Evening star., 1932-04-25
STRONGEST GROUP
FROM GEORGETOWN
C. U., GaIIaudet and Mary
land Also Entered-WeSt
Va. Leader Hits Tax.
BY H. c. BYRD.

- GEORGETOWN, Cath Ollie
r University, Gallaudet and
~ Maryland have men en-
tered in the University of
Pennsylvania relays this week
end, by far the most important
track and field competitions of
the year. Some of the contests
for individuals and the medley
relays are scheduled Friday, but
the heaviest competition, the
main college relays and standard
events for individuals, are to take
place Saturday.
The heaviest representation from
local schools will be that from George
town. Coach Jimmy Mulligan has en-
tered, besides two or three men for the
individual competitions, five relays. In
ali probability q team will not run in
all these. but it seems certain that in
at least three, the quarter mile, half
mile and sprint medley. the Blue and
Gray is going TO toe the starting line.
Catholic University, Gallaudet and
Maryland usually send up to Philadel-
phia relay teams and one or two entries
for individuals. Sometimes at the last
minute, though, even when school
has entered a relay team, the team is
not sent up, depending on whether or
not time trials in the middle of the
week show there is a chance to win.
Coach Jimmy Mulligan believes his
Georgetown team has a chance in the
sprint relays, including the spring
medley. Some time ago Mulligan pre-
6icted that in these events Georgetown
would make its best showing, and since
has had no cause to change his mind.
IITEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
w comes here today for two base
ball games. 1t meets Maryland
this afternoon and Georgetown tomor-
row. The kind of teams that usually
represent West Virginia are good
enough to battle pretty evenly any
college opponent. Base ball is not an
exception.
Incidentally, Harry Stansbury. di-
rector Of athletics at West Virginia, is
of the opinion that a tax on college
athletics, such as Congress now has
under consideration, will work an ire
parable hardship on athletic and physi-
cal education programs in about 95 per
cent OF the universities and colleges
Especially is Stansbury concerned about
the tax on student tickets, as he feels
that is where the blow would fall
heaviest.
1T seems unusual to me-" says Stans-
bury, that Congress would consider
putting tax on college and high school
athlet1cS, a tax on education, when
1T did not do that even during the stress
OF the World War Also I cannot be-
Ieve that Congress intends that the
colleges shall pay the Government in
hio a -
ceipts from students ticket books as
they would have to pay. Why, in some
cases the Government would collect
more in taxes than the universities
would receive.
There seems to be too much wild
thinking about this matter of foot ball
receipts anyway. Two or three insti- |
tutions cut of every 100 get substantial !
receipts, but / question very much if |
25 out Of the 1000 or so colleges and |
universities in America make an actual |
profit on their athletics. And some of |
those schools that draw the largest re-
ceipts are carrying huge debts because |
OF the big programs they run in their !
efforts to reach all the students with
some kind of physical education
project
''You know that in nearly all uni
versities the athletic, physical educa-
ton and health programs are so in
terWoven and so dependent one on the
other that tax on the receipts they
draw at intercollegiate games is in
escapably a tax on education and tax
on the welfare of the youth of Ameri-
ca. I cannot believe that Congress
actually intends that. It is impossible
for me to believe that Congress will
pass any measure that is certain to
curtail the health program of the youth
OF America. No tax ever proposed in
Congress has been SO far-reaching in
Its possible i'll effects"
THIS is the biggest week local COL
L leges have had in athletics so far
this Spring. With West Virginia here
today and tomorrow for base ball, some
kind Of competition follows on every
other day of the week. On Wednes- |
day the only competition is a tennis /
match between American University
and Maryland at American u. but
from two to three contests are listed
on each of the remaining three days. |
Thursday William and Mary comes
here for base ball game with Mary |
land and Virginia Polytechnic Insti- !
tute plays base ball at Georgetown. !
Friday local track squads go to Phila- |
delphia for the Penn Relays, where /
they compete both Friday and Satur- |
day. Hampden-Sydney is here Fri |
day for a tennis match with George !
Washington and Richmond for a golf |
match with the same school
Saturday GeOrgetown's base ball team |
goes to Mount St. Marys and Mary |
lands lacrosse squad TO Rutgers North |
Cardinals tennis team plays at George
town and William and Marys at Mary
land. Georgetown's golfers entertain in
two matches, one in the morning with
Pennsylvania and the other in the
afternoon with Princeton.
MARYLAND'S lacrosse game with
4'1 Rutgers will mark its first serious
contest of the year; that is, its
first in which it should be against an
opponent strong enough to indicate 1t
may not have much more than an even
chance for victory. Last year at Col
lege Park Maryland beat Rutgers by a
small margin, but only after a tough
battle. This year Rutgers is Just as
anxious to come through its first hard
game as is Maryland. and the result
may be the best game of the year so
far. 1t is the first contest scheduled
between two Of the six or seven twelves
usually rated among the strongest in
the country.