Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-30

Iue HOSC important or these is
the lacrosse game with Maryland,
but in addition to that the track
and field squad meets Notre Dame,
the nine plays Ohio State, the
tennis team faces Pennsylvania
| and the fourth class crew COM
peteS in the Henley regatta at
Philadelphia.
OF the four events at Annapolis the
track meet and the base ball games be-
gin at ais, the tennis match at 2:30
and the lacrosse game at $3.50.
Nays ball team and track squads
have been making brilliant records,
while Navy has not met defeat in la
crosse since it lost the opening game to
the Oxford-Cambridge twelve The
Sailors believe they have at least an
even chance to capture both the ball
game and the track meet, but would
rather win at lacrosse than in either of
the other sports, because q national
Championship is at stake.
0EOPLE in Maryland are much more
interested in the stick battle than
In either of the other two major COM
petitions. Not only is this true because
OF interest in Naval Academy teams
and the desire to watch what promises
to be q brilliant contest, but also be-
cause 1t is the State university of Mary
land which is IN the role of the Navy's
opponent. It is likely that people will
go to Annapolis tomorrow from one end
OF Maryland to the other.
Navy has great lacrosse team, from
what knowledge may be gained from
opinions OF those that have watched it
play. Last week it defeated Western
Maryland by eight goals, and a repre-
sentative OF the former said yesterday
that Navy could have whipped us bv
70 goals as easily as it did by eight !"
The one game Navy has lost was to the
all-English team that played under the
colors OF Oxford Cambridge, and that
was by to 4. 1t has won all its con-
tests since that without difficulty; and
most OF them by wide margins. 1t has
tall, rangy and fast team, a team that
should considerably outweigh MARYLAND
On the other hand, Maryland also
mas behind 1t an exceptionally good
record. The Old Liners have lost one
game, that to st. Johns, and appar-
entity did not play as good lacrosse then
as they should, because they have since
SWamped q IL that whipped st. Johns.
Maryland last week probably reached
its zenith, as it played lacrosse against
Hopkins that would have beaten any
oCher IL In the United States. If Mary
land through grim determination can
maintain the standard 1t set against
Hopkins, 1t will have at least an even
chance against the Navy.
A BOUT the only pre-game advan-
"A take that seems to favor either IL
Is the fact that the game will be played
on the Navy field. That field has a
considerable slope from one side to the
other, and the Navy players have a
knack of playing the upper and higher
SIDE OF that field much better than any
visiting team could possibly have.
Shooting for goals on that slant also is
field.
DR.. Van Orman, coach Of Johns Hop
ktns University'S lacrosse team, said
this morning that the Navy field offers
at least two-goal advantage to Navy.
That may or may not be, but there Is
no doubt that it offers some advantage,
an advantage Maryland will have to
overcome If 1t is to win. Navy people
are OF the opinion that Maryland has
a slight edge in playing strength, but
that other factors favoring Navy even
that up, so that the result, as far as
any pre-game consideration Is con-
cerned, should be just about an even
break.
GEORGETOWN winds up its inter-
~ collegiate base ball schedule this
afternoon at Yale. The Blue and Gray
Is scheduled for an exhibition game at
Stamford, Conn, tomorrow against the
club representing that town, but this is
not to be counted as part of the reg
ular season.
Yesterday Georgetown got a tough
break in its game with New York Uni
versity. After being rained out three
days consecutively, the Blue and Gray
went into the last inning with three
run lead only to have N. Y. U. stage a
four-run rally and win. The score
stood 10 TO in favor of the Blue and
Gray until that last period, when the
Gothamites got four counters to win
IL to 10. The four-day layon probably
did not do the Georgetown team any
good.
EOUR Georgetown men are competing
J. today in the trials of the Intercol-
legiates at Harvard. They are Leo Lex
ton, In the field events; Kelly, in the
half mile; Burke, in the 440, and Briggs
In the dashes. The men are at the
meet under the direction of John
O'Reilly, veteran track coach.
TACK MALEvICH last night was
awarded the trophy for being the
cest athlete at Catholic University.
The occasion was the annual Spring
smoker for members of athletic teams,
and Malevich was acclaimed as are few
men. The award not only covered
ability in athletics, but also the most
outstanding qualities as a man and
scholarship. Malevich comes from
Eveleth, MINI.
T EoNARD WALSH, who last Fall
- was assistant foot ball coach at
George Washington, has been
named to hold the same job next year
and to coach basket ball as well. Walsh
is former Minnesota end.