Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
VIRGINIA TO COME
FOR TWO CLASHES
win Oppose Catholic U. and
Observation-Disclosures and
Lee Also to Visit.
BY III. c. BYRD.

W ket ball this week among tn
local universities Washington
and Lee, probably the stronges
team in the South Atlantic section, vii
engage Maryland Saturday night 4;
College Park.
Virginia will play at Maryland Friday
night and at Catholic University Satur
DAY night.
Both the games at College Park vii
begin at O'Clock and the Virginia.
Catholic u clash at g. The game at c. u
will be preceded by a contest between
the Catholic University and Maryland
freshmen quintS.
Washington-Lee's team has cut 2
wide swath so far this season end has
yet to lose. The Generals have aver
aged SIS points game. Williams, cen
ter, and Cox, forward, members of las.
winters freshmen combination, are the
only new members of the Generals
Quint. the other berths being filled by
regulars or near regulars season ago
Last year Virginia took part in two
great games here. On Friday night il
lost remarkable contest to Maryland
by point or two and on the following
evening proved the surprise of the year
by defeating Catholic US exceptional
five in one of the fastest and hardest
fought struggles ever staged on a local
floor.
This year Virginia will bring to Wash
ington about the same kind OF team
it had a year ago. although it probably
is not quite as strong in one position as
it was then. Watt Tyler, one of its
mainstayS. having graduated.
While next Saturday night will find
several contests staged by local schools
actually the week gives no evidence OF
developing anything especially note
worthy George Washington goes to
Annapolis to play Navy on Wednesday
and American University meets c. U. al
Brookland tomorrow night in the only
two contests prior to Virginia's appear
ance at Maryland Friday.
Besides the Virginia Catholic u. game
Saturday. Gailaudet goes over to George
Washington for a setto and American
University journeys to Annapolis to see
what it can accomplish against the Mid
shipmen.
This chap Ekaitis, who plays in the
backfield and boxes for Western Mary
land College, is a real athlete. In foot
ball he stood out head and shoulders
in almost every game and Friday night
he carried far too many solid punches
in his gloves for his Georgetown OPP
ponent
Weighing about ITO pounds ordinarily,
although he. boxes at q lower weight,
Ekaitis is almost ideal for an all around
athlete, and few men in the section are
better than he and few look more the
part.
Several men interested in the ANA
teur Athletic Union are planning to
hold an indoor track and field meet
in Baltimore late in the Winter, prob
ably around the lst of March. An
nouncements have been sent to many
colleges and universities and schools
with a view to learning what would
be the most suitable date for all, and
as soon as fair number of responses
come in it is likely that a date will
be announced.
Another announcement of an indoor
meet has come from West Virginia
University, which plans to sponsor one
in its new cage at Morgantown. West
Virginia is DESTROYS of having all the
colleges in the whole section take part
in It's events.
Virginia also is boosting its indoor
games, to be held at Charlottesville in
February Virginia has a big gym
nasium in which it gets a 50-yard
straightaway and has a track for the
distance event just about the size of
the old track in Convention Hall be-
fore the latter was given over to bowl
ing alleys.
If these meets become annual affairs
and another set of games is inaugurated
by still another organization. indoor
track and field athletics in this section
should boom considerably. Right now,
with the exception of Georgetown and
Maryland, little is being done. 1t Is
not possible to inject much interest,
nor to get a big group of athletes to
keep consistently in training, without
some kind of competition.
washington needs at least one in
door meet. but that seems impossible
until a building suitable for such set
of games is constructed.
1t Is hoped that when a building to
house the National Guard becomes a
reality the dimensions and design will
be such as to permit indoor games of
high standard. This would mean at a
minimum a three-lap track, with room
in addition to take care of 5000 spec
tators.
Some time ago the Navy made a
proposal to all schools in Maryland that
they get together for an indoor track
response. The Navy is about the only
institution in the State doing any real
work at present and it is doubtful If
there is another school that could put
full squad in competition.
With the University of Illinois be-
ginning foot ball practice February 6
it is not unlikely that the other big
schools in the Middle West will waste
much time getting their gridiron en-
thusiasts 10 work; that is, OF course,
those not playing on some other varsity
teams. Zuppke long has had his mer
going through the PAGES during the
Winter months and early Spring, anC
no doubt good deal of the mechanical
precision and general effectiveness ir
fundamentals for which his teams are
notable is developed in this of season
work
II may be claimed that Spring foo
ball is useless but anybody who know:
foot ball, or knows anything about ath'
letics is fully aware that two month!
of extra practice during year is sure
to be effective. In other words, tn;
average eleven during its regular sea-
son goes through foot ball for three
months. but the one that has its regu'
lar season of three months and ther
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more advanced.
Most of the opposition to Sprinl
foot ball in the colleges comes from
coaches of other sports who want thu
men in foot ball for their Winter an,
Spring teams. This objection is bein
largely met. though. by those in charg
of foot ball by allowing members Q
varsity teams to remain out for thos
teams and by taking out for foot ba
only those men who are not special
adapted to other sports, or ct leas
not well enough adapted to max
ether teams
No better relationship could exist be
tween any schools than that whic
exists between several in this section
Take for instance the cast of Mary
land in foot ball next Fall The Oh
Liners had very poor home Schedul
both Uir0iY1ia North CorOliF1