Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
TO GIVE LETTERS
AT DINNER MAY 26
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Or. C. B: Kennedy, President
of Collegiate A. A., to
Make Only Talk.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Il HE naval ACADEMY pldIlS W
honor its letter men at a
more or less informal din
ner Tuesday, May 26. The
program for the occasion is being
arranged by the IN" Club, and
awards to officers and athletes of
the current year will be the main
part of it. Incidentally, it is
planned to have only one speech,
which is to be made by DR.. Charles
w. Kennedy of Princeton Univer.
sity. president of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association.
Athletes who are to receive their let
tiers are many. The Navy supports va
ried branches of intercollegiate sports.
from fencing and tennis to foot ball,
and giving Of awards is expected to
take up the major portion OF the eve-
ming. However. in getting Dr.. Kennedy
to make an address, the Navy has GER
tainly made sure that at least one part
of the program will be both entertain
ing and enlightening.
DR.. Kennedy not only Is a good
speaker-one of the best In the United
States connected with college athletics
but he also knows the subject about
which he talks.
Navy athletes hardly have anything
different to look back upon at the END
Of this year from what they have In
almost every year. Their teams usually
are successful and win even more than
their share Of contests. And even In
games In which it is defeated; the Navy
puts I'D q battle In which all the glory
is by no means reflected on the victor.
And in speaking of Navy athletes
and the insignia they are to receive, 1t
seems fitting that q tribute be paid
them, the deserving Of which Is more
valuable than victories. In the last Few
wears the authorities at Annapolis have
been working to overcome certain preJu-
dices that existed in some quarters In
the intercollegiate world against Navy
athletics, and they have not only sue
ceeded, but have gone further and M
stilled in the collective Navy mind the
idea that courtesy and regard for OPP
ponents, craftsmanship. fair play and
consideration of the others point OF
view are paramount in building up good
relationships with other institutions
and that to have and to maintain good
relationships is the most valuable OBJECT
TO be attained.
Navy has done that, and no other in
stttution In the United States now has
q finer regard for nor a more helpful
attitude toward other schools.
Johns Hopkins gave st. Johns set
back Saturday In lacrosse, beating the
Annapolis school, 3 to 2. The Balti-
rnoreans made the statement last Fri
day that they believed st. Johns was
somewhat overrated and that II was
due for a defeat the next day. Coacn
Van Orman made good his Thought
.,.S tcv,t ME xeaun ont an front for the
intercollegiate title.
HOPKINS is settling down this week
to get ready for Maryland on Saturday.
In speaking of the st. Johns twelve,
Hopkins people, before they played st.
Johns, said they thought Maryland had
the more dangerous team and that they
feared Maryland more than st. johns.
Anybody who watched Maryland get
whipped by st. Johns a little over q
murA ago hardly would put much cred
ence In that, but anyway part OF
the Hopkins opinion has been borne out.
Whatever may be the strength Of the
Maryland twelve, and it must be greater
than 1t showed against st. Johns else
it would not have whipped sPennsyl-
vania by such q big margin, 1t has two
tough assignments In front of 1t this
week and next. Hopkins, with one Of
its greatest twelves, will be met in the
Baltimore Stadium Saturday and on
May 81 Navy Is to be played at Annap-
one of the great teams of the country
and over a period of 10 years or SO has
lost only three or four games.
It has one of the best coaches In
Findlayson, and to him must be attrib-
uted q good deal of Nays success.
But for the next five days 1t Is Hop
kins about which Maryland has to
think and for which it must prepare.
Georgetown failed in its two tests
against Navy Saturday, losing in both
base bah and track. The ball game was
real disappointment. After going
through such brilliant series OF games
as have been played by the Blue and
more important than any other was
especially unfortunate. However, that
Is part Of the game, 1t seems. 1t was
felt that the Navy would win the track
meet and it did, by big margin. Ell
roEs beat Georgetown on the diamond,
as 1t outhit the future Admirals.
Bill Kinnamon and Urban Linzey.
who represented the University OF
Maryland in the Southern Conference
track and field championships Satur-
uay az ouHAusudui, SCoAcu Ave poA.ec
between them. The former got fifth IN
the 220-yard low hurdles and the lat
ter second in the 880-yard run. Kin
namon stumbled and almost fell or he
doubtless would have done better.
North Carolina, as was expected, won
the meet easily. In fact, it finished so
far ahead of the other schools there
was hardly any comparison. Which vic
tory, when set off against the one-sided
whipping given North Carolina by
Princeton in a dual meet sometime back
does not speak very we'll for track and
field athletics In Southern universities.