Evening star., 1935-03-22
SCHEDULES HEAVY
FOR THIS SECTION
6-Team League in Virginia
Is LikeIy-Game Strong
in North Carolina.
BY III. c. BYRD.

base oall IN the South Atiantlc
section is due for something OF
Renaissance this Spring. At no
time in the last six years have so many
contests been listed. Not only is this
the condition, but new life for the
sport seems to be coming in the State
of Virginia In the nature of a six
college league.
Another good sign for base ball is
that more Northern teams are trying
to arrange trips to this section. How
ever. such trips will not be SO numer-
GUS as in pre-depreSSion years, largely
because the colleges down this way are
irving to increase the length of their
schedules without spending a good
deal more money. The answer 10 this,
apparently, is more and closer tie-upS
with colleges located close to one an
other.
Down in North Carolina five colleges
got together two years ago and tried
out the league idea, with the Univer-
sity OF North Carolina, the North
Carolina state College, Duke, Wake
Forest and Davidson as members. This
gave each school a good schedule at
very little cost and practically elimi-
mated games with teams from other
sections. Greater interest was created,
with the result that in the last two
seasons college base ball in North
Carolina has taken something of a
pre.wAr hold on student bodies.
Should Prove Boost.
IF THE league idea goes through in
Virginia, and it may unless certain
local rivalries prevent it, the game
In that State Is likely to have some
thing Of a revival At no other place
has there oeen less interest in the last
few years and if the sport is to survive
as its supporters desire, it will have to
be through some such effort.
Locally, the game may be helped
somewhat by the fact that George
town and Maryland are getting to-
gether for the first time in many
years. Catholic University is not to
have a team, being content to con-
tinue its policy Of making Spring foot
ball a real thing and build up an in
tramural system of Spring sports.
Professional leagues, as well as per-
sons that just like the game, will hail
building up Of the sport in the COL
leges. intercollegiate diamonds have
been fertile sources of big league ma
terial, and, if the schedules are
heightened and interest again placed
at high level, will continue to be.
One thought about this game Of
college base ball that has been over
looked somewhat is that the college
people themselves may have been in
no small measure responsible for the
slackness of interest in recent years.
For a period Just before the war, and
for seven or eight years after, the
colleges put base ball on the spot and
held it up as a subject of rabid criticism
to such an extent that it is little Won
der that interest was deadened. No
sport could stand a constant hammer
ing without suffering Ill effects.
Dislike Spring Foot Ball.
CPR1NG foot ball at Maryland is not
- holding forth much for the
coaches in the way Of any great
hope for a series Of successful work
outs. That, anyway, seems to be the
sentiment expressed by the men in
charge. Many members of the squad
are out as members of regular Spring
teams, while others just seem disin-
clined to come out at all. citing that
they do not like Spring practice. Two
or three Of the men in the last-men-
toned class are among those on whom
it was expected that considerable de-
pendence would be placed next Fall.
Despite the situation at Maryland,
the Old Line coaches expect to stage
several scrimmages with Catholic
University. The workouts between the
Marylanders and C. U. in the Spring
and early Fall have developed into a
regular feature of the training of each
school and have proved almost in
valuable.
Maryland attributed a good deal
Of its rapid development last Fall to
the experience 1t gained from scrim-
images with Brooklanders.
G. U. Frosh Teams Good.
NEOHIE1OWN is Sald TO nave eX- |
" ceptionally good material for its
freshman teams this year, which |
preSageS good varsity outfits for |
1935-36. The Blue and Gray has some
stellar performers in its first-year
freshman track squad, and also some
good men in its base ball lineup.
Its freshman foot ball team last |
Fall also was made up of excellent |
material, so it seems that the Blue and |
Gray has a good deal more to look |
forward to next year than 1t has had
for several years past.
MISSOURI VALLEY |
CUNTS SET PACE