Evening star., 1938-03-20
Spring Sports Drawing 1000
athletes of Capital Colleges
To Outdoor Training Fields

head he can see a baseball game in
the adjacent field; it's only few min
utes' walk from the stadium to the
tennis courts.
Varied Bills at Maryland.
Fortunately, the Old Liners make
wise use of such equipment for their
students and, fortunately for District
fans, they have arranged four of their
biggest bargain attractions this Spring
for Saturday afternoons. The two and
three-for-one cards don't start until
April 2, but from then until June
only two of six Saturdays are bereft
OF varied sports programs.
On April 2 Maryland entertains
Michigan at baseball and Mount
Washington at lacrosse; on April Is
it's lacrosse with Penn State and
track with v. M. l.; on April % it's
baseball with Georgetown. lacrosse
with st. Johns and tennis with West
ern Maryland. The double and triple
bills will be concluded on May 7 when
the Terps play Washington and Lee on
the diamond, engage Virginia at track
and cross rackets with Catholic Uni
versity on the tennis courts.
Unfortunately, only two of George
towns games with Harvard, Dart
mouth. Penn State, Temple, Lafayette,
Washington and Lee and Maryland
come on Saturdays. There is the
game with Lafayette on April 30 and
the return game with Maryland at
the Hilltop on June 4. The latter is
feature Of graduation week and Is
the last game for each school.
George Washington and c. u,
neither Of which will have varsity
baseball team, will sponsor the dia-
mond game on an intramural basis
G. w. has had teams for the past
three years and, it is rumored, will re-
enter the intercollegiate field next
year when it will introduce baseball
as major sport. From 1885 to 1887,
the Colonials played freshmen in
baseball, but from 1889 on will have
the same eligibility rules for baseball
as it has in football and basket ball
| AAo iliOiS tAAall yCoAo pal llClPd~
tion by any player. c. U. is out of
the intercollegiate picture because OF
financial reasons.
All-Around Track Star.
Track authorities at Maryland be-
lieve the Southern Conference cham
pionship lies among Duke, North
Carolina and Washington and Lee
Each Is replete with sprinters and
hurdlers. who nearly can win meets
between them. Maryland. on tho other
hand, Is weak in these events.
II 1t had a couple more men like
Frank Cronin, however. all would be
we'll for as the Terps' all-around stal
he can run the sprints and 44O and
pole vault to advantage
What G. w. football player, who
starred last fall. currently is in the
doghouse because of swell-headitis
| during spring drills? He'll be q
senior next year October IS Is
an open date on the football schedules
Of both G. w. and c. U. . No use
trying to bring them together. though
.. Two tennis players who have beer
among the city's top-notch junior.
the last few seasons are working under
Maryland and G. w. coaches these
days Allie Ritzenberg, former
District junior champion, is regarded
as one Of the Terps' varsity main.
stays and David johnson, after a sea.
son with the freshman team, shoulc
be one Of the Colonials' regulars mex
year Allie seemed to be strokine
them better than ever on Ritchie
Coliseum's big court last week
Frank Dobson excuses all prospective
football players who want to engage
in other spring sports from spring
grid practice Dutch Bergman
tabs Henry Brosteck, back; Joe Cor
rig. an end, and John White, a center
as the three best prospects who will
be varsity material at c. U. for the
first time next fall OF Dutch's
spring squad of IS, more than half
19-are freshmen Silverman, q
sophomore who pitched for Gordon's
Cafe last summer. is one Of Burt Ship
ley's mound candidates at Maryland