Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21

the colleges is getting to be very popu-
lar. but it also has its opponents. And
rather remarkable to relate. the writer
has not met a single college athletic
official who is favorable to the sport
as it generally is conducted, with one
exception. All seem TO have succumbed
to kind of public demand for box
ing, or fighting, as it may be more
properly termed, and not one Is en-
amored with the present outlook for it
Fatality Is Cited.
The recent death of a Pennsylvania
boxer, which opinion seems to indicate
could have been avoided has caused
good deal of criticism. Certainly
that unfortunate occurrence has rocked
the Intercollegiate Boxing Association
to such an extent that its foundation
at the present time is exceedingly I'M
stable, if representatives of that or
ganlzation are right in their privately
expressed opinions
One man responsible for athletics in
a university which now does not have
boxing, but which has been importuned
time and again to introduce it in in
tercollegiate competition. asked the
representative of a school in the Inter-
collegiate Boxing Association whether
or not he felt it would be wise TO take
up boxing as an intercollegiate sport.
This mans school has an exceptionally
good boxing team every year, but this
was his reply:
II don't know what to tell YOU. Per-
sonally, l think boxing is one of the
finest of sports, but the way college
boxing now trends, I doubt if I could
Conscicntiously advise you to take it up.
Instead of boxing there is developing
decided tendency to throw boxing to
the winds and fight, or rather slug it
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boxers are taking some awful beat:ngs,
which are doing them lot of harm.
Referees Could Help.
eff officials can be procured who will
not allow bouts to go so far as to let
boy take terrific pummeling, officials
who will stop the bouts as soon as it
appears that one of the contestants is
weakening, then boxing is all right.
The trouble, though, is that some crazy
coach wants his man left in the ring
in the hope that the bout may be won
by wild punch. and the coach crabs
the official to beat the band if the bout
is stopped.
The officials are developing a tend
ency to let the bouts go on with the
result that some boys are taking undue
punishment. That is wrong, and unless
the condition is rectif1od boxing will be
abolished as an intercollegiate sport.
Then again you know the crowds do
not care for a boxing match, because
the thing that brings their approval is
a wild smuggling match. toe to toe.
Frankly. before took any steps to have
a boxing team I'd wait awhile to see
just what is going to develop. Right
now the situation does not look any
too good to me-"
New York Universitys base ball team
Is here today to meet Georgetown, and
If the two games played with the Ma
rines are an indication of what may
be expected of the Gothamites, George
town runs more risk of having its VIM
ming streak broken than ii has in any
OF Its recent games. The New Workers
lost to Marines in the opening game
by a run, but Saturday won by that
margin. Both games were we'll played
and the visitors evidently today will
place against Georgetown a team we'll
able to take care of itself. The game
Is to be played on the Washington
Barracks diamond at o'clock.
Besides two major sports teams in
competition here this coming Saturday
the Army also will be represented by
Two minor sports organizations The
tennis team is to engage Georgetown
and the rifle team shoots against George
washington. This makes in all four
athletic squads that Army is sending to
Washington this week end. the other
two, base ball and lacrosse, being listed
TO meet University of Maryland. All
Tour Army teams are due to arrive here
Friday night.
Lack of opportunities for formal
competition is the biggest handicap UNI
ufl flAn TT,.S.,
lacrosse team suffers" says Dean S. "
Sanford of that school, who has been
here since last Friday with the Georgia
twelve. There are only two teams in
our sectlon-Georgia Tech and Camp
Bennmg-and after we play them we
nave nobody else to schedule. In try
ing to remedy this we are taking this
trip. on which We play Maryland and
virginia. With opportunities to Sched-
ule more games, believe we can de-
velop at Georgia as good lacrosse teams
as there are anywhere"
AS matter of fact, Georgia pre-
sented against Maryland Saturday about
as likely looking group of athletes as
are found anywhere, and there is no
reason why a good lacrosse team should
not be developed out of them. One hun
dred and twenty-five men were out for
the sport at Athens. and those that
represented the squad Saturday did
lot better work than the score showed
During nearly all the first half of the
game 1t was nip and tuck, and it was
only when Maryland got under way
full blast in the second half and Georgia
broke that the score was run up.
Dean Sanford tells rather interest
ing story of his lacrosse squad this
Spring in regard to its practice 1t
seems that the manager Of the team,
who, by the way, is the son of Gov.
Hardaman of Georgia, walked in Dean
Sanford's Office and said: We'll, sir. we
are coming along fine and showing a lot
OF Improvement, DR.. Sanford" To
which DR.. Sanford replied: Why you
don't know any more about lacrosse
than do, so how do you know we are
Improving To which young Hardaman
came back with well, l Just came
from the infirmary and six fellows are
having stitches taken in their heads"
And TO those familiar with Lacrosse as it
IS played between strong players in
terce ScrlmmaRes, that was not an en-
tireiy wrong criterion by which to judge
progress.
Ran Conger, probably the greatest
mile runner in the United States and
possibly in the world, spent Saturday
afternoon at the University of Mary
land He took brief workout on the
Maryland track and hobnobbed for quite
while with the Old Line track men.
Conger, besides being among the great
est track athletes. is a fine fellow, and
has none of the uppishness that char
acterizeS some men who have won the
kind of cinderpath fame he has. He is
just a plain every day chap who would
be we'll liked anywhere.
Indians Release Two.
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