Evening star., 1933-05-15
LACROSSE CLASSIC
SLATED SATURDAY.
Terp-Jay Game Looms as
One of Greatest in History.
TarheeIs Invade.
RY H. G.. BYRD,

~ OLLEIE dtIlleCcS III CAIAo
4 section are about to lay
Y 4 away their uniforms until
they haul them out again
next September to begin foot ball
practice. Local schedules are
nearing their close, while, except
ing the Southern Conference
track meet at Durham this week,
those south of here are about fin
ished already.
Fewer base bail games have been
played than for many years past, due
partly to curtailed schedules and to no
small extent to rainy weather. OF
course, the track meets and lacrosse
games have been held. rain or shine.
Tennis also has suffered because of
courts being in poor condition due to
rain.
With the exception of two or three
unimportant contests next week, the
year for intercollegiate athletics vir-
tIally will wind up Saturday afternoon.
Afte! that about the only contests OF
any worth remaining are the base ball
and lacrosse games Navy has with
Army, and they are important only
because of their own intense rivalry.
With virtual completion of local
schedules, those responsible for the
maintenance of sports are looking for
ward to the opening of foot ball work
outs in September From what can be
gathered at this time, all six colleges
will begin practice around the first
Monday in that month. That for years
has been the regulation beginning day
for all Southern Conference schools.
WITHOUT doubt the most impor-
w tant contest listed for local col
leges this week is the lacrosse
game in which Maryland jumps over to
Baltimore to meet Johns Hopkins. Un-
less all signs fail, that game should be
one of the greatest ever played. Both
Hopkins and Maryland have run over
their opponents and eliminated con-
clusively any opposition that might
have seemed at the beginning of the
wear to have a chance Tor top rating
among the Nations stickwielding teams.
By comparative scores, at least, Hop
kins and Maryland are far above the
remainder of the universities IN this
sport.
Last week both Hopkins and Mary
land eliminated their last opposition BE-
fore meeting each other, the former
beating St. Johns by l3 to ana tne
latter pushing Penn State out OF tne
way by 10 to 8. If interest counts Tor
anything, the biggest crowd that mas
watched a lacrosse contest in years WILL
be present when the two tens face on
SATURDAY. afternoon in Baltimore at
Eomewood Field.
North Carolina came here today for
two base ball games, the first this
afternoon with Georgetown and the
second tomorrow with Maryland. the
Tarheels have two good pitchers and
should be favorites. Down at chapel
Hill some time ago, they gave Mary.
land a good trimming, and the OLD
Liners are anxious for chance 10
even up the count.
On Wednesday Mount ST. Mary's is
here for two games, one with George
town in the afternoon and the other
with George Washington at night.
FRIDAY night Western MARYLAND ,dnsnl will
at the stadium in ball game, while
on the same day the Washington and
Jefferson tennis team meets the Colo
mails in a tennis match. Western Mary
lands tennis team is here Friday. be-
ing scheduled for a match with Mary
land.
While the Maryland lacrosse team is
going through what promises to be cne
of the toughest battles it has ever faced,
the track squad will be at Durham IN
the Southern Conference meet and the
base ball team at Navy. Maryland
is anxious ito win from Navy on the
diamond as last year. when it un-
doubtedly had the better team, Navy
won hands down.
Georgetown apparently has its weak
est base ball team in many years.
Time was when it would have been
almost disaster, and unheard OF, for
a Blue and Gray nine to go north and
drop three games in a row by one
pened last week Whatever it may do
in the future, Georgetown simply is
not putting the effort into the develop
ment of its athletic teams that it did
in former years. 1t is doubtful II
there has been scolastic year within
the last three decades when George
town teams generally have been SO un-
successful as since last September.
EOR the second time this year Navy
L team has come back from Char
lOtteSvlLe with de1eat at the
hands of Virginia. Early in the Spring
it was the base ball squad which lost,
2 to 3. and Saturday it was the track
team which got the short end Of the
score The meet, though, was COM
paratively as close as the ball game,
as Virginia won by GAL to 6l.9.
The outstanding performance Of the
meet was the running Of the mile by
Lauck of Virginia. The Cavalier miller
covered his distance in minutes 1871
seconds to beat Hardman, Nays star
and to set new record for Virginia
men. Everett, former star hurdler at
Eastern High School, Won two events
12O-yard high and 22O-yard low hur-
dies, and got second in third, broad
jump, for Virginia.
When Virginia comes up here next
year for a dual meet with Maryland
the fight between Everett Of Virginia
and Slye of Maryland in the hurdles
will be watched with real interest, be-
cause they were teammates for two
years on the Eastern track team. Slyt
is a Freshman, while Everett is q
sophomore, but both have been clean.
ing up their events this year with great
regularity.
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