Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18

W their SDTlnR spur ID SSiAOOuASo,
the first contest OF which
takes place a week from
Thursday. when Penn State comes mere
n NAV Georgetown in base ball. After
that the Blue and Gray is to take part
IN two more diamond contests before
the end of March and Maryland en-
cages in A track meet with virginia
Military Institute at Lexington on
March 80.
Then with the first week in Apl"
comes the opening of full schedules IN
ali sports, with tennis, base ball, Lacrosse
and track holding the attention OF
those not engaged In Spring foot oaii
practice.
Last week local schools put in two
or three DAYS of good work in base ball,
track and lacrosse. Cold weather ana
wet grounds have operated against any
consistent training program SO iar, ana
teams in this section, especially base
bAll. probably are not in anywhere near
as good shape as those OF the big
Northern schools that have ample cages
in which to practice.
Some years back 1t was true that
schools down this way had an aoVan-
taee In early Spring base ball games
when the mines representing the North
ern schools came South. but not SO now
as the indoor diamonds laid out IN
great halls with dirt floors give oppor-
tunities for practice by Northern mines
that are not enjoyed by any scnooi
south of the Mason-Dixon line. North
ern mines probably are IN better shape
right now than any squads around mere.
While the candidates for spring
sports are working as hard and as OFTEN
49, x,~okhar and ground hermit,
Georretown's foot ball men are drilling
hard in an attempt to get line on
the situation for next Fall. The squad
il under the direction Of Head Coacn
Lou Little and is doing real foot bali
stuff. The Spring practice Georgetown
has is not any easier and not mucn all
ferent from the regular Fall workouts,
and it is for that reason that Little
is of the opinion that 1t is worth while.
MARYLAND expects to get out its grid
from squad today. The Old Line men
probably will do less this year than IN
either Of the last three years in putting
next Falls candidates through their
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a line on what the team prospects are
In various sports. Some teams are being
boosted higher than a kite. and others
are to the same extent belittled, but
about the LIST of June, when schedules
are finished, it probably will be found
that some of those that have been
boosted are failures and others from
which not much was expected VIII DO
well.
Washington and Lee and Virginia
have adopted exactly opposite courses
In connection with their foot ball coach
ing problems for next Fall. The former
has placed at the head OF Its squad q
mar, who has had little experience IN
college coaching, while the latter has
acquired the services Of man who has
been identified with foot ball as played
on college gridirons for more than q
decade.
Oberst of Notre Dame goes to Wash.
ington and Lee without any great record
his own playing, while Abel of Colgate
has been coaching In colleges since 1917.
It Is not generally known, but Abel was
coach at Virginia Military Institute In
1917, and Is the man who was handing
that team when Jimmy Leach started
his wild running as halfback tnat
finally was wound up with o decisive
victory over Pennsylvania.
Both Oberst and Abel will have fine
material next Fall. Washington and
Lee probably will be better fixed in
sridiron way than it has been IN any
previous season in years, while Virginia
Is certain to be represented by layout
of players who would delight any coach
The two teams play each other. and 1t
will be interesting to note the result,
the Younger and comparatively mex
perienced man against the older expert
Anrof rnarh
Boxing during the past Winter has
again demonstrated its hold on college
crowds. Practically every institution
in the East is represented in the sport
and undoubtedly the largest crowds
that watch any indoor competitions be-
tween colleges are present at the box
ing matches. At some places the car
ing for crowds has become quite prob
lem, especially at the Naval Academy.
where boxing is very popular. 1t is
stated that nearly 1000 persons saw
one dual match In the Navy ring this
year. And incidentally, that Navy box
ing squad, under the direction Of Spike
Webb, has acquired a real record in
having gone 10 years without a defeat
in a dual match, and only one tie. But
that is not any particular reason for the
Nays liking for boxing, as the sport
seems to attract just as many persons
comparatively at other colleges.
University OF Maryland seems to be
about the only school left in this section
which makes an effort to keep up with
the front rank in all sports that does
not have a boxing team. And 1t might
be mentioned that out at Maryland
there seems to be rising distinct de-
mand for the sport.
Army this year plays three lacrosse
teams from the State Of Maryland. St
Johns, Johns Hopkins and University
of Maryland are on the West Point
schedule, all the games to be played at
West Point. The Maryland game Is q
part of a two-year contract. with
Army being scheduled to play at College
Park next season.
Maryland Is having hard time find-
ing places for its Spring squads to prac-
tice. The regular field is completely
torn up in the process OF rebuilding, and
some temporary fields are being put In
shape. The varsity base ball team has
pre-empted the freshman field, while
the lacrosse squad is using one Of the
practice foot ball fields. The Other
teams are shifting around and usine
the best grounds available. The track
and field squad probably has been hit
hardest, as only one section OF the
straightway of the track is available
and all dual meets have been shifted II
the tracks Of opponents.