Evening star., 1932-04-21

II moved almost ot1 to bitterness
in some instances by the
steady decline of Hoya prowess in
the last several years, felt far
more kindly toward powers that
be on the Hilltop today, following
an earnest explanation given by
Rev. Coleman Nevils, S. j., presi-
dent of the university, at the
eighth annual dinner of the Var
sity G Club at the Willard last
night.
A lukewarm attitude toward sport on
the part of the Georgetown faculty had
been held responsible by some for the
failure of the Blue and Gray to uphold
old standards. No longer is the Hilltop
famous for its track and field squad
that once counted among its numbers
not a few of the worlds finest athletes.
Not in recent years has Georgetown
produced a ball team to compare with
the national champions that wore its
colors a decade ago. Its foot ball team
In the last several seasons has struggled
against difficulties born of the general
letdoWn.
DUT these things have not come
- about necessarily through lack of
sympathy with sport in the minds
and hearts of Georgetown's admins
traitors, Father Nevils said. He and
the institution itself were pictured by
him as small units in a vast system
with a general objective not to be at
tained without team work on a grand
scale, and to this system Georgetown
and himself, he declared, were sub
servient. Whatever might be his atti-
tude toward sport in the life OF George
town, he pointed out vigorously, his
administration would be governed by
policy passed on to him.
Father Nevils clearly implied that
higher-ups in the Jesuit order have
curtailed varsity athletic endeavors.
, The presidents talk capped a pro-
gram of speeches that for interest and
rib-splitting wit was unexcelled in the
brilliant history of the G Club dinner.
Tor nearly half an hour Floyd Glib
IL bons, the war reporter. held the
/. gathering spellbound with rem in
iscences Of China or laughing heartily
over his experiences as Georgetown
student quarter century back.
Gibbons, native Washingtonian, at
tended Georgetown for one year.
If the noted newspaperman is to be
taken seriously in the matter, which is
doubtful, his college career was ter
minated by poker game in which the
cards were dealt on tombstone In the
graveyard back of Georgetown.
After viewing affairs in China, Glib
bons said, he felt he had word of
cheer for America In its struggle with
economic depression. Yankeeland would
be happy If its folk could compare their
lot with those of the Chinese, millions
OF whom are one meal from starvation.
China, with its four or five hundred
million inhabitants, is unconquerable,
Gibbons ventured. He pointed to the
fact that all nations that have at
tempted to conquer China in the end
have been consumed by its almost in
credible mass. A common prayer among
American soldiery over there, he said,
is that their homeland never will be-
come seriously involved in the Chinese
mess" China's rapidly increasing pop
ulation will become a world problem,
with the solution largely up to college
bred men. Gibbons said.
THE high ideals fostered by sport,
l. and especially foot ball, were
stressed by DR.. John B. Suther-
land, foot ball coach at Pittsburgh, and
Tom Mills, the Hoya grid prof, both of
whom gave some striking instances of
sportsmanship.
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New
York spoke of the general benefits of
athletics, but emphasized the great re-
sponsibility of citizenship placed upon
college men.
A surprise guest was John ]. Evers,
tho n1d CniCaCn C1IIh f1rphrord Hfhnea
son Is captain of the present George
town nine. Letters were presented the
athletes by DR.. G. Harris CDoc) White,
who went from Georgetown to immortal
fame as big league pitcher Thomas
A. Cantwell, another old Georgetown
finger who made the major grade.
headed the Banquet Committee, which
did perfect job.
Henry l. Quinn hit the ball squarely
on the schnozzle in his first time up
as toastmaster, as he put it, "in the
big league"
1931-1932.
Foot ball-Maurice Dubofsky. CAP
tain; Joseph L. Alenty, c. Gunnar An
derson, Leroy Bordeau. Frederick A.
Callahan. Thomas j. Carolan. Richard
G. Danner. Bernard J. Donoghue
George L. Dyer, Ray L. Hudson, Edward
". hdCdllndS, Joseph haJdllnAS, Rlcn-
ard A. King, Michael F. Lione, Charles
E. McManus, Samuel F. Richard, John
p. Shimmins, Mack Stanley, Aurel
Tremblay, Nicholas Vlskovich and Mar
tin F. Connors, manager.
Track-James j. Kelly, captain; Vic
tor Burke, Charles A. Carlin, Aloysius
T. Kelly, John J. Mara, James G. st.
Lawrence and w. Sidney Currie, man
ager.
Base ball-John A. Scalzi, captain;
Frank G. Bauman, John P. Bozek, Nit
chel F. Donate, John j. Evers, jr.;
Herbert S. Heaney, Thomas w. Higgins,
Richard A. King, Philip H. Mooney,
Walter Morris, Edward A. Murphy,
Harr. Nomesky, Lawrence O'Toole.
Harold A Poole, Robert D. Wholey and
Lucius D. Madeo. 1882 manager.
Basket ball-Richard A. King, cap
tain: Bernard L. Bonniwell, Thomas J.
Carolan, william M. Connors, John j.
Crowley. william j. Gordon. Herman
L. Heide Leo L. Mclaughlin, tr.; r.
Vernon Murphy and Frank j. O'Con-
nell manager.
Manager Of minor sports. Walter D.
Crane; head cheer leader, Anthony L.
Pusateri; manager of intramural sports,
William H. Scissor, lr.
Prior to 1923.
D. L. Bissonette. base ball, 1921;
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