Evening star., 1933-03-27
POPULAR DEMAND
BRINGS BACK MEET
Invitation to Schoolboys ot
Other Sections to Be
Considered.
BY H. G. BYRD.

~ field day this year as usual,
with a program about the
same as the programs of previous
years. The event takes place Sat-
urday, May 6, and will include the
annual interscholastic meets, as
well as intercollegiate contests.
The possibility exists that this year
high and preparatory schools Of other
sections may be invited, as we'll as those
Of Maryland and District of Columbia
for the open interscholastic events.
However, the usual events for the
county high schools of Maryland will be
closed. There was some thought Of
not holding the meet this Spring, but
20 many inquiries have been coming in
about 1t that it was reconsidered.
Rutgers will be Maryland's opponent
b the lacrosse game, the feature event.
This Is to begin at O'Clock. Johns
Hopkins Is scheduled to meet Maryland
in dual track meet. to be run concur
rently with the interScholaStic meet,
and Duke University will oppose the
Old Liners in base ball game.
The Maryland meet first took place
back in 1910, and has been restricted
in most years to District of Columbia
and Maryland high schools. 1t has been
productive Of some excellent COMPETE
ton, and many Of the records are held
By former Washington high school
Sthletes.
CYRACUSE originally was to play
~ lacrosse at Maryland on the field
day schedule, but a cancellation of
al Spring sports by the New Workers
prevented. Rutgers. which was to have
been played earlier, arranged a shift
that enabled it to come to College Park.
A rearransement of Maryland's la
crosse schedule has been effected, under
which six games will be played The
season originally was scheduled to open
At College Park with Penn State on
April is, but this game has been shifted
to State College on May 13. Washing
ton College. which was slated to play
at College Park May 13, now will ap-
pear there April 20. The season is to
be opened with Navy at Annapolis on
April -. The other contests are with
Johns Hopkins on May 20, and with
st. Johns May ~. the Hopkins game
at Baltimore at Homewood Field and
the st. Johns at College Park.
Catholic University and Maryland
were scheduled to get together last
Saturday for a foot ball scrimmaRe. but
about an inch of snow prevented. Prob
ably the first setto between the squads
will be held Wednesday.
A YOUNG war is on between some
"A of the colleges and the lacrosse
association over the amount of
payment Of officials for the coming sea-
So. It seems that. without consulting
tn colleges, the association decreed
tn; officials were to be paid so much
and notice to that effect was sent to
the colleges. Immediately some of the
colleges got up on their hind legs and
said they did not propose to be dictated
to in the amount Of money to be paid
to officials. that they thought officials
were being paid too much anyway, and
that they would name q price and If
the association did not care to go along
with the colleges idea Of what they felt
able to pay then the colleges would
select their own officials. And that
WAS that.
There Is not the least doubt that q
distinct feeling exists generally among
colleges that too big a proportion Of
the costs Of some games are going
toward payment Of oticials and ex-
penses Of officials. Many basket ball
officials were paid more than the entire
gate receipts. Two or three foot ball
games took place in this immediate
vicinity at which the oflcials got more
In fees than the colleges collected for
their share. It seems very much as If
the depression will hit oticials' fees and
rather hard, too.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE Is can
w ceiling all its home base ball
games, but will play all the games
h has scheduled away from home. The
Eastern Shoremen are coming back in
base ball this year. after a lapse in
which they devoted their Spring at
tention to lacrosse. but are having to
hold down expenses.
The Southern Conference basket ball
tournament is to be held next year the
first Friday, Saturday and Monday in
March-March 2, and S, instead OF
the last Of February. 1t is possible the
boxing may be showed back week also.