Evening star., 1927-04-21

D
h initiated movement TO
w form a South Atlantic In
tercollegiate Base Ball
League to be composed of
South Carolina, North Carolina,
North Carolina State, Virginia,
Maryland, Washington and Lee, Vir-
gfnia Polytechnic Institute and Viz
ginia Military Institute This would
make an eight-team league, generally
regarded as an ideal base ball ar
rangement and it is proposed by
Washington and Lee that the organt-
cation Ae effected at once and 1928
schedules arranged accordingly.
Dick Smith. graduate manager and
base bali coach at Washington and
Lee is responsible for the movement.
lie thinks that college base ball is
In need of some such organization to
give 1t better standing and TO de-
yelop greater interest. Smith has
written to the schools mentioned in
the foregoing paragraph and set forth
the situation and what he considers
10 be the need for q league. His
effort is likely TO receive consider
able comment of a favorable nature.
Little interest is shown in college
base ball." says Smith, and | think
that a league, such as ] am propos-
ing, with each school in the circuit
playing a home and home game with
every other team, would create a
good deal Of interest that now is
lacking. The actual play in coll
Z lege game seldom is good enough in
itself to excite much enthusiasm and
about the only real enthusiasm we see
at games now is at those two or three
we play each year with great rivals.
! believe my plan for a league would
develop more rivals and consequently
considerable enthusiasm at every
league game.
If two points can be solved the plan
as Smith proposes it probably will be
accepted and a league formed South
Carolina University may be just
little TOO far from the other schools
10 finance a home e-and-home arrange
ment. 1t could play all the other
schools on one trip and make that
trip successful but it might be a more
costly proposition than il could take
care OF for 1t to bring to Columbia
every other nine in the league Some
plan might be worked out TO cover
this, but not easily.
Smith proposes in this event to sub
stitute Duke University, which Is con
dueting it's athletics under Southern.
Conference rules, though not a mem
Der of the conference. The other
point is that Washington and Lee
and Virginia Military Institute, both
being in the same small city. do not
meet Ia any branch of athletics A
league schedule could be mapped out
without games between these two
schools. but always there might be
some question about any champion. !
ship result that might be reached.
smith s plan for a league. though.
fundamentally Is sound and his rea-
sons fer desiring to form 1t also are |
good 1t IS to be hoped that he can
push the plan To a successful conciu- [
sion.
Harvard plays here today in base
BAH and lacrosse. The nine goes up |
on the Hilltop to meet Georgetown. 1
and the 12 journeys to College Park /
TO face Maryland.
Not much is known of the quality
Of either of the two Harvard teams,
hut usually any aggregation that
wears the Crimson is able to take
good care OF itself That holds good
for fooE ball, base ball, track, lacrosse 4
and everything else. Both contests I
are to begin at o'clock,
Marylands lacrosse team has been /
Improving considerably since it first /
started practice and the men are in /
excellent condition. Jack Faher, who |
has been handling the squad. turned |
Il over to Prof r. Y. Truitt on Mon, |
day in good shape physically and with /
q squad that proftted greatly by his /
coaching. However from now on the I
squad ought to benefit through I
Truitt's greater experience in teach I
Ing the game. While the team lost /
several good men from last year and l
has won only once in three starts this /
3ftsfrr "a.
dent that it has an even chance TO /
beat Harvard today.
While the lacrosse IL is at home /
meeting Harvard. the Maryland base |
ball team viii be at Charlottesville /
facing Virginia. The old Liners came |
back strong yesterday and beat Penn /
sylvania in a game in which was some !
free hitting on both sides and some /
almost inexcusably poor plays by both |
teams. Each team had couple of big |
innings in which 1t seemed in a fair |
way to get all the runs in the world. /
Davis, who has not peen batting |
with any special aptitude SO far this |
Spring picked the Quakers as the team
to start on and drove in five of his I
teams runs. Campbell made a brill |
liant running catch in left field for |
Maryland and England pitched another |
consistent game.
Making his debut on the mound for |
Georgetown yesterday against Prince |
ton when the Blue and Gray van.
ouished the Tigers. 9 to 5, Tom /
Fogarty did mighty well. lie yielded |
y hits but except In the first inning |
kept them well scattered. Kellogg |
the starting Tiger pitcher did fairly |
well but was rather wild. Bauchens
who succeeded him in the sixth was