Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25

petition remaining will be on March 9.
between Catholic Universitys boxers
and New York University
Local colleges have not had their in
door seasons marked by the same brill
liant successes as attended their efforts
a year ago. Georgetown's basket ball
team has been bright spot and Mary
lands basketers have come through to
wind up their schedule with victories
over Navy, Western Maryland and Hop
kins Wildermuth of Georgetown has
done some excellent sprinting, but as a
whole the feats accomplished are moth
Ing to cause any wild acclaim.
Catholic Universitys basket ball team
fell far below its 1923 standard, as was
expected. George Washington and
American University were not up to
their strength of year ago and neither
was Maryland. incidentally, Maryland
did little on the track having no out
standing performers like Matthews and
Thomas to bulwark its relay quartet.
Boxing seems to be getting a fair hold
although the former has not had any
considerable success with its fighters.
Catholic University has won both
matches in which it has so far partici-
pated.
1t seems to be the usual thing for
Indoor schedules to wind up around this
part of the country about March /. Usual
~ after the LIST of March it is too warm
to keep athletes working indoors and
then 1t is that all the outdoor squads
usually begin practice; in fact, have to
begin, especially in base ball and la
crosse, If they are to get in shape for
the opening games which usually come
before the end of the month.
E.xaI &C
Is to be opened tomorrow night by
napolis to play ST. Johns College, and
by Catholic University and George
Washington In the George Washington
gymnasium. Not much importance at
taches to either of the two games, ex-
cept for the local rivalry that exists
between Catholic University and George
Washington.
1t might be mentioned, though, that
what probably will be the best boxing
match of the year will take place Satur-
day at Catholic University, with West
ern Maryland as its opponent. Western
Maryland was whipped by Nays great
team last Saturday, but only after four
of the bouts it lost went an extra round
in order to determine the victors.
Western Maryland won two bouts and
four of the Nays five victories were
gained through overtime efforts, after
no decision could be reached in the
regulation three rounds, it will be
realized just how close shave the
Navy had. And with Western Mary
land bringing that kind of team here
and Catholic University having a strong
outfit good set of scraps should be
staged.
In another highly interesting boxing
match Georgetown and Penn State are
TO meet in Ryan gymnasium at the
Hilltop Friday night in a program that
will end the season for cAe Blue and
Gray battlers. The HoyaS will strive to
win the tourney in order to capture one
meet during the season. So far they
have lost all their engagements.
Admittedly, however, Georgetown's
chances against Penn State appear not
so bright, as the Nittany Lions hold the
intercollegiate championship. Wolf, 100
FOUNDER, who has knocked out many of
his rivals during three years of compe-
tition, is the ace Of the Penn State
team.
Should his injured hand be strong
enough Charley Fish, lone Hoya glove
man who has not been defeated this
season, will face Wolf. If Fish is not
Fred Schafiey. heavyweight, who also
has been suffering from an injured
hand, may compete in the light heavy
weight class, and McAllister, new
conner, may supplant Davis in the
bantamweight class. Weldon Monson,
who was beaten in his debut last Fri
day, will continue to represent G.. U.
In the heavyweight class.
~ .s d;e6c,1t "a understand iuSt u,hv
20 many newspaper writers criticize so
freely almost anything in the way OF
changes in the foot ball rules. Here is
O. group OF men, several of them hav-
ing been making living for years out
of teaching foot ball and the others
very closely identified with it, who get
together and, after giving their best
thought to every phase OF the sport.
decide on some minor change In an
inconsequential rule; and that is the
signal for good many newspaper men
10 begin panning the committee in
various ways. some directly In dignlhed
language and some through caustic
ridicule.
Take the rule on a fumbled ball which
has just been changed. To read some
comments one would think the whole
structure of foot ball were in danger OF
humiliation, the inference being that
the rules committee had come together,
played golf while and then hastily
and without much thought effected that
change just to be doing something.
However, the true story of the change
In the tumble rule in itself proves
how wrong this conception is. No less
a person than Fielding Yost Of Michi-
gan has for years been trying to get
the rules committee to effect the change
it has Just made, and Yost has had
lot of supporters in his contention,
which is that to allow a defensive
player to pick up ball and run with
it after a recovery OF tumble
Is placing too much OF pen
atty on such a mistake. In other
words, it was making mistake more
costly than the mistake justified. The
writer has heard Yost argue and light
ardently and insistently for seven or
eight years to have that rule changed.
Yost has been coaching foot ball since
before Roosevelt was Rough Rider,
and it is to be presumed that his long
years OF experience have given him
some conception Of what is best for
foot ball Yet, If 1t takes Yost, with
all the support he could muster, seven
or eight years to get the rules committee
TO make such slight change, then
that seems to be pretty clear evidence
LIdl TIE FuleS COiIIilltlSc OOtS llOC dNt
hastily. The changing of that rule on
a fumbled ball is simply the culmina-
ton of efforts Of years, and it is prac-
tically true that the rules committee
never makes changes until after the
possible effect of such changes have
besn considered and watched for several
seasons. In other words, somebody
makes suggestion for change, then
the rules committee takes that and
watches what might be the possible
effect over two or three seasons and
then is able to give lot better judg-
ment on 1t than any newspaper man
Glen Warner, with all his years of foot
ball experience and generally rated one
of the two or three best coaches in the
country, offered a suggestion last VIM
ter for a new method of scoring points