Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15


foot ball squad gets out on
~ the field in East Potomac
Park tomorrow for the be-
5binning of its Spring practice.
With no Spring varsity sports to
take any of the men, it is ex-
pected that virtually the whole
squad of last Fall, numbering 38
or 40, will report. 1t is the inten-
ton of Coach Pixlee to continue
the practice for about month.
The workouts this Spring are to con-
sist largely of fundamentals. No at
tempt is to be made to stage gam2s, but
the players will be kept on the elemen-
tai work during the entire time, with
the exception of such time as may be
given to working out new plays.
I'VE expect to have the best workouts
, this Spring that we have ever had"
said Max harrington assistant director
of athletics, yesterday afternoon. I'VE
shall have the largest squad that has
ever turned out for US in the Spring,
and this squad will be made up almost
entirely of the men we shall depend
upon next Fall
This makes an almost ideal situa-
ton, as we can drill them In the funda-
mentals of the plays we expect them to
carry out. Also, with these men out,
there is no reason why we should not
be able to teach them to book, charge
and tackle well enough almost to dis
pense with that type Of work at the
beginning of practice next September"
George Washington has not yet an
nounced its schedule for next Fall, and
apparently does not intend to say any
thing about the games it has listed
until 1t completes the slate to its salts
faction. Various rumors have gone The
rounds, among them that Coacn Pixlee
has arranged two-year contract with
the University of Missouri, that the two
games with big schools are being ef-
some other arrangements invoiving
games with big school are being ef-
fec.ed. but actually no cf1cial an
nounccment as to the facts has been
made.
CPRING squads are working out of
- doors now in preparation for the
opening Of their schedules, which
opening, incidentally, comes all too
soon for some Of the teams.
Georgetown, for instance, begins its
base ball schedule a week from tomor-
TOW, March 23, at Washington and Lee,
ana no matter how good the weather
between now and then, b viii be very
diff1cult to get the squad in as good
condition as should be desired.
!. And Maryland is only little better
OF than GEORGETOWN in this respect, as
it plays its first game, the opening OF
the To-day trip on which 1t pays every
Gay excepC Sunday, Just I'VE days later,
Ea.ufday. March %.
WORKING Their diamond ARTISTS as hard |
Is possible OF course, one 1acLof mat |
sGa4tos An their favor is the TACT That
I1any Of the men are members OF otnef |
Iarsl.y squads and as far as physical
condiv.>n is concerned are AL right
now. However, it is the conditioning
WORK necessary to enable them to see
the difference between fast ball and
8 curve that is likely to be lacking, and
10 days is not very long to get men Ia
shape TO whip q ball across diamond
and from the outfelds
TRACK teams also have begun their
4 workouts on cinders Catholic Uni
versity, Gallaudet and Maryland
have big squads, and gradually VIII
round them into shape for the meets
early in April.
Georgetown does not plan much
track work this Spring, but int-nds TO
give the men who have been running
on the boards all Winter little rest
before they begin preparation Tor the
Penn relays and the 3ntercolleg- ates.
These are the only meets in wnicn
Georgetown plans to take part, and the
former does not come until the last
Friday and Saturday in April and the
latter until the last of May.
AEARYLAND's lacrosse squad has
wi been out for some time. and is
rounding into fairly good condi-
ton physically. The players, though,
have q good way to go yet in develop
ing accuracy in goal-shooting. Coach
Jack Faber, in order to get line on
his green material, has arranged a
practice game for next Saturday with
the Mount Washington club. Faber has
some big holes to fill in hts twelve, II
IL is to measure up to anything Ike
the standard it set last season, espe-
cially If he is to find any player with
as, much offensive skill as Evans, who
still is in scilool. but is ineligible, haV-
Ing played his tl-ee years.
n EPREsEy. AIIvES of Virginia,
X North Carolina, North Carolina
State, Duke, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, Virginia Military Institute,
washington and Lee and Maryland get
together tomorrow at Lynchburg 10
work out their schedules for next year
in basket ball, base ball, track, boxing
and fo-t ball.
These schools play great many
games among themselves, and for them
I'll to sit around a table al the same
Tine enables thsm to make shifts and
arr9ugements that would otherwise be
very d.fdcult and might not be made
Ut all.
" al n A MhTMEN WIN