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\ Boom in Scholastic Te FIVE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS PLAN NET TITLE TOURNEY Eastern Racketers Expected to Show Strength in Championship Series This Year—Many Boys © in Squads at Other Institutions. BY JOHN W this Spring New courts the use of the matches, and the board of faculty new wrinkle by appropriating from furnish the balls used in the title gar A schedule has been arranged runs concurrer i Games will be dates as the b posedly at the same it is highly probable that the teams figuring in the scheduled matches v lowed to shift their Qates a litkle to one or the other so that he players may attend the more im- the same ball tilts and sup- hour, although piayed on be side nt diamond clashes k of practice Eastern tennis situated at pres- ce an active part in ns on April 4. organized squad at the institution and no reg- has yet been appointed, the staging of an elimination tourna- nt seems the easiest way to pick @ team which will carry the Light Blue and White col pped by a st season, better t and should ta players is no Park At present Teck seems to be the in- stitution most favored with a large | group of court performers. Western and Central squads have been some- | what_depleted by graduations, but | the first practice sessfons may un- er a new crop of stars. In Capt e Business has at least one play- HILE not generally recognized al a major.sport, although major letters are awarded in several institutioffs, high school tennis, fronr the pre-season outlook, will undergo a considerable boom have been completed at E stern team, if not available for the championship ¥ with the base ball s its four rivals twice during the season. As | 1. WHITE. stern and will be ready for | athletic adwisers has introduced a the central athletic fund money to m s. for tcams of the five schools that hedule, each school meeting each of BASKET BALL RESULTS. At Annapolis—Army, 21 At Chester, Pa.—Penn Milltary lege, 35; U-sinus, 33 At Newark—Swarthmore, 30; Dela- ware, 17. At Amherst—Massachusetts Aggies, 277 Tufts, 16. At Columbus—Ohio State, cago, At New 20 At Minneapolls Minnesota, 20. At Madison—Michigan, sin, 16 t Morgtantown—West 35; Pittsburgh, At Pittsburgh—Carnegie Tech, 35; West Virginia Wesleyan, 28 At Hanewer—Princeton, mouth, 21. CORBY-ALOY CLASH 45; Chi- Haven—Yale, Cornetl, Northwestern, 23; Wiscon- Virg! r of proved ability about whom & new team may be built | The Manual Tralners are going | after tennis in earnest and make no | sectet of the fact that they expect to clean up in the court serfes this | A tournament was staged in | Fall and throughout the entire | Winter, whenever the weather per- mitted a squad of from 10 to 15 boys | has been practicing on the concrete | courts at Montrose Park. Then, t00, & championship is calcvlated to aid the Teck racqueters in their fight for the circle “T.” which at present Is award- | ed only for foot ball, base ball; bask ball and track. Beside the regular high school matches, Bennie Det- ceiler, manager of the Maroon and Gray squad, has placed on his schedje dates for seven meetings | with outside prep and high school | teams, and has hopes of signing ar- | tioles for several more engagements. | Thirty-five candidates for the Tech | team turned out at a recent meeting | called by Coach Elmer Zearfoss. ! | son Beenuxe mo offcial referees and mcorers have been appointed, the inter-school matches must be run in the same manner they were last year with the competing teams furnishing | their own officlals As year, | matches _five singles amd two | doubleg—mrdbably WIIT be the rule. | #xoafbiinite decision has been reach- | ed as to what courts wil} be used. | The schedule | April 4—Western vx. Tech. i April T—Central vs. Business. | April S—Eastern vs. Tech. | April 21—Western vs. Business. | April 22—Eastern va. Central. | April 25—Tech vs. Businexs. | April 28—Western wx. Cemtral. April 20—Business vs. Eastern. May 1—Central va. Tech. May 5—Western vx. Eastern. May 6—Wextern vs. Tech. May 8—Central vs. Business. May 12—Eastern vs. Tech. May 13—Western vs. Businexs. May 15—Bastern vs. Central. May 19—Tech vs. Businexs. May 20—Western vs. Central. May 22—Business v tern. May 26—Central vs. Tech. May 27—Western vs. Eastern. Dates for the Inter-high and fresh- men track meets tvere set at a recent meeting of athletic advisers. Instead of running the two meets the same day, as was done last Spring, the in- ter-high games will be staged on Ma. 23, and the freshmen will get thelr in- nings on May At the same meet- ing the advisers appropriated funds for basket ball trophy to be presented to the champion Central team, and adopted the Spalding base ball as the official ball for the coming diamond series. It was also decided to start all Saturday base ball games promptly at 1 o'clock In keeping with the mew Central policy of having the head coaches of the various sports assisted by other members of the facuity, S. T. Kimball, facultynathletic director at Central, lias been appointed to aid Mike Kelly | in coaching the base ball team for the Spring series. Kimball formerly coached base ball at Bastern. Western's dinmond has reported for duty, but coaches at the other schools have little hope of getting down to regular work before another week has passed. Battery can didates, however, are getting in a few preliminary licks indoors. squad already NAVY PLEBES OUTSWIM DEVITT PREP TANKMEN ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 28.— Though Carmault of Devitt Prep School of Washington led off by winning the G0-yard free-style stroke, the Navy Plebes took first in all other events of a swimming meet in rather eagy style, and won, 45 to 16, um yard free style Huff, Navy, second; Ramsey Time, 0:28 220.yard froe style Begg, Devitt, second Time. 3:08 4-5 rd breakstroke—Won Pope, second; Time. 1:25 310, Fancy diving —Wou by Huff( Navy: Hyman, | Devitt, second 00-yard ,fre aries 50. Wou by Carmault, Der- Navy, third. Won by Wag Carlson, er, Navy; third! | by Wakeman, | Christ, Devitt, style— Won Charmault, Desitt min. Navy, third. Time, 100-yard ‘backstroke- Davis, Navy, second; Time. 1:20 5. 200-yard rolay—Won by Naval ith Ra Hufr, Wagner Devift swimmers by econd; 1:0815 Won by Searles, Johnsou, Devitt, Ettlinger MedMape- avy; third! Academy, WILSON AND G. W. GIRLS TO REPLAY BASKET GAME Girls’ basket balk te: ‘Washingtan University and Wilson Normal School probably will meet again on Monday evening in a pre- liminary to the George Washington- Catholic University clash for a re- lay of their second game of the sea- son which was played last night on the Hatchetite court, but was de- clared illegal by Evelyn Gascoigne, referce, aftcr a dispute over the score. At the ¢nd of the regulation peri- ods the count stood 37 to 37, but after claims regarding the Jegality of a dasket shot by Alys vers, George Washingtos forward, Miss Gascoigne called it no centest. ms of George { which“starts at 8 o'clock. | Yankees, losing team. | minutes. AT ARCAEE;I’ONIGHT Corby Bakery tossers and the Aloysius Big Flve open a three-game serles at the Arcade tonight, with the Palace Laundry and the Buffalo Lin- colns meeting in the preliminary, For theif clash, the fwo unlimited | teams have collected the leading court talent of the city and should put on a first-class entertainment Playing “under the name of the the Corby quint has been meeting the 1 street club team in a series at the close of each basket ball eason for the past several vears, and intense rivalry between the two fives 2Y|Id their followers has been the re- sult In the 1924 series the Yankee team was victorious, and the Aloys are out for revenge. The Palace professionals returned to town this morning from a trip to the Midwest, where their winning streak was broken by the Detroit Pulaskis. Sl iy KNIGHT QUINT GETS ALEXANDRIA TITLE Tossefs of the R. . Knight quint won the basket ball championship of Alexandria last night by defeating the Old Dominion Boat Club, 42 to 33, on the armory floor. Petitt led the Knight attack and registered nine field goals, while Rand played a stellar game for the Positions, 0ld Dom. (33) ht (42). +oiceeio Left forward.. ... Beeton THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, / Moreland, Horton, Kessler and Garrett are members of the mile relay team and the last named, along with Quinn and Kennedy. alvo runs the d es successfully. McGha ree. [ Right forward.. Rand .Center .. Krumm etz...... . [ Left guard. Plerce Dreifus. CRight guard. 3. "Roberts Cour (®), C. Pierce (5), Goetz. C. Dreifus (2). Rand (3), Hoy, Krumm (3). Beeton (8), J. Roberts, E. Plerce. Foul goals—Petl C. Plerce, 1 in 4: Goetz, 2 in 3; C. .1 in 10: Beeton, 3'in 10; Rand, 2 in' 2: Hoy, 2 in 3; Krumm, % in 3: E. Plerce, 1 in 6. Substitutions: Knight—F. Dreifus for Goetz. 0ld Dominjon—Hoy for Rand. Referee—Mr. Somner (Y. M. C. A.). Time of periods—10 G. W. U. RIFLE SHOOTERS WIN FROM GETTYSBURG George Washington University marksmen vesterday defeated Gettys- burg College in a four position tele- graph match by a score of 1,902 to 1,851. Total scores shot by individual members of the Hatchetite team in the prone, sitting, kneeling and standing positions are as follow: J. W. Crockett, 386: Frank Parsons, 380; Baxter Smith, 380; Hugh Everitt, 378, and Thaddeus Riley, 378. COLLEGE SWIMMERS BREAK TWO MARKS CHICAGO, February 28.—North- western swimmers defeated the Uni- versity of Illinois in a dual Western Conference meet at Evanston today, 43 to 20, breaking two records. A new national intercollegiate record was set for the 180-yard relay when Northwestern swimmers finished the event in 1 minute and 16 seconds. The former record, 1:16 4-5, was held by Yale. 5 Ralph Breyer, Northwestern, swam the 40-yard free stvle in 8 2-5 seconds, breaking the former national inter- collegiate record of § 3-5 seconds held by Maonovitz, also of Northwestern, RED SHIELD BASKETERS ~ DEFEAT ALEXANDRIANS Washington Red Shield basketers downed the Alexandria Friend's Mid- gets, 50 to 25, on the Alexandria Armory court yesterday. The scores: F. Midg. (25). Positions. Red Shields (50). Scharzman. "Left forward.. Cole Horne. ~ Right forws Delaney... Center Goods. . Lett guard.. Doniphan. Right guard. Court _goals—Scharzman (2). Horne (2); Delaney, Houston, Moyer (2), Cole (4), Hilton (5), irving (3), Cuthbert (3), Jones (3, : Foul goale—Delanes, 1 in 2; Goods, 2 Cole, 11n 4; Cuthbert, 1 in 4; Irving, Hilton, 2 in’5. Substitutions; Priends—Moyer for Doniphan, Hoybon Goods, Houston for Horne, Goods Yor’ Delaney. “Red_Shieldy—Cuthbert for Se- bastian, Sebastian for Cuthbert. Referee—Mr. Zimmerman. ' Umpire—Mr. Sutton, Time of periods—10 minutes each. BIKE RACE TO PIANL _ NEW YORK, February 28—Orlando Plani, Italian cyclist, defeated Pete Moeskops of Holland, world sprint champion,” and Bobby Walthour, jr., of the United States, tonight in a one- mile match race, the feature of a serles of sprints which inaugurated Madison Square Garden’s last six-day bicycle race. Piani- captured . two heats and Moeskops one, Walthour being outclassed. x ST ™~ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., February 28 Virginia boxers defeated a team from North Carolina tonight, winning, five bouts to LWo v ... Hilton L.l drving ... Jones .Sebastien a high jumper. He did 5 feet 11 inches, an unusual 1y good performance for a schoolboy, to win in the recent Baltimore meet. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS C they have garnered so many are to assist in the demonstration afternoon. DISTRICT APITOL ATHLETIC CLUB girls, who last week in exhibitions at Congressional Country Club and the Y. W. C. A. showed why laurels in South Atlantic swimming, of a novel life preserver suit this Members of the club’s swimming team will don these suits and permit themselves to be thrown into the water that the public may understand the great protection afforded by this latest life-saving ap- paratus adapted by the Red Cross. The demonstration will take place at the Tidal Basin, at the foot of Seventeenth street, starting at 2 o'clock. The equipment is in the nature of a diver's suit, but is much better than anything heretofore devised for the preseryation of human life in the water. It Not only keeps the person wearing it floating, but affords ample protection from exposure to cold and water. The girls will enter the their regular street attire. suits in Mrs. Susle Root Rhodes, super- visor of ‘municipal playgrounds, to- morrew will officially open the 1925 season to the youngsters of Wash- ington. At 11:45 o'clock the directors of the various playgrounds will have ready a substantial athletic feast. Waiting for the youthful sports of the city will be basket balls, volley balls, dodge balls, schlag balls, all blown ~taut; apparatus set up anew, and balls and bats for innumerable nines Closely following the opening days will come the first of the many ath- letic competitions in the form of schiag ball tournament for girls of grades 5 through 8. Eligibility blanks are now being sent to the grammar school principals whose pupils use the District playground Qualifications include physical fitnes: » pafsing grade in every subject at schdol and satisfactory conduet. Playground officials have a hard role to play, one that is filled with many responsibilities, for it is to them that the girls and boys will turu in their after-school hours, in the hours that educators inform us contain more possibilities for train- ing In characteristics desired in a good citizen. Yet owing to lack of financial sup- port the playground department can opén no new grounds. This season will again see the same 20 grounds open for whites children and 6 for the colored. The forecast indicates a cloudy season, as money matters will not come up again until next December, when the playgrounds are just about to close. CENTRAL HIGH SWIMMER SETS SWARTHMORE MARK SWARTHMORE, Pa, February 23. —The Wiimington, Del, high school today won the annual Swarthmore College _{nterscholastic swimming meet, wifh a score of 38 points. Washington (D. C.) Central High scored 13. Edmondson of Washington Central High set a new recogd for tho Swarth- more meet of 1 minute 19 1-5 seconds for the 100-vard breast stroke, two seconds lower than the 9ld record of ‘Nebis, Wilmington. BALTIMORE FRIENDS BEAT D. C. GIRLS’ SIX| Baltimore Friends’ tall girls took the measure of the Washington Friends’ coeds yesterday in a 34-to-24 basket ball game in Epiphany gym- nasium. The Baltimoreans were held to a 8-to-8 deadlock in the first quarter of the fray, but steadily drew away from the Washington sextet there- after, the count being 26 to 19 in their favor at the outset of the final quar- ter. Miss Eiseman of Baltimore, with eleven court goals and two successful tosses from the foul line, was the high scorer of the game. Miss Thomas accounted for 14 of Washing- ton’s points. h. F (24). Positions. Balt. F (34). L forward. .. . Hull - Right forward. Eiseman C Center Nelson \.Side center. Care .. Left guard.. artin Right guard .Krieger Court_goals—Lyman (5), Thomas (3), Else- man (1), Hull (5). Foul goals—Thomas, 5 in 5: Biseman, 2 in 2. Substitution—Baltimore Friends: Krieger. Referee—Mr. Haas. minutes. HYATTSVILLE HIGH FIVE TAKES 13 OF 19 GAMES HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 28.— Three members of the Hyatfsville High School basket ball team, that has just closed its season with 13 wins in 19 starts, are certain to be on hand again next - year. They -are: Wright, guard; Costinétt, center, and Cohan, forward. Chase, forward, and Dix, guard, are expected to be graduated. The season just closed was the best a Hyvattsville High court team has ever enjoyed Notable victories were scored over Tech, Gonzaga, Devitt Preps and.St. John's of Washington. Charlotte Hall and Surrattsville High were among other teams to fall before the locals. Hyattsville, however, lost a second game to Toech and twice fell before Central High, Washington interscho- lastic charapione. Other | losses were suffered at the hands of the University of Maryland freshman and fraternity teams of the Coliege Park institution. R T, RICHMOND, Ky., Rex Peavine, famous saddle horse staljon, owned by J. 8. HocKaday, dted here from an iliness superin duced by a fall received in March, 1933, Potter for Time of quarters—§ Fehruary 25.— N D, 0, MARCH 1, 1925-SPORTS SECTION. nnis : Marines Schedule Four D. C. College Nines S NATIONAL et SR SO G. U. RIFLEMEN MAKE HIGH LEAGUE SCORE Georgetown University’s score of 1,923 out of a possible 2,000 topped the Inter- collegiate Middie States Rifle League for the third week by a margin of 21 points over George Washington. The Hilltoppers hung up their high score in a match with St. John's of An- napolis, in which the riflemen from the banks of the Severn scored 1.817. George Washington's 1,902 was good enough to win their match against Gettysburg’s 1,851, Y Johns Hopkins downed Lafayette, 1,851 to 1,749, and so maintained a clean slate for the season to date. In the other league match the two Smoky City institutions, Pittsburgh and Carnegie, tangled horns, with the former emerging from the smoke on the long end vt an 1,871-to-1,720 count. This week will break the triple tie which now exists for the top round of the ladder when Georgetown faces Johns Hopkins, The other ~scheduled matches are George Washington vs. St. Johns', Pitts- burgh vs. Gettysburg and Carnegie vs. Lafayette, - The standing: Georgetown ... George Washington. Johns Hopkins. St. John's... Carnegie . Lafayette Pittsburgh HYATTSVILLE SOLDIERS CRUSH FREDERICK QUINT Basketers of Company F, Hyatts- ville unit of the Maryland National Guard, last night defeated Company A of Fregderick, 66 to 27, in the basket ball game in the Hyattsville Armory. The Hyatteville gnardsmen now have triumphed six times in as many starts in the tournament for the bas- ket ball championship of the Ist Maryland_Regiment, and will repre- Won. Lost. FE S | sent the Western Shore of the State in a series with the champion com- pany team of the Bastern Shore for the regimental title. Since 1539, the Grand National has ranked us the principal steeplechase that 1s run in England. John Kathan $4, has been FOUR GAMES TODAY IN BASKET TOURNEYS Clashes between the Rosedales and Hopelights and the Stantons and In- dependents, starting at 2:30 this afternoon in Gonzaga gymnasium, will end the first rounds of the tourna- ments being conducted by the Aloysius Club for deciding the Jjunior and senior basket ball titles of the District. The second round will get under way at 4:30, when the Anacostia Eagles meet the Waverly Seniors. Boys' Club Celtics will encounter the Darkhorse Juniors an hour later. A quartet of contests are on the program for tomorrow night, the first, a meeting between the Tremonts and the winner of Rosedale-Hopelight tilt, being set for § o'clock. Kanawhas vs. Woodside, Comforter Juniors vs. Peerless Preps and Boys' Club coaches vs. the winner of the Stanton-Inde- pendent fray are the other scheduled games, Blair Athletic Club tossers yester- day defeated the Sherwood Junior five by a score of 32 to 24. Marks, Brady and Jones scored heavily for the winners. St. Mary’s five of Alexandria, riosed out the Rosedales, 19 to 18, on the Alexandria Armory court last night. L: Brannen and Wingfteld each scored three baskets for the winners, while Streeks was best for the losers. Columbia_Athleite Club tossers de- feated the Episcopal High 135-pound basket ball team at Alexandria ves- terday by a score of 34 t8 31. Buck and Gibson each brought in a quintet of double-counters for the Colum- bians. CALVARY M. E. TOSSERS OVERWHELM EASTERNS Calvary Methodists easily disposed of Eastern Athletic Assoclation last night in a 20-to-8 basket ball game. Scrivener of the winners tossed four goals from scrimmage. The score: A. (8). .Berman oodward L0'Neil -Sencindiver .Sepless Keppler (2), , O'Nell. Foul Gottwals. ... Court goals—Frisby Scrivetier (1), Broadbent, Na: goals—Nash (4) Subatitution—3 Referee—Mr. sh for Berman. Uhler. Time of periods—10 minutes. FURMAN, EX-BUSINESS STAR, TO ENTER PENN HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 28.— George B. (Pets) Furman, jr., of this place, for two years captain and a star player on the Washington Busi- ness High School basket ball team, plans to enter the University of Penn- sylvania next Fall. He now is attending the Devitt Pre- paratory School, having been gradu- ated from Business In the recent mid- year class. Furman played at both guard and forward on the Business five. He also held forth at third base a while on the Business base ball nine. POLO HOLDS LIMELIGHT. By the Associated Press. _ For the fifth successive year there will be an international polo encount- er this season with the United States as a competitor. _American Army officers will journey to England in the Summer to meet the British Army combination. The American Army's | representatives are now in AMiaml, Fla. e LS Omage, Towa, aged ng on harness tracks 64 yoars,.. R N GEORGETOWN L] 3 TO START BASE BALL'AT QUANTICO Hilltoppers Begin Leathernecks’ Season on March 27—George Washington, Catholic University and Gallaudet Also Listed. BY JOHN B. EAMS of four local varsities have been given places on the 26 game schedule of the Quantico Marine base ball nine. town, Catholic University, Gallaudet and George Washington Uni- I versity players are to invade the Potomac for competition. The Hilltoppers are to open the Quantico on March 27. The service then through June 9. The Marine schedule conforms to the poli is filled been arranged for a foreign field. CENTRAL BLADESMEN WILL GET BUSY SOON Central High School tend to get busy wtih their shells on | the old Potomac within a very few weeks and are holding their first blg meeting of the year on Tuesday aft- ernoon when Coach Hecox will give his charges a few pointers and out- line plans for the rowing season. The Centralites hope to open their schedule against the Navy Plebes at Annapolls, probably during the third week of May, and will enter the American Henley at Philadelphia on Decoration “day and the peoples re- gatta on the Skuylkill on July 14. John Marshall High of Richmond, is organising a crew this year and has written to arrange a home-and- home serfes for the Spring, but Coach Hecox belleves that one meet- ing With the oarsmen from the Vir- ginia_capital is enough for a season and hopes to extend the series over two. Stanley Durkee and Coleman Jones | are the only two regulars of last| year's eight available for a - new crew. However, Kline, Unger and Stuart, who were on the substitute list in 1924, are back at Central again and should earn berths on the first string. Remalning places will be filled from among the recruits. oarsmen in- Analostan Boat Club is the Central |, headquarters. el WOODBERRY UPSETS EPISCOPAL QUINTET ORANGE, Va., February 28—Wood- berry Forest upset all dope here to-| day by defeating Episcopal High School, 22 to 17. in a bitterly con-| tested basket ball game. After Episcopal had taken a two- point lead in the first few minutes of | play, the Orange and Black courtmen tairly swept the visitors aside under 2 deluge of goals, and the first half ended, 17 to 8, in favor of Woodberry. Episcopal came back strong in the second half, but was checked when it became too dangerous. Line-up and Summary. ‘Woedb'y (22). Positior Lebourgeols. ... Left forward ‘Whisnant. Right forwi Jones. Center. . Willingha Court _ goals—Lebuo: is (3), Fones (2), Beard (2), Whisnant (2), Daniel (4). Flippia (2), Williams (2 Foul goals—Lebourgeois, 1 in 3; Jomes, 2 in 2; Be;:, 1 in 4; Daniel, 0 ia 1; Flippin, 1 In 3; dley, 0 in 1. Substitutions—Gray for Beard, Faulcner for Daniel, Moncure for Flippin. Referee—Mr. Hankins (Virginia) CANADIANS BEATEN BY NAVY ATHLETES ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 28— Canadian teams were turned bac! in three branches of sports by the Midshipmen . this aftermoon. Nav encountered the Maple Leafs in| wrestling, Boxing and fencing bouts and triumphed signally. It was the first appearance of a Cangdian wrestling team at Anna- polid and the visitors were beaten, 29 to 0. For the fifth conmsecutive year Canada had combed its uni- versitics to find a boxing team to overcome Navy, but for the fifth con- secutive year the Canadians were repulsed. Navy won this time, six bouts to one. Two students of McGill University and ofie” of the University of Toronto entered fencing matches with Navy swordsmen. Nine bouts with folls were held and-Navy won seven. Syracuse swimmers were beaten in two events by Navy watermen. The unbeaten swimming team of the Midshipmen vanquished the Orange. 52 to 18. taking first place in each contest, except the plunge for dis- tance, and in_a water polo game Navy downed Syracuse, 45 to 0. Navy easily defeated Dartmouth’s team of gymnasts, 49% to 4%, PENN SPORT EVENTS NOT TO BE STOPPED PHILADELPHIA, Pa., February 23. —Rumors that a number of athletic events at the University of Pennsyl- vania would be called off because of the discovery of a case of diphtheria at the training quarters and the sub- sequent quarantine of the building were denied today by Dr. Arthur A. Light, the team physician., He said the various events would be held ac- cording to schedule. Fifty-one athletes were ordered by Dr. Light not to mix in crowds or attend classes. Throat cultures of the entire per- sonnel of the training house were taken after it was discovered that Ray Fisher, star half miler, had a mild case of diphtheria, and, with the exception of Al Kruez, all showed negative. Kruez, a member of the foot ball squad, {s suffering from sore throat which Dr. Light said might develop into tonsilitis. Kruez has been fso- lated and Fisher was sent to the Municipal Hospital. BEZDEK SAYS COACHES SHOULD ADMIT McMILLAN By the Associated Press. Hugo Bezdek, Penn. State's grid- iren tuter, is in favor of receiving “Bo” McMillan, former Centre College star, Into the Foot Ball Coaches’ As. sociatlon with open arms, despite the fact that MeMil) engaged in pro- fessional games before buckling on the harness of a coach, contrary to the rules of the organization. ! “I like McMillan,” said Bezglek. 1] don’t know him very well, but I think icy of Marine headquarters of ha at home the greater part of the campaign. KELLER. George home of the Devildogs down the Marines’ season, having a clash at team has engagements listed from: entirely with collegiate nines and g the team play So far only one contest has About 135 candidates have answered the first base ball cal at Quantico. Vorkouts are to start Tuesday that the squad may be quite ready for the opening encounter with Georgetown Five of last year's team will form the nucleus of the new organization Bailey, former Central High School and Maryland player; Stock, Kyle Perez and Duncan, were members of former Leatherneck teams at Quan- tico. Bukowy Alexander and He rick are among the newcomers wh have tablished base ball reputations at other, poats. The main problem the Marine coaches expect to have to solve this season willfbe the completion of pitching staff. The big squad w be thoroughly combed for mound ma terial. There are a number of men at Quantico with base ball records, but every one will have to prove his worth to get a berth on the regular team. t The Marine Schedule. In addition to the District instit tions, the Marines will meet many prominent Northern and Southern co leges on the diamond this year. The schedule follows March 27—Georgetown. April 1—Temple, 4, Virginia: 6, , Vermomt; 10, Lehigh: 11, Holy Cross; 16, St. John's: 16, 17, Boston College; 18, Fordham; 21, Wake Forest; 25, Mount St. Mary: 29, Catholic University: Randoiph- Macon. May 1—Virginia Military Insti- tate; 2, Gallaudet; 4, Guilford: S. . Westerm Maryland; 13, Catholic University; 16. George Washing- ton; 21. Gettysburg: 23, George- town; 30, Georgetown freshmen. June B—Mount St. Mary, at Em- mitsburg, Md. Georgetown University athleteg are to make a strong bid for the indoor intercollegiate track and flel title next Saturday r in New TYorl The Hilltoppers, 25 strong, will go to Gotham Friday evening, and the next day compete with the cream of col lege athletic tale For some years Georgetown has sought intercollegi- ate laurels d but with little success. This Winter, however, it has a great chance to rn the crown. The Bl 1l send two formidable relay ca: nival, even though they probably wi not be exactly the same quartet that have been sett - board tracks on fire the past © months. Walter Gegan may take the place of Will Sullivan on the two-mile team, as Sulli- van probably will be se: into the mile race. Vernon Ascher's strained leg still is troubling hi and he may be replaced on the fle guartet by Ed Swinburne or George KEastment. Helm, Esteves, Gaffey, Melton, Mc- Hugh, Kearney, Kinally and John and Ray Haas are prominent among the track men who will represent George- town in New York. Norton, Plansky and Dowding are expected to score in the field events. College basket ball is slated to end here this week the playing of two games remaining on the books. George Washington to close Its season tomorrow night, when it en- tertains Catholic University in the Hatchetite gymnasium, in H street near Twentleth., Catholic University and Maryland are scheduled to put the finishing touch to the sport for 1925 with a clash at College Park on Thursday night. The latter tilt ma; not take place, however. Catholic University is to engage two sports other than basket ball week. On_Saturday .its swimming team is to be host to the mermen of Washington and Lee in the big tank at Brpokland, and its boxing team is to visit Annapolis for a go with Navy. Starting this week ail members of the local varsity group will have base ball men out for practice when- ever weather permits. With George Washington once more fostering the diamond sport, college base ball promises to be plentiful in the Na tional Capital this Spring. FINE V. M. I. SPORT SCHEDULE NAMED LEXINGTON, Va., February 28.- Managers of varsity and freshman teams at Virginia Military Institute bave listed a total of 45 games and meets for the coming Spring season. Varsity base ball heads the list with 19 games, the season to open here April 1 with Roanoke College and to close in May with V. P. I at Blacks- burg. Cornell, Virginia and V. P. I will each be met twice. The Cadets will take their usual three-game - trip to Washington and Quantico. The Varsity track men will meat four southern conference teams, and will also entertain William and Mary. The Cadets also will enter the southern conference meet to be held at Sewanee May 15 @nd 16. Six matches have been arranged for the tennis team, fgur to be played at home and two away. Virginia will be met twice in this sport. Nine games have been slated for the first-year nine, arffd five meets for the freshman track team Schedule follows: VARSITY BASE BALL—April 1, Rosnoke: 4. Lynchburg; 8, Carnegie Tech; 10 and 11, Cornell; 15, Syracuse North Carolina; 1S, Y. P. 1.; 30, Virgata, at Charlottesville: 23, Duke: 23, Virginia: 26, North Carolina State; 30, George Washingto arines, at Quastico: 2, Catholic U., hington’ 6, Emory. and Hears; 9, Birmingham Southern; 16_ V. P. T, at Biacksbure VARSITY TRACK—April 4, North Carolina State, at Raleigh; 11, Virginla; 18, Maryland: William and Mary; May 3, V. P. L., at Confer- April 11, Virgisia Augnsta Military Academs, nce; 25, Staunton M. A.. ton; May 2, V. P. I Freshms High. 5 “RI’}SHKA BASE B.\LKr—Asfll 3. A 17, Bsunton M. A 18, Augusts M A., at Fort Defiance: 22, V. P. I Freshmen 25, Vitginia Freshmen, at Charlottesville; May 4. Oak Ridge: 8 orth Carolina Freshmen 15, Shenandoah Valley Academy, at Winches. ter; 16, Handley High, at Winchester. Eddie Kaw, fofmer Cornell foot ball star, for a vear and a half athletic 8, Augusts he's on the level and sincere in his endeayor to Leep intercollegiaté foot coach at St. Lawrence University, has tendered his resignation. Kaw's gture Dlans were net announced.

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