The Washington times., 1930-07-17

Out at Georgetown; after
having reached the football
and track heights through the
splendid and efficient work Of
Coaches Lou Little and John
d. O'Reilly, respectively, one
can see Q retrenchment in
sports, and this bodies III for
Tommy Mills, as dynamic q
soul as ever cupped his hands
to shout an order afield.
In fact 1t is known to this
bureau that Mills has already
encountered unexpected diff.
cultieS at the Hilltop, because
Of restrictions imposed in his
way. He has been, heart sick
and sore over this situation,
but he feels he cannot turn
back. even were he anlind to
do so, for he came here to do
a certain Job, and intends to do
it or die in his tracks.
Georgetown seems to have
gone all academic, here III the
last year or so, and it seems to
think that in order, to, 60 far
in an educational way, it must
sacrifice some Of its sports
energy to climb to the academic
. peaks. That the Hilltop. in
tends to settle back a little in
q football way is shown in
many Of its recent gestures.
The track and football teams
have been hit hard by certain
edicts which have gone forth
from the, presidents chair.
That the Blue and Gray has
its heart more set on erecting
buildings for studies-which,
after all, is the main function
Of a univerSity-thRn on pro.
viding the teams which are the
impe tuS to bring ambitious
young men; On to fill those class
rooms, Is plain in its decision to
train at remote Point Lookout,
as well as its decision to erect
brick and. stone edifieeS on It's
former football field.
And this is all so unnecessary,
this business Of curtailing sports
to build, with cement and plas-
ter. Right here in the very
vicinity OF Georgetown is a
shining example of the fact that
sports and StudentShip may go
hand in hand.
Maryland University, which
has retained Curly Byrd at the
head Of its athletic department
for the better part Of 20 years,
has prospered academically as
it has become a power in sports.
Byrd, incidentally Is the second
oldest coach in the. Southern
Conference, in point of sus-
tanned service, being out-veter-
.aned only by Dan McGuigin, OF
Vanderbilt.
Maryland's growth to It's pres
ent maturity as a :. university
dates from the moment it
changed from an Agricultural
College and from the Sarae~no-
ment, in which it put Curly
Byrd in charge Of an athletic
development and expansion
plan and left him there. sun-
fettered and unannoyed. -
In sailing on to. academic
prominence, for Maryland ranks
with the best in. the State and
in the East for its courses and
the type of student it develops
into a graduate, Maryland has
not stinted its sports schedule.
Rather it has added to ID It
has built, q concrete football
stadium. it has built . track
field, it has built a baseball sdia-
mond, and it has erected tennis
courts and crested myriad other
athletic adv Shtages for the
young men and young women
who turn to it for their final
days of schooling. -
quite the opposite is seen at
Georgetown, a high ranking
university which has long been
the pride Of Washington sand
which has thousands Of alumni
still working and living right
in the very shadow of it's lofty
spires. Georgetown seems TO be
retrogressing in sports, and ap-
parently because it feels it
can't keep up its rapid cadence
in that field Of endeavor and
: advance in the maner 1t wishes
in the field of preparing young
men for a fruitful life Of sert-
Gus endeavors.
Georgetown alumni are ask
ing themselves whether such d
policy is wise. They are won
dering If the same brigat ed,
eager, industrious type. Uf lads
will seek. out its class rooms
and athletic fields without the
great track and football and
baseball teams, too, which have
long been associated with the
Blue and Gray.
Very recently the alumni re-
ceived letters from the graduate
manager, asking for donations
to keep sports alive and to- per
nit the teams of yore to endure,
and hundreds Of them are won
dering, not at the appeal, for
such is the custom. but wonder.
ing what the present powers lp
yonder are trying to do TO