Evening star., 1932-04-06

1.-TWO big Western universities,
Missouri and Stanford, may
come here next season for
basket ball games. Both
have signified their desire to make
trips East, and, if arrangements
now in the making finally take
successful form, both will be seen
on local floors.
Somew What definite commitments
already have been effected whereby MIS-
souri, will make the trip and play three
games, meeting West Virginia, George
Washington and Maryland. These uni
versities have virtually agreed to splt
the cost of the trip among them, 50 that
Missouri will receive from each equal
guarantees sufficient to cover its eX-
penses.
ARRANGEMENTS for the Stanford trip
have not progressed 50 far and hardly
have gone beyond the stage Ct discus
sion. Stanford has made known Its
desire to come here and attempts have
been made to outline a schedule OF
games the guarantees of which would
meet the cost. 1t is possible that the
Stanford trip may net take place until
the following year.
Jim Pixlee, director of athletics at
George Washington, is arranging the
trip for Missouri and it is he who has
taken up with Stanford the question
of playing in this section. PlXlee has
many official connections and close per-
sonal friends throughout the West and
is taking a good deal of pleasure IN
working out plans to help them bring
their basket ball teams East.
THE University OF Iowa is to play a
J. night game here next Fall instead
of on Saturday afternoon, when it
meets George Washington. Coach PIX
lee of the Colonials has been working
on the Iowans for quite a while in an
effort to get them to play at night, and
the final agreement to do so is real
feather in his hat, because, so far as
the writer knows, it will be the first
time that any Western Conference
eleven has taken part in night con-
test The game is scheduled for Fri
day night, October 28.
NEARYLAND'S base ball team left
lVl here this morning for Charlottes-
vile minus its regular first base
man, Spencer Chase. The tall fellow
broke his thumb yesterday in batting
practice and will be on the bench for
some time. His place is to be taken by
German, who held it down last season,
but who has been in the outfleld this
Spring German is a good first-sacker
and about the best batter on the team.
The game Maryland is to play today
at Virginia was scheduled last week, but
was not played on account of rain.
Coach Shipley took a squad of 18 men.
He did not say before leaving who would
do the pitching, though he probably will
send in Physioc Davidson. Mc1lwee
and Ruble are the other hurlers on the
trip.
THERE seems to be an insurrecticn
J. among some of the Maryland COLI
leges over fees charged by baeket
ball officials Some of the schools got
the thought that too big percentage
of the costs of basket ball was going
into the pockets of officials and called
a meeting In Baltimore two weeks ago.
From that round-table discussion has
come definite decision to lower the
fees for games and if certain officials
do not feel that they can work for the
lower amount then other officials viii
be procured.
A written agreement now is being
passed around among the various Mary
land schools for their signatures, with
the apparent intention that no achool
Is to have any opportunity to run out"
on the arrangement. A representative
of the University of Maryland attended
the meeting in Baltimore AMI agreed
to go along with the other Maryland
schools on any arrangement as to fees
that any particu' ar opponent might
desire but indicated it would not be
held to such an agreement for its games
with universities outside the State.