Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
UNIVERSITY AND STATE
COLLEGE SET FAST PACE
Appear to Have Strongest Teams in South, Although
Mississippi Aggies Are Formidable-COurt
Games Scarce Here This Week.

ly Friday and last night. almost COM
pare to the last rush OF card parties
and other social activities just before
Lent.
Western Maryland will bring here
a team that should give George Wash
ington a fight. Maryland Is to enter
tain GallAudet at College Park and
Georgetown goes to Annapolis to
meet the Navy
Lack OF facilities for holding indoor
track meets Is one OF the big handi-
caps to the development Of track ath-
leticS In the South" SAYS Coach Siege
man OF Georgia's basket BAH team.
Facilities in the vicinity Of Washing.
ton are poor. l understand, hut when
YOU get down below Richmond there
Is not a building big enough to stage
a set of indoor contests. Consequently
the men who 60 out for athletics do
not feel that the four or FIVE meets
held in the Spring justify training for
the whole year. The only way TO de-
velop track athletics is to place the
sport on the same basis that they.
have in the Northern and Western
conference colleges and universities
make it a whole-year proposition. In
my opinion, no sport requires the
amount of real development of the in
dividual that does track, and Il takes
time to do that. Several months can
probably be spent-should be spent,
/ might say-in development OF track
men before they are allowed to COM
pete in a meet. And the objectlves
will not be sufficient to draw men 10
give this much time to the sport, not
withstanding the fine physical train
ing they get until they are able to
participate in FIVE or six meets during
the Winter. In building armories and
other big structures this f. a. PROPOSE
ton that might well he given consad.
sratfon."
The outlook for indoor track meets
here is not very bright. Opportuni-
ties for local athletes to compete are
few, though not far between, and
they will be better than was expected
earlier I'm the year. The 5th Regiment
of the Maryland National Guard In to
hold a meet in Baltimore in its armory
and University of Richmond will hold
one in Richmond February 10.
Aside from these competitions,
about the only meets in which local
schools will take part are those In
which Georgetown and Maryland
enter with their relay teams and
LON lHu1FIuudlS.
Maryland, incidentally, VIII not take
part in the Boston A. A. games IL
was invited to compete with Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology and
Harvard, but one OF these schools re-
fused to run a three ccrnered race.
Inasmuch as these institutions are
home" schools. aMryland was cut OF
a race. The Boston A. A. meet man
agement was unable to find another
race for the Old Liners. II Is Dos
sibie that Maryland may not take part
in the Millrose games. although It has
been matched with two other schools.
Much has been said of young
Geraitus. newcomer, who is playing
guard on the Washington College
quint. Against Maryland Friday
night. despite the fact that the Old
Liners. had heard much OF his scoring
ability. he registered IA of his teams
% points. His coach. Tom Kibler,
thinks he will be one OF the greatest
players I'm college ranks.