Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

will be In formal competition with
In another week after that.
This week all Spring sports squads take
The Field. Base ball men at George
town and Maryland already have had
two or three preliminary workouts and
tomorrow or the next day will begin in
earnest their preparation for the cam
pasgn which is only too brief a time
of. While these are the only local
schools that plan to have base bal
teams, both look forward to havin
strong ones. Georgetown loses Whit |
its star pitcher, through scholastic dir
culties, and Maryland drops cater,
but each school has back the bulk oftS
1890 players.
CEORGEToWN will have no Jack
VI team this year, as far as SoIng
through a regular schedule con-
cerned. The Blue and Gray is Tram
for the Penn relays and the outoor IN.
tercollegiates about the same men II
had In the indoor meets, but VII make
no effort to develop an all-roud Squa9.
Lack Of training facilities, specially
q good track, is the main faSon LOT
the Blue and Gray's decisiornot 10 20
in strong for track work 4urlng the
next three months.
Catholic University, Gaiaudet ana
Maryland will have trac; teams as
usual. The Cardinals, asa matter OF
fact, are going in for tn. sport mucn
more extensively than usrl and intend
to make 1t one of the poSt important
of their Spring activitie. A scnedule
involving nine outdoor meets mas peen
arranged, and the tean VIII go OUT
doors this week to continue It's training,
virtually without a brak, as lt Kept II
good shape for the meet at Q. Y. last
night.
the same as g. u. Both are to send
their athletes out inthe next few days
for first workouts, unless the weather
a. very uufayorahIe Maryland has ar
ranged q fun schedule, with meet
every Saturday, ard Gallaudet Is work.
ing out pretty elise to the same klnd
OF q program.
only Maryland supports lacrosse
~ team and Is is already at practice.
The Old Line stickwielders have
been working out for some time ana
from now on are due to get down 10
real training. The season Is TO open
the first week in April with the Uni
versity of Georgia, at College Park. the
big game at home viii be with Penn
State, st. Johns and Rutgers, and the
big ones away with Syracuse, Jonns
Hopkins and Navy. The Penn State
zane viii be one Of the features Of the
Spring Field day, May 2.
Neither George Washington nor
American University is to be repre-
sented In either base ball or track. Both
however, have arranged tennis sched-
ules. GEORGETOWN, Maryland ana Cain
Ole University also are TO nave TENNIS
teams.
Coaches Of teams in Spring sports
are hoping for some good weather our
ing the remaining three weeks IN Thu
month. They realize they have q rea
task cut out for them TO get their mer
in good shape by April, and unless tne.
are able to remain on the neio WIZ
considerable regularity, are Just not go
tng to be able to do SO.
HoACH EPPLEY Of Maryland is no
~ looking forward to much success u
track. He has very little higi
grade material and knows It. SeVera
bows last year showed signs OF develop
ing into good athletes, but two or tnre
were lost either at the end OF last yea
or at the end Of the first semester
this year. The greatest loss prooapI
was In Henry Mcdonald. the best an
round field man in the university
However, Eppley Is not one 70 wast
inf and saws wood, and incidentally
does iust about as well with the ma
terial he has as any other coach couic
which is about all that could be aske
Of any man.
what Is expected TO be a great col
lege boxing meet Is TO take plaMary'
SATURDAY night at Annarx Exceptionally
the Naval Acadep8 TO win. The Md
faI
good syracuse conquered them yester-
Jay.
Jimmy Driver, athletic director o
the University Of Virginia, plans u
take the Virginia basket ball team OF
a Northern trip next Winter. He Is
arranging games with Yale and Har'
ward and NAV play either Princeton
or Columbia. Driver thinks tina
Coach Gus Tebell has laid the founda'
ton this year for what next Wtntel
should be one of the greatest CUNTS
Virginia ever has had.
EvERYwHERE one goes one hears
II good word for this chap Slaugh
ter, new line coach at virginia
Slaughter was line coach at Nortl
Carolina State until this Winter, whel
the adoption Of the Notre Dame sys
tenn wiped him out Of Job. Virgins
Immediately got busy and signed hin
to work with Dawson and TebeI
slaughter Is said to be just about a
ffne q type Of man as can be found
and also is a good foot ball coach
Generally the coaches in that section
give him the credit for having don
an exceptionally good Job last Fan wit
the North Carolina State squad ate
the head coach was fired in n1tdSeasor
It was expected, and hoped, by a goo
many people that Slaughter would sue
coed TO the head coaching position.
Representatives Of Southern Confer
ence schools In the South Atlanti
section are due to get together wee
from tomorrow at Lynchburg TO go owe
all their schedules for next year. Die
Smith OF Washington and Lee, VIII
usually arranges for the get-togetheri
has made arrangements for the meet
ing and notified North Carolina, Mort
Carolina State, Duke, Virginia Militar
Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Inst
tute, Virginia, and Maryland.
One OF the primary motives Of tn
meeting this year Is to decide whethe
or not the Trt-Etate Collegiate Bias
Ban League, made up Of the above
mentioned schools, win be continued
Some Of the schools feel the league
q good thing and ought 20 be carrie
out another year at least, while other
are only lukewarm about It. Both Viz
ginia and Maryland were against con
tin1ing the league this year, but agree