COM
nlete sets of championship events for
the South Atlantic section may pe
held. one for the high schools ana
one for the prep schools.