Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
failure TO MEET
LEAVES SPORT GAP
"Life" Taken Out of Season
for Both With Classic
Grid Game Missing.
BY H. S. BYRD.


4 connected even remotely with
the two Government inStltu-
tions. are anxious to have healed the
breach which now prevents them meet
ing in annual contests. 1t would not
be far amiss to make the statement
that both schools would be willing to
recede somewhat from the positions
they have taken in order to effect a
compromise, and if the whole situation
were placed in the hands of the ath-
letic authorities tomorrow it is likely
that not more than two hours would be
necessary to realign and settle the
whole question.
The situation now is that neither of
The two schools has more than a pass
ing interest in the gridiron games they
play. So intense has been the rivalry
between them that both have built for
the one game and with success for the
whole season practically depending on
the result of their own game. Cadets
and Midshipmen alike found last sea-
son somewhat fat and did not take the
same interest they would had the final
game seen them on opposite sides OF
the field.
1t will be recalled that several years
ago. when Roosevelt was President, a
break between the two schools was
threatened when deadlock over where
the game should be played seemed in
evitable Roosevelt said to the Secre-
tary of War and the Secretary of Navy,
in effect, You men get together,
choose a third man. and the three of
you decide where this game is to be
played, and there it will be played"
And it was. Something similar may
happen in the next administration.
1t would be simple enough for Her.
bert Hoover to tell these two members
of his cabinet to get together, and, if
necessary, pick a third man to sit with
them, and settle the whole question
now at issue. And, incidentally. as far
as the Army and Navy are concerned,
no more popular action could be taken
by their commander chief.
Healing of the breach between the
Army and Navy and consequent re-
sumption of athletic contests is look
ed for in the not distant future by those
in closest touch with conditions.
Washington and Lee expects to reach
. decision as to its foot ball coach for
next year within the next two or three
days. Two men have been mentioned
especially In connection with the job
and an effort will be made to get one
of them. If negotiations with these two
fall through the coaching situation
again Will DC Wtub OpCu.
Virginia has not reached any decision
as to what 1t will do in foot ball. The
SQUAD wants Neale to come back TO
Charlottesville early In October, but the
University authorities are not certain
In their own minds that that is the
best way to take care of the situation.
It is likely that some announcement
may be made shortly, but the final
arrangements may be delayed for
month or more.
University of Maryland alumni, UP in
che Western part of the State. are
anxious to have a foot ball game Sched-
tiIed between their school and West |
Virginia, the game to be played In
Cumberland. At an alumni dinner in
Cumberland Saturday night the mat
ter was brought up informally and con.
siderably urged. Nothing OF the KIND
would be possible for next year, but II
Is possible that a game may be given
consideration for two years from now.
Prom time to time for the last three
wears there have been rum0rS about
the possibilities of dividing the South
ern Conference into two organizations
The latest caused q Richmond paper
to send queries to every Southern Con-
1eTE1lEE 6CIlUOls OAAC ACpAACc AhAANeS
there was and is no more chance OF
the Southern Conference dividing or In
any way altering its organization than
there is that the American League Will
break up and divide into a Western
league and an Eastern league. And
there never has been any chance OF the
conference splitting. as 1t probably is
the most solid athletic organization IN
the world, without single exception.
When It seemed probable that Earl
Neale would not be back at Virginia
next Fall, John Kellison, Neale's assist
ant In foot ball. began to look for an
other Job. 1t did not take him long to
land, as William and Mary grabbed
him as soon as it found he was in the
market. Kellison is one OF the best
scouts in the country and nobody knows
that any better than Billy Gooch, for
mer Virginia man, now director of ath-
leticS at william and Mary.
Georgetown meets Johns Hopkins to-
morrow night in basket ball in the
American University gymnasium. Hop
kins has fair quint, but not as good
as the Hilltoppers. The BaltimoreanS
took the measure of the University
of Maryland the other night, but 1t
was due just as much to MarylandS
poor play as to any exceptional effort
on the part of Hopkins. The Balti-
moreans, however, have In Dubuskey
and Pasarew two very good performers.