Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-07


Y ball schedule longer than last
~ years, is seeking a place to
hold its matches and play its
games.
So far as boxing Is concerned, 1t Is
probable the matches win be held either
at the City Club or the Jewish Com
n1unity Center, according to report from
the Hilltop, but the basket ball situa-
ton is completely in the air. 1t was
thought at one time that the new Tech
nical High School gymnasium might be
available, but that is not complete.
More than probable does it seem that
Georgetown will be compelled to play
basket ball games in its own gym
naSium, and it makes no secret about
not wanting to do that. The Blue and
Gray gymnasium is entirely inadequate
either for staging good basket ball COM
petition or to seat spectators, and the
good schools simply are not going to
schedule basket ball games here unless
they have a good floor.
Almost the first question one hears
when proposals are made for basket
ball contests is, Have you got a good
fioor?" and most of the schools know
the kind of playing conditions in the
Georgetown gymnasium.
Lack OF seating capacity also IS the
reason the Blue and Gray desires 10
stage its boxing matches In another
building The gymnasium on the Hull
TOP is not much better from this point
of view for boxing than for basket ball
This lack of a suitable place for It's
indoor sports ought to be sufficient NJ
centive for Georgetown alumni TO get
busy. raise some money and bulo q
structure to meet this need Financial
resources among Blue and Gray grad
yates are so great there should be lit
tie difficulty getting together enough
cash to construct field house on the
Hilltop big enough to give the varsity
and freshman squads all the room they
need to play games and seat thousands
OF spectators. Also such a building could
be used as an auditorium for general
university needs.
Georgetown basket ball game with
Duke University tomorrow night at 8
O'Clock probably will be played IN Ryan
gymnasium A more spacious floor mas
been sought for the game by the Hoyas, |
but thus far none has been obtained.
The game will be the first home con-
test for the Blue and Gray since before !
the holidays.
Incidentally, It might be mentioned
IN speaking Of such things that the |
University of Maryland probably will |
have to get by during the Spring with
some makeshift arrangements. 1t re-
Gently began some construction work |
in connection with its athletic plant |
which within the next year should give
it about the best general equipment in
the South for intercollegiate sports and
intramural games for the entire student |
body, but this work has left the varsity |
athletic field in a mess, especially as
around 1000 cubic yards Of dirt have
been dumped on it in order to raise
the playing field to perfect level and
TO get better surface drainage.
Arrangements have been made where
by the entire track and field schedule
viii be carried out on opponents fields
as about two thirds of the track is
under 3 feet Of new earth and it will be
impossible to get new track built in
time for Spring. This also necessitates
cancellation of the annual Spring field
day, with its accompanying inter-
scholastci track meet; this meet viii be
held again next year. A new base ball
field with stands will have to be con-
Structed, and a temporary lacrosse field |
also is sure to be necessary. |
It is possible that basket ball league
comprising the institutions in the South |
AtlanLlc SeCLlOn OF the SOulIl6Iu NOII~
ference may be organized to become
effective next Winter. If the base ball
league, which went through its first sea-
son In 1928, is successful during the |
coming Spring, it is almost certainty
that basket ball circuit viii be or
ganized.
The whole situation has been dis
cuSsed by basket ball coaches and by |
those interested in the development Of |
the sport in the colleges In this section.
Seine talk there was of trying to put |
such league across this year, but it |
was deemed inadvisable because Sched- |
tiles were practically complete and a
regular list of games In which each |
school might meet every other school |
twice was nearly impossible.
st. Johns College of Annapolis had a |
good foot ball season last Fall and 1t |
has gone out looking for more worlds to |
conquer. Its schedule for next year in |
dicates that it is ready to take on
almost any school and it will have hard |
games aplenty Boston College is one
game it must face and Virginia and
Rutgers are two others. And it also is
TO play Western Maryland, which is
likely to be harder than any other.
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