Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

"NHE university OF MarylanQ
program for it's annual
/ Spring field day, May 2, Is
complete. The last event
was listed today with the shifting
Of the base ball schedule to allow
West Virginia to play at College
Park on that date. The annual
field day, which falls each year on
the first Saturday in May, involves
not only competition for all four
of Maryland's varsity teams, but
also an interscholastic track and
field meet, which first was held
in 1910.
The list of events for Maryland teams
comprises a base ball game with West
Virginia, a triangular track and field
meet with Navy and Virginia, tennis
match with William and Mary and a
lacrosse game with Penn State. The
interscholaStic track meet, which last
year was attended by more than 40
high and prep schools, represented by
nearly 400 athletes, is part OF the
program and Is to be run concurrently
with the triangular meet, in which Navy,
Virginia and Maryland figure. The
track meet, field events and tennis
match begin at O'Clock; the base ball
game at 1850 and the lacrosse game at
AIS.
Invitations shortly will be sent to all
schools in the South Atlantic section to
participate in the interscholaStic meet
and, although a big group last year
took part in this phase of the days ac-
tivities, it is likely that the largest ever
will do so this Spring, as it is under
stood that the date of the Virginia
State high and prep school champion
ships is to be shifted. This will allow
the big prep schools in Virginia to at
tend and also many of the high schools
AS far as the competitions in which
Maryland teams are to take part, it is
likely that all will be real battles, with
the exception of the triangular meet.
That should be simply a question of
whether or not Virginia can beat Navy,
as Maryland is hardly strong enough
this year in track to stand up with
either of them.
The Spring field day usually is the
most Interesting and the best attended
of all athletic contests at Maryland,
except the foot ball games.
WEST VIRGINIA and Rider College
w play basket ball here tonight, the
former with Georgetown and the
latter with Catholic University. The
Georgetown West Virginia game is the
first of two contests between these
teams this week, as Georgetown later
goes to Morgantown to open a three
game trip. The Georgetown-WeSt Vir-
ginia game is scheduled in the Tech
High gymnasium and the Catholic u
Rider College meeting at Brookland.
10th %na xricifiY7n q ltyp1v IN
give the local schools plenty Of oppost-
ton. In fact, they may give them too
much opposition. West Virginia is sell
dom weak in any sport, while George
town is somewhat below its standard in
basket ball. Rider College is a new
conner in the intercollegiate sports world
but Is putting out strong teams. Rider
College remains over here until tomor-
row night to play George Washington.
Georgetown's basket ball team two or
three times this season has been
whipped in rather an unusual way. AT
the end of the first half it has led by
just about double the score Of its oppo-
nent, only to show a complete reversal
in the second half to take trouncing.
Once in a while that might happen
with any team, but it certainly is I'M
usual for it to happen two or three
times In two weeks to the same team.
In the Army game Georgetown was
far ahead at the end of the half, but
lost, and Saturday night at Temple 1t
led by double the score Of Temple, but
got trimmed in the second half.
THE announcement that Comdr
l. Reinicke is to leave the Naval
Academy this Summer to go to the
War College at Newport, at his own re-
quest, will cause keen regret among
many OF Nays opponents in athletics
Comdr. Reinicke, as graduate manager
of athletics at the Academy, during the
past two years has made many friends
with whom very pleasant relationships
have been established. From a stand
point of his relationships with the press
with representatives of other schools
and all with whom he has come in
contact, Comdr. Reinicke has left moth
ing to be desired
During all this cry about trying to
influence good athletes to attend GER
tain universities there seems to be at
least one school that shows no hesi-
fancy in formulating plan to seek the
most desirable students. And that
school is none other than Harvard. OF
course, there is nothing in the plans
announced by the Associated Harvard
Club which indicates that athletes will
get any particular consideration in this
drive TO head outstanding boys in the
Harvard direction, but the chances are
good that II the prospective student
measures up in other ways, the fact that
he may be feet and 200 and able to
kick a foot ball so yards and crash a
line successfully is hardly likely to mill
tate against his chances of being re-
garded as one of the outstanding young
men expected to make Harvard an even
more important factor in the Nations
educational progress.
TT would be difficult to devise a more
comprehensive plan for interesting
outstanding boys in any university than
the following suggestions that have
been offered to the Harvard clubs
throughout the country by the recently
formed Schools Committee of the AS
ISOLATED Harvard Clubs:
Make a survey Of the high schools
end private schools within the territory
of your club. Schools differ in many
ways in each locality and such sur
yey should indicate just what sort of
an approach is necessary in each case
in order to get the best results from
paragraph 2. Your board of education
may be helpful in some instances along
this line.
Establish personal contact with your
high schools and private schools, getting
in touch with the principals, teachers,
and the most likely boys and their par
entS.
Supply the schools with college pub
locations, giving the necessary informa-
ton regarding admission, expenses, in