Evening star., 1933-02-13
Dixie COM FERENCE
gaHT[EEvENTSN NEAR
Arbitrary Method of Naming
Entrants Keeps Hopeful
Athletes on Jump.
Ely II. C. BYRD.

TEN colleges that now make
~ up the Southern Confer
a. L. ence are bending their
--~.re energies, as the indoor
,Athletic season nears it's end, in
final preparations for the two big
tournaments scheduled next week,
boxing at University of Virginia
and basket ball at Raleigh under
the auspices Of North Carolina
State College. In former years
the basket ball tournament was
held at Atlanta, but the boxers
have always met at Virginia.
The split of the old Southern Con-
ference last Fall has caused two basket
tournaments this year on the same date,
one at Atlanta for the far Southern
schools and one at Raleigh for the pres
ent'Southern Conference.
: 1t is not the intention Of those in
charge of the tournaments to allow all
10 schools to enter. Only eight are to
be represented in basket ball, the two
weakest teams being due for elimina-
tion.. In boxing the eight best men in
each class are to be picked as entrants,
irrespective Of what schools they may
represent. In other words, five or six
men may be in the tournament from
one school and only two or three from
another.
TT Is this possibility Of elimination
i that Is keeping the colleges on their
toes right now. They all want to
take part, but, with the certainty that
some of them will not, all are anxious
to make the best showing possible in the
final contests of their regular schedules.
Particularly IS this true of the boxers,
whose eligibility to participate depends
entirely on their showing as individuals
and not on what their teams accom-
plSh
Jimmie Driver, athletic director at
Virginia, said on his recent visit here
that the boxing tournament this year
should be as good as any that has been
held, as in no previous season have all
the schools been represented by such
evenly matched teams, and this means
evenly matched boxers. Driver, though,
thinks that Virginia again has an ex-
cellent chance to capture the tourna-
ment.
Down at Raleigh great preparations
are,being made for the basket ball play.
The tournament is to be held in the big
auditorium recently constructed there
and is expected to be successful both
from a standpoint of attendance and
play.
WHATEVER may be the final results
w of the boxing and basket ball
- tournaments, right now it seems
DO
among the leaders in the latter and
Virginia in the former. Maryland has
shown vast improvement in its play in
recent weeks, with victories over Vr-
gipia, North Carolina and Washington
and Lee to its-credit. It had previously
lost to both Washington and Lee and
Virginia. And Virginia's consistent team
victories in boxing can mean only one
thing, that 1t has generally better
sqpad than opposing schools. Virginia
has conquered most of the schools in
the section and has yet to be defeated.
Irr p down-and-Out tournament such as
neKt weeks is to be, it should hold
forth just as brilliantly, unless it strikes
sopae unexpected setbacks.
TWO basket ball games are listed to-
) morrow night, Maryland VS.. Vir-
ginia Military Institute at College
Park and George Washington VS.. Vir-
gtnia Polytechnic Institute at Blacks
blpg. v. M. I. whipped Maryland at
lexington early in January, and the
On Liners are anxious to even things
uR George Washington is good enough
to- beat V. P. I. and probably will.
MO game is scheduled Wednesday, but
on Thursday three games are to be
played here. George Washington en-
tettains Loyola College of Baltimore,
american University has Lynchburg
College as its opponent, and Maryland
meets st. Johns of Annapolis. Two
or these games may be strenuous
enough for any team, but it seems very
mitch that all three local schools have
good chances for victories.
Georgetown takes a trip Friday to
Mprgantown to play its second game of
the year with West Virginia. The Blue
and Gray defeated the West VirginianS
here few days ago by big margin.
It ought to win the second game also.
CALLAUDET also makes a trip Fri
" day, being scheduled at Richmond
with Virginia Medical College.
The Kendall Greeners are not very
strong this year, but are hoping for the
best result possible under the circum-
stances.
Saturday Maryland puts on another
double bill, with Western Maryland Col
1ege appearing as its opponent in both
basket ball and boxing. This will be
the first time the Old Liners have met
Western Maryland in the ring. The
latter has III former years been much
too good for the College Park NIT artists,
but now there does not seem to be much
difference Maryland ought to win the
basket ball game without particular
difficulty, unless Western Maryland
shows greater strength than in its pre-
YiouS games.
Georgetown and Gallaudet play away
Saturday, the former at Carnegie Tech
and the latter at Ouantico George
Washington is to hold forth in its own
gymnasium against st. Johns of An
napolis, and should chalk up another
victory.
MIAMI ST. valentine