Evening star., 1932-02-14
BASE BALL, TRACK
4 INTEREST WANING
Athletics as Whole Likely to
Gain by Expansion in
IntramuraIs.
BY H. c. BYRD.

bl II. L. D1 MI.
~ ADICAL changes in inter-
- collegiate Spring sports
IN programs seem just in the
offng. Not that intercol-
legiate competition in April and
May will not continue, but rather
that considerable curtailment is
likely, with a corresponding ex-
pansion of opportunities for all
students to take part in various
lines of athletic programs run
simply as events between organl-
cations that exist on the same
campus.
For years, for various reasons, in
terest in Spring intercollegiate sports
has been waning, until now there Is
hardly a college base ball game or
track meet that draws a handful of
spectators. Consequently, 1t would
seem that such sports are due for cur
tailment because 1t Is unfair to cper-
ate them on an expensive scale unless
through that operation, as In foot call
and basket ball and boxing, large num-
bers of the student body through at
tendance at the games Of close con-
tact draw valuable educational lessons.
1t is we'll understood that physical
contact sports that attract large groups
OF students have in them values that
go far beyond the values that accrue
only to the players themselves, but II.
as seems to be the case with track
and base ball, these values are not
available to others then it is waste
of money to spend so much on the
development Of a few men. Far better
would 1t be in such cases to eliminate
a good deal of the expensive lntercol-
legiate competition and develop such
sports as competitive factors between
campus organizations thus give their
values to a great many more par
ticipants.
Students, except for unusual occa-
sions, can hardly be expected to spend
their time sitting in the stands to
watch rather mediocre base ball
game or a track meet when they could
be on a tennis court, swimming playing
hand ball, golf, or engaged in some
other supervised pastime from which
they could get direct benefits. II
ing these sports that the universities
in the future will build up the physl-
cal welfare and maintain the morale
Of their student bodies.
This does not mean that intercol-
legiate sports generally are due for
setback. Probably Just the opposite
is true. 1t simply is case wherein
a system has reached point where
it should come in for a readjustment
in order to maintain and continue us
values and make them available to the
greatest number possible under given
conditions.
~EORGE WASHINGTON and Mary
" land are to test their mettle In
the first basket ball game OF the
week for local schools, the former
against Duquesne at Pittsburgh and the
latter with Washington and Lee here,
both tomorrow night. Incidentally,
the Colonials and Old Liners may have
their hands full before they are through
with these two opponents.
Gecrg, Washing .on won from Du-
ouesne here some time ago, but at
tnat time the Smoky City outflt
claimed that when George washington
visited their home court there would
be a different story. 1t is probable
that Duquesne at Pittsburgh Will be
a much more difficult five to whip
than Duquesne in the George Wash
ington gymnasium. The Colcnials
probably will be up against their most
difficult proposition OF the year.
Dcwp at Lexington IN January tne
MARYLAND quint won from Washington
and Lee by points In what was the
kind of game that gives the onlcokerS
heart failure" The score was AZ TO
SO in game that went two extra
pericds -
Tomorrow night Washing on and
lee will have eligible its best player,
G-fcot 9-inch center, who IS expected
to make 4 good deal CT dlnerence III
the team. :.
incidentally, there is rather an in
tercsting story behind that. BON
Maryland's games with washington
end Lee were scheduled in January,
but Washington and Lee requested
that the one here be postponed untn
tomorrow night. Maryland agreed 70
the postponement in order that the
Generals might have their giant pivot
man available. as the Old Liners knew
he was to become eligible February 10
IATHOLIC UNIVERSITY an I'd
u Georgetown both are to take part
in track meets in the North this
weet Tee Brooklanders make two
trips, the first being on "wednesday to
compete in the New York Atnlete
Clnb games, and the second, Saturday
for the MeadowbTook meet at Fniia-
delphia. Georgetown is entered only
in the Meadowbrook events.
CALLAUDET and Maryland nave
u basket ball games Wednesday, the
former with Quantico Marines at
Ouantico and the latter with st.
Johns of Annapolis here. To-Day
Riggs. director Of athletics at St.
Johns. said following the boxing
match in which his team lost to Mary.
land Friday night, If We play basket
bah next week as well as we did
against American University we are
going to give Maryland a trimming
Two boxing matches are scheduled
during the week, Catholic University
AT Buckne!l and Maryland at home
with North Carolina State. The for
n,er is on Thursday and the latter Sat
urday night.
FRIDAY and Saturday there Is an
+ exodus of basket ball teams, nearly
all games being away. George
washington and Gallaudet have the
onIv ones here The Colonial f1Ve
meets Wake Forest Saturday night ana
the Kendall Greeners entertain Collm-
bus University. -,..
Georgetown. Catholic University.
American University and Maryland
leave Friday on twe-day trips, PLAYING
FRIDAY night and Saturday night.
Ceorgctown goes out to Morgantown
and Pittsburgh. having a game Frl9ay
night with West Virginia and SATURDAY
night with Duquesne, American UNI