Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-07
COLLEGE NINE AIMS .
TO HELP CIVIC FUND.-
Plans 10 Contests, With Ring
and Musical PreIims,
at Griff Stadium.

n YIGHT base ball favored with
M a strong civic appeal will
/ Y be attempted this Spring
by George Washington Uni
verSity which today announced
through it's athletic department
chat organization Of a team to
play 10 or IL intercollegiate con-
tests for the benefit of the Ma
tional Capital Civic Fund will be
begun at once. Until this year
George Washington has fostered
base ball only as an intramural
activity.
According to the announcement all
games will be played under the lights
in Griffith Stadium, which has been
donated for this purpose by Clark Grit
fifth, Washington ball club president
and all profits will be turned over to
the National Capital Civic Fund, which
in turn, will use the money to help
finance city-wide civic celebrations.
Arrangement of the schedule, it was
stated, is in the hands of Assistant
Athletic Director Max Harrington, who
now is engaged in obtaining confirma-
tions of playing dates proposed with
dozen or more colleges and universities
of the Eastern Seaboard area. Com
pletion of the schedule is expected
within week.
In addition to the base ball games
The first ever scheduled at night by
an Eastern university (perhaps the first
attempted by any university or college
in the Nation) it is planned to stage
extra attractions preceding each game,
such as boxing and wrestling bouts,
foot races, band and choral concerts,
military drills and dramas.
nRACTICE will be launched as soon
I as possible following meeting OF
team candidates called for tomor-
row night at o'clock in the gymna-
SUM. Pitchers and catchers will be
put to work in the gymnasium on
Thursday and drills for the fielders
will be started as soon as weather per-
mits. A coach will be named within
the next day or two. it was stated.
ready known for their achievements
in foot ball and basket ball are ex-
pected to report with the candidates,
most of whom have played intramural
base ball at George Washington for
the past two years. Among these men
are Johnny Fenlon, Wayne Chambers,
Fred Mulvey and Frank Blackstone
Of foot ball fame and Arthur Zahn,
Forrest Burgess and Bill Noonan OF
the basket ball team. About rs are
expected to report.
IMPRESSION prices of admission will
ho
Of IS cents being made for single
game admissions and season tickets
good for 10 admissions being sold for
So, or reduction of 20 per cent from
the single-game rate. No seats will be
reserved. The season tickets now are
available at the George washington
University gymnasium, 2010 H street
northwest, and later will be sold at
various places conveniently located for
the general public.
In deciding to attempt night base
ball the university. according to the
announcement, expressed a desire to
contribute something of a material ma
ture for civic welfare of the city that
responded warmly during the past six
months to its efforts in foot ball and
basket ball. The Colonial foot ball
team drew an attendance 800 per cent
greater than in 1881 and the basket
ball team played to a packed gym
nasium in all of its IA home engage
ments. More than 10000 persons saw
the seven G. w. home foot ball games
in Griffith Stadium.
THE National Capital Civic Fund is
i Incorporated for the purpose OF
receiving funds to finance celebra-
tons of city-wide civic nature. Among
the activities financed last year by the
fund were the Fourth of July fireworks
display and the community Christmas
tree celebration. Leading business and
professional men and women as well as
leaders in educational and social circles
of the city compose the funds board OF
trustees. They are:
Frank A. Birgfeld, John B. Colpoys,
Frederic A. Delano, Joshua Evans Jr.;
Robert v. Fleming, Mrs. Charles A.
Goldsmith, E. c. Graham, Mrs. Cary
T. Grayson, DR.. George c. Havenner,
Frank R. Jelleff, Edmund F. Jewell, j..
D. kaufman, w. P. Kennedy, Mrs. Full
ton Lewis, Arthur Marks. DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, Lowell Mellett, William
Montgomery, E. j. Murphy Newbold
Moves Mrs. Helena DOGGY Reed. T. S.
Settle, Mrs Philip Sidney Smith, Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley and James G. Yaden.
The entertainment which will pre-
cede the base ball games is to be ar
ranged jointly by w. L. Radcliffe, dl-
rector of activities of the fund, and
members of the G. w. U. athletic de-
partment. Radcliffe is veteran in
the Chautauqua field of endeavor.