Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
LEAVES TOMORROW
FOR TWO CONTESTS
Will Play Holy Cross, Boston
CoIIege-0ther Varsity
Teams in Action.
BY H. C. BYRD.

~ EORGETOWN'S base ball
team leaves tomorrow for
" a two-game trip to New
England. 1t meets BoS-
ton College at Boston on Friday
and Holy Cross at Worcester Sat-
urday. The team is to return
here Sunday morning, the trip
being much shorter than the
usual journey taken through the
North in previous years.
Boston College and Holy Cross have
alway been among Georgetown's great
est rivals in base ball. The game at
Holy Cross especially stands out among
the biggest college contests of the year,
as far as attendance is concerned.
And the game with Boston College IS
this season, no less important to George
town, as this Is the only opportunity
the latter gets to show its wares In
the hub where Georgetown alumni are
numerous.
Marylands ball team is at Princeton
this afternoon. The Old Liners left
this morning and will return tonight.
Coach Shipley expressed himself just
sbefore he boarded the train as feeling
that his team had an even chance
against the Tigers. And, 1t is needless
to say he probably would rather win
from the Jungletown school than from
any other, unless the Navy be excepted.
PCATHoLIC UNIVERSITY entertains
~ Gallaudet this afternoon in a dual
track and field meet. In some OF
the events the Brooklanders expect a
good deal of opposition, but do not look
for Gallaudet to be generally strong
senough TO carry back to Kendall Green
sthe Cardinal scalp.
Coach Dorsey Grifith was much en-
5couraged and pleased over his teams
evictory over Johns Hopkins, as 1t Is the
first win for his school over the Balti-
tmoreans In q dual set of track games.
sGrifith expects his men to come
through this afternoon by a broader
margin than against Hopkins.
Three tennis matches are scheduled
Sfor local schools today and tomorrow.
Duke is here this afternoon for match
with Georgetown, and remains over to
smeet George Washington tomorrow.
sAnother match tomorrow is at William
tand Mary, Maryland's racketers being
booked to make the journey there.
tTOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY now is
~ out with an announcement that it
intends to shake up its plan of
management for athletics and adopt
"a new system. which involves complete
university control and places under the
same direction the intercollegiate ath-
'letics and physical education. This is
in line with a system adopted some
months ago by Pennsylvania, and hailed
as a great advance.
AS a matter of fact there is nothing
new in any Of these steps. 1t Is new
step, of course. for some institutions,
but for others this step was taken years
ago. In the first set Of bylaws estab-
lished by the Southern Conference IL
years ago, the principle Of complete
university control Of athletics was
adopted and has been held to ever
since.
For the last II years the University
Of Maryland has had its health work,
its general physical education, and its
intercollegiate athletics under the same
direction, and for next Fall plans an
even broader scope to its work along
these lines.
The really encouraging part of these
actions by some of the big universities
of the East is that the administrative
officers gradually are taking response
bility for the control Of sports. This
will result in the elimination of great
many difficulties encountered in past
years. In other words, notice Is being
served to alumni groups that their day
of control of college sports is about
closed. which is the best thing that ever
happened
In many institutions this alumni in
fuence has been exerted to good pur-
pose, but in some just the opposite is
true. With the university administra-
tive authorities accepting responsibility
for intercollegiate athletics. many evils
will be eliminated and more sound
principles of management established.