Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22


Lee. In addition to meeting the
Generals, the Blue and Gray re-
mains in Lexington over TUESDAY
to try conclusions with Virginia
Military Institute. The squad
leaves here this afternoon, about
Il strong, accompanied by Coach
Johnny Colrick.
The squad as q whole IS IN soou
shape physically, but Of course, lacks
practice In real base ball. The weather
has not been such as would allow Cne
men pitchers especially, to develop as
they might had warmer weather been
encountered.
However, from reports that have
come from Lexington, Washington ana
lee and virginia Military Institute have
not had as favorable conditions as have
been prevalent here. and consequently
probably are not in any better shape
than Georgetown, IL as good. =.
hest of things and feels that he is get
ting somewhere with his squad. He
does not hesitate to say that he expects
"a have q good team, ana others IN
close touch with the squad think ike
wise.
Colrfck has just about decided on his
lIne-i1p to start against the w. and
y. nine. For the most part the men
held down positions on last years team,
but two shifts have been made and
there Is one new name to 80 on the
t14n ny4Iu G0naFf-
rnent In which the team may find itself
up against q tough proposition is In
the pitching, especially II the games
follow very closely together.
GENERAL men are working out on the
- slab. but actually there are only
two who seem to stand out sum-
GENTLY TO warrant q belief that they
should be very successful. They are
Nomesky and Poole, both back from
the 1880 nine. To do the backstopping
for these men Colrick has Orifce, who
IL due 10 be the regular, and O'Toole,
both good players.
Three of the infield positions are held
By men from last season, but one has
been shifted, Morris having been showed
over from third to shortstop. King.
quarterback in foot ball, has won the
Job left vacant at the hot sack. For
the other two places Scalzi is back In
his old position at second. with Mooney
again holding down first base. This
gives the Hoyas an infield likely to
be inferior to none it meets.
Young Johnny Evers was an infielder
last season, played some in the OUT
field, but this Spring Is counted on
TO make good as regular in one Of the
garden positions. Johnny Bozek ana
Bob Wholley played the other two po-
sItions In the outfield on the 1880 team.
and no other player seems to have any
chance to run either Of them out Of
their berths.
"OF course, it's too early to give
~ much of an idea as to what to
expect of our team this Spring, -
says Colrick, but right now it looks
very much as If we shall have q good
combination Personally, feel rather
optimistic over the outlook"
We. Their conditions Georgetown is
likely to encounter at Lexington are
very uncertain. In that mountainous
section at this season almost anything
i likely to happen. It may be warm
and almost perfect base ball weather,
then again snow may be a foot deep.
Following its games at Lexington,
provided the snow is not there, George
town returns here Tuesday night to
spend Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday getting ready for its first
home game with Dartmouth on Sat
urday.
VIRGINIA Polytechnis Institute is in
rather dif1cult position as far as
home base ball games are con-
cerned. The Blacksburg institution Is
on the general line Of travel for COL
lege mines and the trip to Blacksburg
as side trip for one game costs more
money than the average guarantee. Also
It takes more time for one game than
that V. P. 1. is having difdculty sched-
uling home contests.
It can get all the games it desires
away from home. The home game
proposition Il the one thing that made
v. P. I. so strong to continue q league
among the South Atlantic colleges.
However. the Southern Conference col
leges located IN South Atlantic section
agreed 70 share responsibility for seeing
that v. p. I. gets reasonably good
home schedule.
JIMMY DRIVER, athletic director at
Virginia, spent Thursday and part Of
Friday here on business In connec-
ton with local Virginia alumni interests.
Drivers attitude In connection with ath-
letics is such that in all probability
be noted in the next two or three years,
especially In relationship 70 games with
Northern schools. Driver wants to con-
tinue TO meet Southern Conference in
situations, Of course, but at the same
time wants Virginia TO play Princeton,
Harvard, Columbia and such schools
much more often than In past seasons.
In other words, and in plain English.
Driver believes that Virginia has q big
ger future IN athletics and in It's inter-
collegiate relationships generally than
would be justified in confning It's activ-
tiles to schools In this section. And
Driver Is unquestionably right, and in
being right u not in the least dis
paraging other schools in the South At
iantic States.
IN speaking Of Virginia, 1t is not amiss
4 to mention that every member Of
the coaching STAFF there feels that the
university made a ten-strike In getting
Butch Slaughter, formerly OF NORTH
Carolina State, az line coach for nexi
season. They not only think ne =
fine chap personally, but also mighty
good coach. And in talking Of hi
coaching ability Gus Tebell, former
head coach at North Carolina State
under whom Slaughter worked, made
the statement that he got Slaughter
because he wanted Michigan man, 81
ne THINKS that Michigan mas the pes
type Of line play In the country. Tebel
himself played at Wisconsin, which
makes his remarks concerning the lint
play developed At Michigan quite com.
plimentary indeed.
TT Il doubtful If any other small col.
4 lege puts out as good basket bal
teams as washington College, located
over on the Eastern Shore Of MarylanS
ct Chestsrtown, and largely because o
the coaching ability Of Tom Kibler, whI
has been IN charge Of athletics Their
for more than q decade, in fact, sine
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