Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
ACTION EVERY DAY
IN VARIOUS SPORTS
Duquesne Plays American U.
Tossers in Only Event
Here Tomorrow.
BY III. C. BYRD.

BY III. C. BYRD.
Z OCAL colleges are scheduled to
take part in athletic contests of
one kind or another every night
- during the coming week. They
begin tomorrow with basket
ball game between American Univer-
sity and Duquesne University and wind
up Saturday with three court contests, (.
in which Georgetown figures against
West Virginia. Gallaudet against Juniata
and American University with Virginia
Medical College.
Here is the list for the week. all
being basket ball games unless other
wise specified:
MONDAY.
Duquesne at American University.
TUESDAY.
GEORGETOWN at Johns Hopkins.
DuqueSne at Catholic University.
GEORGETOWN and Maryland In Mead
OVERLOOK track meet at Philadelphia.
WEDNESDAY.
Maryland at Navy.
Temple at Catholic University box
ing).
Catholic University at LoyoIa (Bal-
tkmOre).
FRIDAY.
Western Maryland at Maryland.
Juniata at American University.
virginia. Medical College at George
Washington.
Gallaudet at Baltimore University.
Washington and Lee at Catholic U.
(swimming).
SATURDAY.
West Virginia at Georgetown.
Juniafa at Gallaudet.
Virginia Medical College at American
University.
About the best of these contests
should be that between Georgetown and
West Virginia. Under ordinary circurn-
stances, the Navy-Maryland game
might hold this distinction, but the lat
ter's record is not such as to enhance
its prospects in any big contest in
which it is to take part.
Georgetown, on the contrary, has
been playing good basket ball, and, if
West Virginia is as strong as usual, its
game ought to take precedence in the
weeks activities.
While basket ball, as far as Wash
| ington Is concerned, for the 1928-29
| colleges seem to be crowding a good
| part of their seasons play in the clos
| ing days. But, however that may be,
basket ball this season does not seem
| In q fair way to be productive of any
| too much prestige for local schools,
| Georgetown excepted. The Blue and
| Gray Is the only one of the three
| schools Catholic u, Georgetown and
| Maryland-that made such great rec
ords q year ago that Is duplicating its
performance. Catholic U. and Mary
| land have fallen considerably below
| their standard of recent seasons, and
| the Old Liners have taken two Of the
worst heatings it has ever had on a
basket ball court.
Loyola College OF Baltimore seems to
have about the strongest basket ball
team in Maryland. It has won from all
the teams In the State it has played,
including the Navy and Washington
| reached probably will have clean
slate as far as Maryland Is concerned.
Much of the success Of the Loyola
| five Is due, of course, to its good mate
rial, but not small part of it is due
| to the coaching Of Dutch" Schuerholz.
| The Loyola mentor has been identified
| with basket ball in this section for
many years and his work throughout the
whole time has been exceptionally good.
No team that he has coached has ever
failed to play as well as its personnel
warranted If Schuerholz were not en-
gagged In business in Baltimore and.
therefore, in a position where it is
practically impossible for him to coach
elsewhere, he would be an, exceptionally
good man for many Of the big univer-
stiles.
1t is probable that no sport In the
college has taken such rapid hold as
boxing and it is certain that no other
sport has so many people so set against
it and so many others so set for 1t.
One man connected with college boxing
will say 1t Is brutal and ought not to
engaged in practically the same capac-
ity will contend that it is manly sport,
that nobody ever gets seriously hurt,
that the boxers themselves will say
that they get no bad effects from their
matches and that It Is q good sport
for the colleges. In all probability 1t
all depends on who is handling the
squad. If the squad Is we'll taken
care of. taught to box within the right
limits, and imbued with the right kind
Of principles, boxing probably Is all
right; otherwise it Is all wrong. and.
according to those managing college
athletics, 1t is not easy to find the right
type Of man to coach a college team.
Washington and Lee has had boxing
team for some years, but, despite that.
Dick Smith, graduate manager of ath-
letics, does not have much of an opirion
of 1t as a college sport. In private
conversation here last week, Smith made
this statement:
Personally I think boxing Is too
brutal to be rated a college sport In
some respects 1t Is worse than the pro-
fessienal sport, in that college men
are actuated. by real spirit and go in
to fight and do as much damage as
they can. saw a fight last week at
a certain school between two heavy
weights that was disgraceful to college
sport. Both men were practically out
on their feet after a smuggling match
in which each had pounded the other
oc full