Evening star., 1932-04-12
HOPES TO GET COIN
BY HOLDING EVENTS
Boxing Show One of Affairs
to Be Staged in Effort
to Obtain $1,000.
BY H. c. BYRD.
; INITIAL steps will be taken to-

" INITIAL steps will be taken to-
morrow by local representa-
tives of the American Olympic
Committee to raise the Dis
trict of Columbia's quota of the
funds necessary to pay expenses
of the team that represents the
United States in the Olympic
games at Los Angeles next Sum-
mer. Under the temporary chair
manShip of Arthur Carr, local
business man, a meeting has been
called for tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock, at the Army and Navy
Club, of many local people promi-
nent or interested in one way or
another in sports.
It is the intention to organize a
formal committee, the objective OF
which is to be the raising OF $4,000.
Under ordinary circumstances such
q quota for the District of Columbia
might seem small, but right now it Is
anything but that. Especially is this
true when it is considered that the
moving spirits behind the organization
OF q finance committee hope to secure
che entire $4,000 without recourse to
subscriptions. Benefits of various kinds
are TO be scheduled, from which 1t is
hoped that $4,000 will be realized. OF
course, if hopes of the committee are
not realized, then the only other way
left will be to organize teams to fill
out the quota by getting direct SUBJ
Bcriptions from all those interested.
sT1HoSE back of the committee have
l. arranged for a boxing show in
which some of the leading Olympic
prospects for the country will be
brought together. They also have in
mind holding a horse show and So
ciety circus in the big exhibition hall
ut Fort Myer and the possibility of
making the South Atlantic A. A. U.
championship track meet an Olympic
tryout. In this event, some of the best
runners in the East will be brought
here.
1T should be remembered that the
entire cost Of selecting, housing, SUBJ
sisting and transporting all the Ameri-
can teams must be paid from funds
raised just as we plan to raise the Dis
trict OF Columbia'S quota" said MIR.
Carr this morning, "and the success of
the American representatives against
Foreign athletes will depend in large
measure on how well they are provided
for. Therefore, it seems to me that
we should all do our part in the effort
90 give our athletes every opportunity
for success, and I hope that District OF
Columbia people may support our prof.
ectS to raise money for such worthy
purpose"
Two Of the prime movers in the Or
ganization Of committee to raise funds
locally are Maj. William C. Rose of the
War Department, a member of the
American Olympic Committee, and
Winifree johnson, head OF the District
of Columbia Association of the ANA
teur Athletic Union. Both of these
men have been pounding the streets
and burning gasoline in the last week
or 80 in their efforts to get things in
shape for tomorrow's meeting and in
making temporary arrangements for
BENEFITS Of various kinds.
. AIN prevented the game yesterday
~ ut Lexington between Maryland
and Virginia Military Institute.
The Old Line nine remains In the
Virginia town today to meet Washing
ton and Lee, If the field Is In good
enough shape for a game. If not 1t
probably will make the trip back today
instead Of tonight.
Because of wet grounds, Georgetown's
base ball game scheduled this afternoon
with Mount st. Mary's on the Hilltop
has been Cancelled
George Washingtons golf and tennis
teams will open activities tomorrow, the
former against William and Mary here
and the latter against Johns Hopkins at
Baltimore
ENTRY blanks for the University
IL of Maryland Interscholastics on
May 2, will go out this week. They
are to be sent to a selected list of
schools. as the meet is purely an invita-
ton affair. Three relay races have
been added for the meet this year, a
half mile relay for the county high
school championship of Maryland, a
mile relay for the open interscholastic
championship Of Maryland, and mile
relay open interscholastic in which any
high or preparatory school team in the
East may take part. :.
Team trophies are TO be given for
these relay races as well as prizes for
the individual members of the teams
that finish in first, second and third
places.
nESPITE, lower prices and an eco
- nomic depression that seemed to
be especially acute in Atlanta and
the section surrounding it, the South
ern Conference basket ball tournament
this year was more Of a financial sue
cess than 1t has ever been, according
TO reports recently received.
There was some feeling during the
Winter that the toUrnsment should not
be held because of the possibility of
financial failure, which might throw
considerable expense back on the va
rious schools. However, it was held,
and the fact that it was very successful
from a standpoint of gate receipts. is
indication of the interest in basket ball