Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

Maryland however, mas no reason
other than that for not scheduling Q
game played between c. U. and Mary
land resulted in q 0.to-0 tie, the last
basket ball game was won by Maryland,
while the last in base ball game went
to the Brooklanders.
Winter Sports Get Under Way.
The Winter sports season among the
colleges really gets under way this week,
notwithstanding few basket ball games
were played before the holidays. All
the six local schools play basket ball
games, while one. Catholic University.
takes a trip to West Virginia and West
ern Pennsylvania, where it meets West
Virginia University and University Of
Pittsburgh. George Washingtons big
games are with Villanova and American
University. Georgetown plays at home
Tuesday night with Wake Forest, while
in Duke University Thursday night and
Catholic U. Saturday, Maryland may
have two tough games.
Here is list of events Tor the week:
Tuesday,
= Wake Forest at G. oreetown.
wedne- day.
American U at Hopkins.
Mount st. MarJ's at Catholic U.
Thursday.
Duke University at Maryland.
Friday.
Georgetown at West Virginia.
American University at George
washington.
Villanovs at Catholic q.
Blue Ridge at Gallaudet
- Saturday.
Cfsorgetown at Pittsburgh.
Catholic U at Maryland.
Villanova at George Washington.
Catholic z at west Point.
(Boxing).
Teams to Be Proud OF.
Indications are that all the local
schools will have creditable teams. Not
one may come up to expectations Of its
most ardent supporters, but when the
season ends it is likely to be found
need feel very regretful. Georgetown
has back virtually the entire squad
which made such q fine record q year
ago, and, naturally, should be hard to
beat. Maryland hardly has as good
material as 1t Is credited with but is
good enough to indicate year of more
than ordinary success. Catholic Uni
been and probably always win be.
capable, while reports from the other
schools indicate that prospects are
much better than last season.
The foot ball situation In the Far
South for next Fall as far as schedules
are concerned, is not especially good for
several schools. The discontinuance of
the Auburn game on Thanksgiving day
by Georgia Tech and Of the Sewanee
game by Vanderbilt has more or less
disrupted the schedules of several in
situations. It seems that Georgia Tech
desired to play Florida on that date,
and Vanderbilt signed q contract with
Alabama for several years. Sewanee
was to have been played next year on
the holiday, and the Vanderbilt Ala
bama contract was not to be effective
until 1881. However, Sewanee kicked
over the traces, and Vanderbilt was
left without its Thanksgiving game and
also without an early season date which
It had intended to reserve for Sewanee.
georgia Teen is In pretty nearly the
same fix for one of It's October dates.
December found more open dates on
the schedules Of Far Southern elsvens
than at any previous time In the last
decade.
Jimmie Driver, athletic director at
the University Of Virginia, has virtually
completed arrangements for foot ball
games with two big Northern schools,
Harvard and Columbia. The game with
Harvard Is to take place in 1881 on the
nrst Saturday in November, while the
date with Columbia has not vet been
settled. However, both Columbia and
Virginia are anxious for the contest,
be played lies in inability to find date
suitable for both elevens.
Graduate Manager Benson of Column
bla told the writer recently that I'VE
will be mighty glad to have the game
with Virginia. Our team is probably
Of about the same strength, and rela-
tionships between the two schools
hope that nothing interferes with us
getting date that is mutually salts
factory"
Probably nothing in athletics has
+. been more generally commented on In
the last few days than the one-sided
defeat sustained by the Pittsburgh
eleven at the hands Of Southern Cali
fornta. Everybody seems to want to
know why, and most people, Fasteners,
that Is, blame 1t on the climate, the
much warmer weather prevailing in
California. AS a matter Of fact, some
Of the results of the game, In compar-
ing types of play, do not bear out this
assumption. For instance, Pittsburgh
gained more ground In ruSnlng the Dali
than did California, which ordinarily
would not be the case In q game in
which one team was supposed to be
weakened from heat. Also 1t seems that
the one feature of play in which South
ern California was pre-eminently SUI
perior was in forward passing, which,
comparatively, should not have been
affected much by heat or any other
~sA11atic conditions.
In reality, other factors probably con-
rributed TO the Pitt debacle more than
any climatic conditions Of the day on
which the game was played. The cli-
mate probably helped the Pacific Coast
eleven, but not in the way most people
surlnise The weather conditions In
California eleven could continue, and
California eleven could commute, and
dia continue, its normal processes of
tanning from Thanksgiving day until
New Year without let-up. However, at
Pittsburgh, the weather was such that
in all probability the Pittsburgh eleven
got very little opportunity to do any
real practicing. With the ground COW
cred with ice and snow, Pitt probably
was up against the proposition Of going
along from Thanksgiving until New
Year with virtually no training. while
Its opponent was working and going
through q normal process Of develop
nent. Therefore, Pitt was slipping from