Evening star., 1927-03-13
RY n. c. BYRD.

@see for next Falls foot ball teams
Georgetown and Maryland lead in the
number of men and teams for which
they are trying" but Catholic Uni
Versity and Gallaudet are not so far
behind And George Washington is
manning it's guns to do greater things
this Spring than in many years.
Up at Georgetown the foot ball
base ball and track squads are hard
at work. Lou Little. director of ath
letics and head coach of foot ball, Is
working with a big squad and is be
ginning to get results. Little seems
to be much more optimistic about this
Springs gridiron workouts than was
the case in either of the last two
years: he thinks that the men are
profiting under the present training
regime
Little has abandoned any idea of
holding light practices and drilling his
squad msinly in punting. passing and
SO on but actually is scrimmaging the
men, and from tomorrow on plans
nothing but scrimmages day after
day, scrimmages that have every
Sennblance of real games. From this
Little thinks the greatest good should
be derived, and he probably is right.
For several days the base ball team
has been practicing on the varsity
diamond under the direction of Coach
well and unless some unforeseen thing
happens to injure one or two men
who are depended on the team that
finally is selected to go through the
schedule as the varsity ought to give
a good account of itself.
The track squad still is running on
the boards and has not vet done any
cinder-path work. Two more indoor
meets remain. one in New York
Thursday night, the other IN Phih-
delphia Saturday night. Georgetown
lis to face Syracuse and Holy Cross in
mile relay. in all probability, In Dotn
meets. AS seon as the meet Saturday
night is finished the men are likely
to be laid off for few days rest be-
fore training begins for the outdoor
competitions.
University OF Maryland has foot ball,
lacrosse base ball and track squads
going through daily drills. The foot
ball squad has in 1t several members
of the 1926 varsity. but is composed
for the most part of men who played
freshman foot ball. Most OF the time
so far has been given to the members
of last Falls first-year team. but from
now on the varsity men also viii come
In for their share of grilltng.
Maryland has out the largest squad
In point of numbers 1t has ever put
out for Spring foot ball. A long. hard
schedule is faced next season, and
many members of the freshman eleven
will have to be depended on if the
1927 team is to make a respectable
showing The squad has been given
few plays and actual scrimmage Is 10
begin tomorrow. The squad has been
roughing it up pretty much in the last
few days. but no formal scrimmage
has taken place.
In the absence of Coach Truitt, who
Is in Florida recuperating from an i'll
ness. the lacrosse squad liz being ham
died by Jack Faber. assisted by
'.Chief'' Beatty. both of whom were
members of last years team. Faber
is eligible to play this year. but Beatty
Is not A big squad is out and many
members of last years outfit are back.
AS a whole, though. the material Is
not very promising, especially in view
of the fact that much more difficult
schedule Is to be played this year than
has been attempted in either of the
last three seasons.
With the exception of six men who
are training for the Meadowbrook
Club games in Philadelphia Saturday
night of this week. the whole track
and field squad viii go outdoors to-
morrow Most of the squad has had
q rest since the 5th Regiment meet
in Baltimore last week.
Coach Shipleys most difficult propo-
sition in base ball right now is
catcher. He seems TO have nobody
capable OF measuring up to what
high-class backstop should be. and un-
less he can develop somebody to fill
the places or somebody shows uneX.
pected ability, then the team is sure
TO have some hard sledding>
Catholic University will be repre-
sented in two Spring sports, base ball
and track The nine has been work
ing out several days and seems 10 be
well on the way to he typical G. II.
diamond aggregation. a difficult propo-
sition for any combination 1t faces.
Real effort is to be put behind track
TO make that something worth while.
A schedule of dual and triangular
meets is to be arranged. one of which
is 20 be with George Washington and
Johns Hopkins.
George Washington for. the first
time since hardly anybody knows
when expects to put out base ball
team. The decision was reached at a
late date, but Athletic Director Crum
now is trying to arrange a schedule.
The downtown school also is TO be
represented in track. In other words.
George Washington is going out this
Spring to try to do something il has
not attempted in a whole-hearted way
in years, develop some real interest
in Spring games. Neither George
Washington nor Catholic University
has made any definite announcement
as to its plans for Spring foot ball.
Both, though at various times have
signified their intention To put in
about four weeks of training.
GaIIaudet also Is expecting 10 put
out good base ball and track teams
Especially are the Kendall Greeners
optimistic about their track and field
prospects. believing them to be the
best they have had I'm years. Amer
lean University Is to have base bali
team. but whether or not ii viii do
anything along other lines it does
not know itself as yet.
Of course, all the colleges will he
represented by tennis teams but
none of these has attempted TO get
men on courts. Ground has not yet
sufficiently dried and hardened to al
low much of anything in the way OF
practice. Maryland has had few
men out on an indoor court. but not
much can he accomplished that way
except conditioning
The one change in the foot bal
rules that everybody seems to be
criticising is that which makes a
Eumbled punt, recovered by the op
posing team. dead. The aim of the
committee in effectiDg that change
was simply TO reduce the amount
of punishment a team might suffer
Tor an error. Members of the com
inittee. and many others. have felt
that the error committed in the fun
bling OF punt, and losing the bal
pm account of the tumble by having
VI recovered by an opposing player
has nIniShad sufficiently in the hic