Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-07
HELD BETTER THAN
WINNER LAST YEAR
Old Liners, Though, Are Not
Feazed by Fact That Foe
Is Heavy Favorite.

ST. JOHNS expects to defeat
Maryland in the first Ia
crosse game Of the year be-
tween any two Of the four
schools in the State that year
after year seem to stand out as
the country's best in this sport.
Representatives Of the Annapolis
institution do not come right out
and say that they are going TO
win, but it does not take one with
rare intelligence to interpret their
observations.
"Dinty" Moore. st. Johns coach, and
several Of his players watched Mary
land mop up Penn State last SATURDAY
and neither coach nor players seemed
to be particularly impressed.
st. Johns people, Coach Moore IN
cluded, frankly admit that their team
is much stronger than last year. 1t Is
virtually the same team, as . matter
Of fact, with year of additional ex-
perience. Here is Moore's opinion, as
told to q newspaper man right a1teE
the Maryland Penn State game:
eve have q better team than last
YEAR. Naturally our men have the al
ditional experience and are, as re-
suit, more finished in their play. MARY
land does not, it seems to us, nave qulte
as stFong O team as 1t turned OUT
wear ago. It misses Evans and Heagy
and does not have any really great
PLAYER around whom to build either us
attack or defense. Our attack 30 lar
has been fine and no other scnool mas
as yet been able to dent our deIenSe'
ADD to this the statement Of Gus
IA Crothers, former Maryland player
now coaching at washington
College, that "St. Johns has the best
lacrosse team I've ever seen, and Mary
land is due for q whipping" one does
not have to exert his gray matter very
much to understand the trend OF
oninion among those familiar with the
strength of the two twelveS.
This, however, is not the tnougnC IN
the minds of Maryland players; For
one reason or another they think they
have a good chance against st. johns.
Their attitude Is entirely different from
what It was last year, when they went
into the st. Johns game with some
kind Of an inferiority complex, or Q
superiority complex, or some other
kind of q complex, which undoubtedly
made them exhibit all the earmhfks OF
Q third rate combination. notw1tn-
standing probably that they actually,
and later proved it, were about the best
team in the country.
NAVY. Johns Hopkins, St. Johns and
Maryland for the last three years have
stood out rs about the acme Of lacrosse
teams in the country. Prior to st.
,Johrl's entry in the select group, Navy,
HOPKINS and Maryland for years stood
at the top Of the heap. For one rea-
son or another, the Maryland schools
have laid greater emphasis on lacrosse
and have developed q FAR greater . 1er
than other schools.
TEoRGETowN's ball team leaves
" today for o two-garne trip, going
first to Boston, thence to Worces-
ter. The blue and Gray'S Staunch-
est rivals In the New England States,
Boston College and Holy Gross, are to
be met, respectively, tomorrow and Sat-
urday.
Besides the lacrosse game at Mary
land Saturday, william and Mary Col
lege iS'due to appear there against the
Old Line School In o duel. The track
meet Is 70 begin az l.SU ano the Ia
crosse game at $3.50. william and
Mary whipped Maryland last season in
q dual meet without whole lot of
trouble. Maryland is not very strong
this season, but has been showing
gradual improvement.
Georgetown's golf team. as well as
the base ball club, is In the New Eng
land States for matches with colleges
in that section. Tomorrow the golf
ers meet Brown at New Haven, while
on Saturday 1t has two matches, one
In the morning with williams and the
other in the afternoon with Yale.