Evening star., 1933-01-16
uL ITS MEMBERS
ON FIRM FOOTING
Cancellations by Northern
Schools Present Some
Difficulties.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Y we'll as many in the
Middle West, are curtail-
ng their Spring sports schedules,
II abolishing them altogether, as
lave Cornell and Syracuse, a
.ummary of opinion in the
southern Conference is that all
members of that organization will
so through with their usual pro-
,--ms.
Representatives of the 10 institutions
E1.zlng up the conference stated dur
ing the gathering at Richmond last
us.k that there would be virtually no
cursailment of any schedules tSds year,
ard that probably all schools would be
able to carry out their programs with
CT. a good deal of difficulty.
nEemaers of the Southern Conference
3.oSably have done less in over-expan-
SIGN than the majority of institutions
elsewhere, consequently seem to be In
position to continue. Two or three
u the schools viii have to borrow some
nonsy before the end of the year. buU
.ney nave done that in the most pros
porous years.
THE disposition among the schools IN
l. this section is to cut expenses Tor
personnel rather than to curtall
programs. Several have reduced salaries,
while there are some instances where
.orne coaches have been relieved OF their
duties. In these latter cases coaches
retained have doubled up. One grad
uate manager, renowned for his ability
70 make a nickel buy about as much as
as the average man gets for 10 cents,
thinks this is the way to retrench.
THE way to cut down expenses Is
10 eliminate so much high-prtced COACH
.ng," said this man, whose name Is not
mentioned for very obvious reasons.
"Scme of us have been paying entirely
too much for personnel, more than Is
Justified, and now We are cutting down
and doubling up. The situation In the
future. as I see it, is that we will have
to go back to the old way of having
one man coach two or three sports. We
used to do that and got along about
as well as we have been getting along
in recent years with specialist in
everything"
ONE difficulty some Of the schools
" are encountering is in having con-
tests Cancelled by northern reams:
Maryland, for instance, last week had
its lacrosse game with Syracuse, booked
as the feature OF its annual spring
field day, under a two-year contract,
the firsG half of which has been ful-
filled by Maryland, Cancelled. However,
there tC n0tn1nQ
to do other than accept gracefully.
At the meetings at Richmond Friday
and Saturday, Southern Conference
schools went on with the arrangement
of their schedules for 1884 in about
their usual way. Apparently, unless
something happens they do not foresee,
they viii play through about under
normal conditions.
MARYLAND, after beating Duke
wi Thursday night, went to Lexing-
ton and dropped games TO VIZ
ginia Military Institute and Wasnlng-
ton and Lee by narrow margins. Ap-
parently the Old Liners are not as
rugged as last season and are not able
physically to stand up under three
games In as many consecutive nignts.
The chances are that when V. M. 1.
and Washington and Lee come up here,
Maryland viii prove the victor.
George Washington meets the GUAM
tico Marines tonight at Quantico. Tne
Colonials expect to bring back scalp,
If they play up to their top strength
Catholic University is dropping
Spring sports and will continue this
wear with basket ball as its only remain
Ing intercollegiate sport, besides loot
ball. The Brooklanders, like many otner
schools, are having financial difncultles,
and it is this reason alone that prompt
ed their action.
THE action taken by the Southern
l. Conference in asking an educa-
tional rating agency virtually to
become responsible for the maintenance
of clean athletics in Southern schools
Is almost unprecedented The action
was not hasty and the conference
apparently knew we'll what It was doing.
Its action was deliberate. and even the
statement given out by President Miles,
to accompany the announcement OF the
step that had been taken, was carefully
prepared beforehand and Miles refused
to talk beyond that statement. one
factor in connection with the situation
stands out, which is that the Southern
Conference has made up its collective
mind to clean up athletics in the South
and intends to follow its action on
through TO the end.
Catholic University and American
University came through with victories
Saturday. The Brooklanders took st
Josephs into camp and American U.
beat ST. Johns.
And Catholic University is going to
be a hard team for any Of its opponents
to whip. AS a defensive five 1t stands
out, and Bus Sheary is proving himself
the same kind of a brilliant standby
that he was in foot ball.