Evening star., 1935-04-12
OLD LINERS LEAD
WITH FOUR T|[TS
Cards and Eagles to Open
Their Track Campaigns
on Foreign Fields.
BY II. C. BYRD.
BY II. C. BYRD.
n r ARYLAND is the busiest OF
Nu local colleges In athletic con-
w tests over the week end. The

tests over the week end. The
Old Liners have all four Of
their varsity teams In competition,
while the girls rife team also has an
outside match with George WASH
ington.
Apparently the most difficult test
that awaits the Marylanders this after
noon or tomorrow is that the lacrosse
team Is likely to encounter at Balti-
more with Mount Washington. The
Old Line ten is good, but considers
that it must go against one of the
most experienced organizations In the
East. Mount Washington Is made up
of former college stars, most OF them
from Maryland and Johns Hopkins.
Pugh, former all.America center at
MARYLAND, is holding down that posi-
ton for the club team.
While the lacrosse team is battling
Mount Washington, Maryland's nine
will be over ut Chestertown for setto
with Washington College. the track
SQUAD is at home In q dual meet with
University of Richmond. and the tennis
team will entertain Georgetown.
-HIs afternoon Maryland was to
play It's second game with Mich
igan. while American University
opens its track season with a dual
meet at Randolph-Macon. American
University never has developed track
athletics to any great extent, but ex-
poets this year to begin q real program
in the sport.
Catholic University's track team also
opens its season, being scheduled IN
dual meet at Wake Forest tomorrow
afternoon. The Brooklanders are weak
in some events, but also have some pet
ter material than usual. This after
noon. GEORGETOWN was to meet Pitts
burgh In tennis and c. U. and A. U.
meet In that sport tomorrow.
yHu.E the center position on the
wv Maryland lacrosse team gave
| Coach Jack Faber consider
able worry at the beginning OF practice
this Spring, it is now Faber's opinion
that Ike Rabbit, provided that player
learns to be a little more dexterous
with the stick, stands q chance to
develop into one of the best men he
has had In the position.
Rabbit Is fast, aggressive, ana mas
about everything 1t takes to make .
lacrosse player, except real expertness
in handling his stick.
Teddy Riggs, athletic director at St.
Johns College, IS coaching the base
ball team that college has this year.
the first time it has been represented
on the diamond in several seasons.
Toddy says, "Our material for base
ball would not do any particular credit
to a good high school, but just watch
us in lacrosse, as we're going to be gooo
again."
It would not be a surprise to see
Johns Hopkins back In the inter-
COLLEGIATE athletic field rs vigorously
as it has been In some former seasons.
The Baltimoreans are going to have
cross-country team again next ran,
and this Spring are supporting base
ball, track and lacrosse.
HARVARD announces that It plans
III to drop from its program OF
intercollegiate sports, within the
next three years, lacrosse. boxing and
four or i've other minor sports. It Is
held by the Crimson that these sports
are not worth what it costs to support
them and that it is necessary to drop
them in order to attain q balanced
budget. This is in line with what
eventually Is going to happen IN all
intercollegiate athletics. namely, that
only those sports that support or
nearly support themselves will have
place ON the intercollegiate programs.
Colleges have been dropping sports
right and left, but fewer sports have
been dropped IN the South than in any
other section. During even the most
prosperous years the Southern colleges
never ran wild in building up far big
ger programs than they could possibly
hope to support.
It is not particularly to be criticised
that some Of the Northern and Middle
Western schools built such programs
because it Is easy enough to get drawn
into q big program almost without
realizing 1t.