Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-31

TIME Xford-Cambrldge Ia
crosse team tomorrow at 4
o'clock plays it's first game
in it's third invasion of this
country in the Central High
school Stadium with st. Johns
College of Annapolis as its oppo-
nent. The last visit of the English
twelve took place in 1925.
Nothing is known OF the strengtn
of the Englishmen. In 1922,
when they played a series OF con-
tests with colleges in this country,
they won eight games and were
defeated in seven. In 1925 the
English universities were woefully
weak and made a poor showing.
There is no basis on which to estl-
mate the probable strength OF the
twelve that now represents them, al
though something of what may be eX-
pected will be known after they meet
St. Johns.
Down at Annapolis, st. Johns ex-
poets to have a real twelve. Its feeling
is that it should have another of the
best in the country, as it certainly had
last year. The Annapolis students be-
lieve they will wind UP tomorrow with
the long end of the score on their SIDE.
Starts Cup Series.
The game also marks the beginning
Tf a series the results of which will de-
ternine the ownership of the Flannery
Cup, a trophy named for the late John
Flannery, a former Canadian who later
made his home in New York, ana who
generally has been credited with hav-
ing done much to popularize lacrosse.
The cup first was won by the Crescent
Athletic Club of New York in 1897,
when it went to England and won seven
games and lost five. The Crescents
held the cup until 1922, when the Eng
lish universities made their first effort
to regain possession of it. The Oxford
Cambridge team that came over that
year played Is games and won 8, which
took the cup back to England. In 1928
Syracuse University journeyed to Eng
land, played nine games, six OF which
resulted in victories, ana again brought
the cup to this side of the Atlantic.
Syracuse that year was Overwhelmingly
superior to the English teams. In 1926,
when an oxford Cambridge twelve came
back here, they found that lacrosse in
the American colleges had advanced
tremendously, with the result that the
visiting twelve made poor showing.
Visitors Strength Uncertain.
Just what will be the situation on
this invasion remains to be seen, as not
even a fair conjecture can be given
now. It may be that the visitors are
the strongest combination ever seen
in this country and it may be that they
are no stronger than when they ap-
peared here in 1925. It will not be
until after they have met st. Johns
tomorrow that much of line on them
can be got.
Three regulars of the visiting IL are
citizens Of the United States, being
former American college men now
ada, and the other eight native English
men. Three of the four substitutes are
citizens of the United States.
Two college base ball games are
scheduled here today and one tomorrow.
This afternoon Georgetown entertains
the Drexel nine, while Catholic Uni
versity tries conclusions with Dartmouth.
Tomorrow's contest is between George
town and Vermont.
Drexel started its schedule in this
section as If it were going to make
things lively for local colleges. It
jumped in and took the measure of the
Marines at Quantico, and the Marine
Corps ball team is not anything to
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small college nine down in Virginia.
Dartmouth gave Georgetown a real
battle, the latter finally winning, to
8, and probably will prove about as
tough an opponent for Catholic U. as
the latter wants. Vermont lost its
game Saturday to Marines by to 5.
If Nays performance against Frank
lin and Marshall is any criterion of its
actual strength, then it Is likely to be
much more strongly represented on the
diamond this year than In long while
The Midshipmen clouted the ball for 81
hits for total of 81 bases in the game
at Annapolis Saturday and won by 20
to 3. And that against a ball club that
did not look so bad against Georgetown
here last Friday.
The naming of Bob Higgins, former
star end at Penn State, to coach foot
ball at Penn State next year relieves
Hugo Bezdek of a burden that he prob
ably would nave been glad to get rio
OF sometime ago. Bezdek said some
years back that he would be glad tc
retire from coaching if he could fine
somebody to fill his job satisfactorily
and really expected to do just thai
when the right man bobbed up. Evi.
IDENTIFY he has picked Higgins as thu
man. Higgins has had experience In
coaching at West Virginia Wesleyan
and In the Middle West.