Evening star., 1940-05-10
Springer Main Hope
Of 5quaring Feud
With Hoya Nine
Navy 'Borrier to Stick
Teum; Army Is Bringing
Guekeyson, Other Aces
BY LEWIS F. ATeHIsON.

0uckeyson, Other Aces
7, BY LEWIS F. AT0HISON.
Two Maryland squads find them
selves on uncomfortable and crowd
ed spots tomorrow and q third is
going for a ride which could prove
disastrous to its lacrosse cham
pionship hopes.
Georgetown's diamond forces in
wade College Park for the second
and Anal game of the annual series
with Maryland, and West Point is
sending its trackmen to harass the
| TerpS in their own backyard. The
home program, baseball leading OF
at 2 o'clock with track following an
hour later, is the only collegiate
sports attraction scheduled in this
bailiwick.
Catholic University's undefeated
trackmen invade Baltimore to run
against Johns Hopkins and George
Washington's nine travels to West
minister to play Western Maryland.
Maryland's lacrossemen meet Navy
at Annapolis in a highly important
match and the Old Line netmen are
competing In the annual Southern
Conference tournament at Durham,
N. c.
Navy Stickmen Formidable.
If Maryland hurdles Navy stick
squad-not as easy as 1t sounds
only Johns Hopkins remains In its
path to another championship. The
Terps knocked of Princeton. which
previously had defeated Navy. Hop
kins is undefeated in collegiate
competition but, like Maryland, was
padded by Mount Washington Club.
After a slow start. due to their
time being given to the gridders in
the spring, Jack Faber and AL
Heagy have the Maryland lacrosse
squad pretty near to its peak. For
q while neither the attack nor the
defense was smooth, but both
reached fairly impressive stage in
the victory over Princeton last
Friday.
Maryland would be riding with
confidence had it not been for the
injury to Jordan Sexton, regular
second attack. and the loss Of Bill
McGregor, midfield reserve, because
Of an appendectomy. This has cut
down the Terps' reserve power to a
dangerous point. Sexton did not
play at Princeton, is unlikely to face
Navy but may be ready for Hopkins.
McGregor. of course, Is through for
the season.
Springer Maryland's Big Hope.
In baseball Lefty Earl Springer is
almost certain to oppose George
town. He is Maryland's hope Of
squaring the series, for the Hoyas
have too much dynamite for his
mates. Springer was slated to pitch
the first game. but an 1lth hour
switch in plans by Coach Burt Ship
ley sent Artie Woodward to the
mound instead and this failed
Woodward was good. but not quite
enough to halt the Hoyas.
Springer, at least, will make a
psychological difference in the
squad. Maryland is a Jekyll and
Hyde team-good when he's on the
mound and erratic with another of
the boys pitching. 1t may make
real ball game of 1t.
Bill Guckeyson, one time Mary
lander. returns to the old stamping
grounds in q West Point uniform
tomorrow and probably will have
universal support in the javelin
throw. Not that he needs 1t, be-
cause William is at least 40 feet
better than Maryland's best. An
other Army star is Ralph Ross who
cleared better than IA feet to win
the Penn Relays pole vault. Guckey-
son also won at the Philadelphia
carnival.
Banks on Star Runners.
AS usual, Maryland will rely on its
crack runners, Tommy Fields, Jim
Kehoe, Alan Miller. Mason Chron-
lister, Bob Condor, Gene Ochsen-
rieter, Joe Murphy, ct al. to garner
the bulk of points, although its
weight and field men came through
with a surprising cluster against
Virginia last week. Army, however,
appears too strong to cope with
in the field.
Catholic University, blessed with
one of its best track outfits in
years, should whip Hopkins. Dorsey
Grifith's charges appear headed for
their second MaSon-Dixon Confer
ence championship with Johnny
Doyle, John Corbett and Leo Wall
and others flashing consistently
good form in their respective events.
George Washington should have
picnic at Western Maryland's ex-
pense for the Terrors belied their
name against the Colonials earlier
in the week.
Maryland, incidentally, was to
have a warm-up session for tomor-
mow's game-and we mean warm
against Virginia this afternoon at
College Park. The Cavaliers won
their first game with the Terps, So.