Evening star., 1933-03-23
DORSEY GRIFFITH
REFUSES TO IDLE
Profession Also His Hobby,
Former c. U. Tutor Will
Carry On PayIess.

ORSEY GRIFFITH, antique
merchant and track coach,
- is vastly annoyed over
having very little use to
make of a great deal of time.
To hear Dorsey tell it, the
antique trader is as active these
days as an Egyptian mummy-any
mummy, in fact-and the track
coaching business as depressed as
all hollow.
Il tell you," said Griff today. "your
Uncle Dorsey's affairs have come to q
be done about 1t quick"
YES" We sympathized. Il don't sup
pose many folks are going in now for
antiques"
"Antiques?" Dorsey looked scornful,
"shucks, I'm not worried about
antiques. What gripes me is not
having anything to COACH"
Mt has been many years since Dorsey
i Griffith was without coaching job
or in some way hooked in with
track athletics and because he refuses
10 remain out of action, Washington is
to have an athletic club like. the
famous Columbia A. c. which flouriShed
here over a quarter century back.
For the erstwhile track coach of
Catholic University Is preparing to
organize such club in order to create
q job for himself-and q payless Job
ut that.
I'm not happy" he explains. with
out track team to coach. Coaching
with me is much more of hobby than
of improving athletes and pitting 'em
against Others"
nORSEY GRIFFITH got a tough
- break at Catholic University. Just
when things were coming his
direction in large way the school
closed down on varsity track, diScon-
tinued its annual indoor meet and can
celed Grifith's job.
The school lost a good man-none
knew it better than Arthur j. Bergman.
director of athletics-but Washington's
athletes in general may have gained
lot by the move. Griffith is deter
mined to put over something big in
track sports here and when Dorsey
Is sot on getting a thing done, it gen.
orally gets.
The c. U. indoor meet was an ex-
ample of his enterprise and perServer-
nnce Griff labored long and hard and
worried profusely over the meet for four
wears It had become one of the largest
events of its kind in the East when the
school abandoned it because of finan-
cial risk.
IN the light Of recent happenings c. U.
i may be judged guilty OF error in
tossing out the meet, If it was done
on financial grounds. Track meets have
been uniformly successful lately in the
matter of expenses. The more impor-
tant events nave been sellouts or close
to it, and the G.. U. affair gave promise
of better field than ever. Griffith had
received the promises of many leading
institutions to send teams, and was as
sured of fine line-ups for special events
designed to pull in the fans.
At present Griffith plans merely
track team, to be made up of ex-col-
legians in the main, but with all types
of amateurs welcome. A number OF dual
meets Is included in his project, with
the best of the team members to be
sent to the major events. Track facil1-
ties in the Capital are easily obtainable,
and the club, of course. would not want
for director and coach.
Griffith really started his venture
year ago when he formed the City OF
Washington relay team to run in a spe-
cial club race in his meet. The team
got nowhere, but its formation brought
out the fact that Washington Is rich IN
ex-collegiate athletic material.
In the near future Griffith will call
an organization meeting.