Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
Spring Practice.

Spring Practice.
THERE are two sharp divisions
among foot bali coaches about
Spring practice. One group not
only favors it but also feels
that a certain percentage of the student
body wants it for one Of the Spring
diversions.
The other group believes that few
students want foot ball in the Spring
and most Of them come out under
pressure.
The fact Is that different conditions
exist at different universities. In the
East there is a big chance that Spring
foot ball in an organized way will soon
pass out It will be dropped by many
leading Eastern teams, but in the West,
the Far West and the South there will
be no such movement this Spring, al
though 1t may come in time.
In this respect the change will come
from the student bodies. They have
taken q more direct interest in their
own affairs through the last year or
two, and they will take still more in
terest later on.
College Golf Courses.
MICHIGAN and Ohio State are two
WI of the latest universities to add
their own college golf courses to
the sporting landscap. surrounding the
maize and blue and the scarlet and
gray. Fielding H. Yost was quite con-
tent to shift the subject from foot ball
to golf for the first time in his career,
dating back to West Virginia and La
fayette around 1894 or 1895. I'VE have
p.nt over 100000 on the course at
Mckenzie has given us one of the best
in the country"
do you have much trouble with the
bunkers there?" asked the famous vet
eran. NO." he said, "but often have
lot Of trouble getting from the wrong
fairway back to the right one
Messrs. st. John, Willian1an and
Trautrnan were equally pleased with the
new golf scheme at Ohio State, to say
nothing Of the new swimming layout,
one of the best in the land.
The time isn't far away when col
lege golfers will be playing an even
bigger part in amateur and open cham
ptonships. A few such courses as those
at Yale, Michigan and Ohio State will
turn out more than one worthy chal-
lenger, and the same will also help to
remove pressure from foot bales
peciallv Spring foot ball. A golf nut
1t quite willing for 10000 to cheer some
one else as long as he can sink few
10-foot puts and crack few straight
from the middle.
A Complaint.
'Tn base ball." writes H F. G., 1--WE
have our Hack wilson's, Babe Ruths,
Earnshaws, CochraneS and Grooves. In
foot ball we have our Carideos, Dodds,
we have our Bobby Jones, Armours,
Mac Smiths, Horton Smiths and Hagens.
Why is it we can't have even one good
heavyweight in boxing after waiting
around more than two years. Not two
or three good ones, just one? Don't
come back at me with Schmeling, Shar-
key and Stribling. I want some one
to compare in boxing on equal terms
with those I have mentioned in other
games. You know how far behind they
are in the heavyweight division"
Bill Tilden'S departure from the COM
petitive ranks Of amateur tennis at least
leav:s O great young field to hhgt it out.
some Of the younger talent will have to
hustle q long time to reach half Of his
record under fire. At least the air and
the skyline will soon be rife with in
struction from both golf and tennis
where the general public interest is far
greater than it was i've years ago.
Heavyweights-and 1881.
The heavyweight show in 1880 was
one Of the worst on record from the
viewpoint Of general interest. At the
worst, 1881 can hardly sink to lower
ebb Nineteen-thirty produced cham
pion who Is far behind when he fell
from low punch, and that champion