Evening star., 1928-03-12

~ ~ REAT things arc expected thi'
r Spring of the Tri-State Inter.
II collegiate Base Ball League
b. ~ made up of Southern Con.
g. ference institutions i'll NORTH
Carolina. Virginia and Maryland, BY
those responsible for the organization
II was the purpose i'll forming the
league to give an impetus to base ball
TO provide greater interest in that sport
and ii is felt by Dick Smith. graduate
manager of athletics at Washington
and Lee University, who was almost
wholly responsible for the idea and the
translation of the plan into workable
body. that the circuit will accomplish
just that
II have believed for several years that
a league of college ball teams was
needed in this section and have felt
that such league would promote in
tereSt In college base ball beyond that
which now exists and beyond what any
body should expect. College base ball
has not kept pace with other college
sports. foot ball and basket ball having
outstripped it in general student and
public interest.
Colleges Ill towns where there are
no professional clubs are all right and
will do we'll under any circumstances,
but the college located where its teams
must play III competition with profess
Sional club simply is not going 10
have popular games unless some kind
Q. competitive interest is provided. The
league. which is made up Of North
Carolina. North Carolina State. Vir-
ginia, Washington and Lee. Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. Virginia Military
Institute and Maryland, ought to be a
means OF creating much greater inter-
est in base ball as far as its member
schools are concerned.
Personally. I have taken good deal
OF interest in base ball, and I went to
good deal of trouble TO get this league
started. and from all I have heard
from various sources it already is caus-
ing more interest in the coming season. s.
Whether or not the league. some
thing new in college base ball. succeeds
or not, Dick Smith deserves great credit
for efecting its organization. And to
Smith should go whatever credit there
Is or whatever accrues in the future,
because il was he who took up the
proposition last Spring. arranged for
the meeting at Lynchburg of repre-
sentatives of the schools and provided
the idea OF practicable way of carry
ing out the league and planning its
schedule.
With the exception Of Branch Bo.
cock, who takes charge at William and
Mary, and Cofall at Wake Forest, not
o change IS to be effected in the foot
ball coaching systems of the colleges in
the South Atlantic section next Fall
Gus Tebel will hold forth again a.
North Carolina State and Collins al
North Carolina University. Pat Heron
Gustafson. Raftery and Neale will be
back at washington and Lee, v. p. J..
v. NJ. !. and Virginia, while around
washington and out in Maryland every
school viii be under the direction OF
the same men who handled affairs las;
Fall With the exception of possibly a
different assistant in one place or an
other, not change is contemplated IN
any Of the major schools.
Several times rumors have come East
that Glen Warner is more or less tired
Of coaching on the Pacific Coast and
would like TO come back 10 this part of
the country. Rather definite informa-
ton indicates the rumor is just about
as groundless as most rumors are. and
Warner not only seems TO be satisfies
with conditions at Stanford, but has
no intention Of leaving.
If 10 understoon that Johns Hopkins
intends TO organize a boxing team mex
year. DR.. Ray Van Orman, who !!
managing athletics at that school, is re-
ported TO have made the statement thai
Hopkins, unless something unforeseen
takes place, win arrange a schedule fol
next Winter.
Ace Leonard. chairman of the foo