Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
|HOYA NINE STILL
HAS BIG BATTLES
To Play Six Games in Row
Old Liners Invade Navy
for Stick Clash.


M death knell of local coll
w lege athletics for the
current scholastic year,
1t also will mark some of the most
important competitions of the
Spring season for both George
town and Maryland. George
Washington and Gallaudet wound
up their list of contests some time
ago, Catholic University finished
yesterday, and all that now re-
mains are the ball games still to
be played by Georgetown on it's
Northern trip and ball game and
lacrosse game for Maryland.
Georgtown'S base ball trip is import
ant because 1t represents the best that
this section offers in the way of college
base ball against the best the North
has. The Blue and Gray, If it fails to
make good showing, may have the
| satisfaction of knowing that no other
Southern school was in a position to
do any better. If 1t does win the most
of its contests, as Is likely, it may feel
proud of having upheld the standards
Of the section 1t represents. Yester-
day the Hilltoppers lost to Holy Cross,
nearly always one Of the best mines of
the country.
But Georgetown still has several good
games in front of 1t. Tomorrow and
Tuesday 1t plays at Boston College and
Harvard, Wednesday 1t Journeys down
to New Haven for a game with Yale,
Thursday faces New York University
and Friday plays Army at West Point.
| The game Saturday Is with the SIAM
ford, Conn, club, a game scheduled in
order that the home town folks of
Scalzi, Georgetown second baseman,
may do him some honors.
Harvard had good ball club when
| it played here early in the year and
should be better when the Blue and
Gray is met Tuesday. Yale and New York
University, also are expected to offer
plenty of opposition to the local school.
Georgetown won from Harvard, Yale
and New York University here early
this Spring.
Marylands nine goes to Philadelphia
for q game with Penn on wednesday.
The Old Liners hope to make up against
| the Quakers some Of the prestige they
lost in their game with Navy last week.
What probably will create greater
general interest, though, than any other
Spring contest in which any local school
has taken part this year is the lacrosse
game Maryland and Navy play Satur-
day. For the second time in as many
years the Old Liners and Sailors meet
in the final game Of the year to decide
the championship.
If Navy wins it will have clear title
to the gold medals that go along with
| the championship of the intercollegiate
Lacrosse League Of America, while II
Maryland Is victor 1t is almost certain
to get the championship, despite its de-
feat by st. Johns earlier in the season.
Last Spring, when Navy and Maryland
met at Annapolis, probably the greatest
crowd that ever watched a lacrosse
game was present, and 1t is likely that
an even greater number of persons will
be on hand this week. Navy won last
year by score Of to 8.
No more decisive defeat ever was adj
ministered to any lacrosse team than
Maryland handed Hopkins yesterday in
their annual game In Baltimore. The
Old Line twelve kept possession OF the
ball nearly all the time, except for the
first part Of the second half. and had
many more shots for the goal than the
Baltimoreans. AS q matter Of fact, Hop
kins seldom was in q scoring position
that was dangerous to Maryland.
Before the game began 1t was felt by
the majority Of critics that the ad-
vantage lay with Hopkins, but Mary
land had an idea 1t was pretty close to
an even bet. But the game IS 1t actually
WAS played was simply an exhibition OF
one team outclassing another. Mary
land scored early and kept on pelting
away at the goal. while 1t kept the Hop
kins stickers safely at bay.
One spot in the play Of the Maryland
team ought to draw special mention
Notwithstanding the whole team played
we'll, and that was Heagys work on de-
Tense. If any lacrosse player ever put
up q brilliant exhibition Of doing the
right thing at the right time and doing
1t in q perfect way, both mentally and
physically, Heagy held that distinction
yesterday. In the 10 years that Mary
land has been represented on the la
crosse field 1t has never had man who
did any more on defense than Heagy did
against Hopkins.
George Simpson yesterday beat Ed
die Tolan. the Michigan sprinter whose
9.5 seconds for the hundred was re-
Gently recognized as the world record,
without much difficulty. However,
Simpson did not surpass Tolan's mark
Some time ago Simpson covered the
century in 94 seconds, only to have
the record turned down because he used
starting blocks. Those that know the
ability of the two sprinters indicate
that they think Simpson is the better
man, and apparently he is.
The action of the Western Confer
ence in openly stating that 1t would
no longer countenance games between
its members and schools that do not
adhere TO the three-year rule means
that 1t is taking a direct action In re-
gard to relationships with the Army
Western Conference schools have not
been meeting opponents that play four
year athletes except in case OF the Army
and Navy. Some time ago the Navy
adopted the three-year rule and asked
Army to do likewise. The resultant
discussion brought on break between
Army and Navy.
1t was predicted last Fall that the
colleges gradually would take up the
Nays end of the controversy and that
the Navy would get sufficient support
eventually for 1t to win out The West
ern Conference action means that after
the contract with Illinois Is played out
next Fall, the Army will not be able to
schedule any one Of the 10 schools
known as the big ten"
And it is not at all improbable that
the Western Conference may get good
lions and schools.