Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-30
Sends 7o OF Its Athletic Teams Here This Week

pressed the hope that foot ball rela-
tionships between George Washington
and Navy would be continued. Letters
| from the various sports for this year
were awarded as follows:
Basket ball-Capt. Robert Gray, Will
! liam Blaine, Richard Castell, Irving
Fine, William Hanback,, William Har-.
ris, George Hoover, Max Jeweler and
John Thacker.
| Boxing-William Stanley, Robert
Boyle, Leo Covaleski, David Cohen,
John buffalo, Harry Kleiman, William
Oelschlager and william Phillips.
Swimming-Dean Longfellow, Robert
Adams. George Connaly, Ray Edmon-
ston, Merton English, Benjamin Gold
| berg Ray Lyman, Edward Strauss, Jack
Polkinhorn and William Thomson.
Freshmen basket ball numerals-Capt.
Jack Conner, Forrest Burgess, Ford
Brown, Max Brown, Lee Carlin, Sidney
Greenberg, John Lannan, Fred Mulvey.
Wallace Preston, Edison Romig, William
Wells and Arthur Zahn.
The most unusual conditions that ever
surrounded the scheduling of foot ball
game probably governed that played
last Fall between University Of Georgia
and Oglethorpe University Late last
Spring, it seems, Coach Harry Mehre
DR.. Sanford being in control Of Georgia
athletics, and asked that another foot
ball game be scheduled and that Ogle-
thorpe University be taken on. And
Furthermore, Mehre said he wanted the
game because he felt that Oglethorpe
University could beat Georgia in the
opening. Here is the way Mehre put it.:
DIR. Sanford, want you to schedule
us another foot ball game for next
10 y11o Ia CT r
urday in September and want you to
take on Oglethorpe University, because
1 believe they can beat us on that date"
DIR. Sanford almost fell out of his
chair at that request, followed as 1t
was by the conclusive statement. When
he recovered himself sufficiently to say
something, he replied:
"Mehre, what are you talking about,
asking me to schedule a team for the
opening game that you say will beat us?
That would ruin our Yale game on
October IL, and I'm not going even to
think of it. / never heard Of such a
request coming from coach"
But, DR.. Sanford, in that you are
mistaken, as instead of running our Yale
game it will make that game. We will
get the crowd for the Yale game any
way and our showing in that game
will make or ruin us. Oglethorpe will
DeaG us, DuG GIe TedCIlUu lEULl IlldI
defeat will enable us to beat Yale"
DR.. Sanford, still incredulous, refused,
but said he would bring the matter
to the attention of the athletic coun-
Gil. He did, and Mehre pleaded his
caee before the athletic council and the
athletic council voted to play the game,
DR.. Sanford and one other man voting
against it.
The game was played and Georgia
was beaten, touchdowns to 1. There
was great chagrin on the part Of those
who voted for the game, and DR.. San
ford and the other members OF the
board, with tears in their eyes, thanked
heaven they had voted against 1t.
Mehre said nothing except wait until
after the game with Yale" Everybody
waited and almost everybody had it
back in his mind that Mehre had just
about put himself in a position to look
for another job. However, the Yale
game came and Georgia, in brilliant
display of foot ball, won. Just after
| the game Mehre, more or less BASH
fully, walked by DR.. Sanford and grin
ned rather wholesomely, and DR.. San
ford and his alumni member Of the
council gave Mehre their wholehearted
congratulations, but, as an afterthought,
added in unison:
But, damn it, Mehre. If you laugh
again we'll fire you tonight"