Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1929, Page 47

"SPORTS. aval Academy Has Developed Smooth-Working Orga DASTIMES HANDLED WITHOUT FRICTION omdr. Ingram Has Installed Machinery That Never Has Breakdown. BY H. C. BYRD. OWHERE is college athletics better organized than at the Naval Academy. Everything that goes to help make suc- cess in intercollegiate sports is hoked after with apparently little ef- brt. The machinery that controls the peration of things, whether in the nasium, on the field, in the water, on & railroad train, or in the train- g quarters, never encounters a break- own. And if organization, as it has been id, is no better than it is adminis- red, then back of the scenes at An- apolis is & brain and personality that its particular field is well nigh fault- ss, That brain and that personality long to Comdr. Jonas H. Ingram, the an responsible not only for the very ective organization and its adminis- ation, but for the fine relationships at are being developed with other blleges and universities. Comdr. Ingram, of Jonas, 8s he is lled by nearly all those he has come contact with in the universities, took rge of Naval Academy athletics in B26. He realized that certain changes ould have to be made in the policies t governed sports if the Navy was b hold up its head among the top rank titutions and he set about effecting ose changes. One was a more liberal olicy in leaving Annapolis to play foot 11, and those close to athletics at An- apolis know what that has meant, both creating better feeling in other chools and in building up a financial tatus that otherwise would have been mpossible. Has Built Up Finances. Take this matter of finances, for in- tance. For years and years before In- o was detailed to head athletics, he Navy had a hard time making both nds meet. It did not have anything ike the money to spend on its sports that other big institutions had and without money to spend there could be no really big developments, Ingram began to build up that side of sports and out of foot ball he has made enough hard cash to put the Navy on “easy street” for years to come. As one man at Annapolis put it, “Jonas has had the business acumen to make our ath- letic future absolutely secure.” Which, in other words, means that Ingram has been so successful in handling finances that he has created a big reserve fund for sports that in itself is sufficient to gu:{anbee against any lean years. It is understood that the Navy has a reserve fund for its athletics that runs up into six figures, and Ingram undoubtedly is the man to whom credit for that should go. Another thing that Ingram has done which may not be so well recognized by those at the Naval Academy, but which nevertheless has a valuable and far- reaching side, is the establishment of pmore cordial relationships with other hools. That has been almost & fetish with Ingram and he has gone to great flengths to accomplish it. It is not a secret to anybody connected with col- lege athletics that there was not any great rush on the part of other uni- ersities to schedule games with Navy, and the feeling of many other univer- pities toward Navy was not any too ood, but Ingram has gone & long way oward changing that. It was only last Winter that Ingram visited one university and spent three [days there for no other purpose than to learn just what lay back of that uni- versity’s lack of desire to play Navy jand to eliminate whatever feeling there (was. And, needless to say, the genial INavy man virtually accomplished just 'what he set out to accomplish. That kind of thing helps not only Navy ath- letics, but it helps the Navy generally, from the highest ranking admiral down to the greenest recruit. And it helps [popularize the Navy among the people at large, and does not hurt any when it comes time for Navy men to seek larger appropriations from Congress. Familiar From All Sides. Comdr. Ingram was & Navy foot ball player himseif. He later coached ths Navy and consequently when he took charge in 1926 knew just where the ‘weak spots were, knew how to go about remedying them, and has to his credit during his regime some of the greatest successes of all Navy athletic history. Incidentally, Comdr. Ingram placed Bill Ingram, his brother and also a graduate of the Naval Academy, in the job as head coach, and under him Navy has risen to & high place in foot ball. It must not be thought that Navy ac- complished nothing in an athletic way 'y, McDONALD SETS DISCUS RECORD FOR OLD LINERS John McDonald, foot ball tackle and weight-heaver, bas set a new discus record for the University of Maryland, In the recent meet with Virginia he hurled the disc 127 feet 1 inch, to beat his own mark by 5 inches. McDonald, who is a former Tech High athlete, is the leading scorer on the Old Line varsity track team. He has registered 32 points in four meets to date. Besides being a good student, Mc- Donald is active in other campus affairs. He served as president of the 1928-29 Glee Club and sang the leading role in “The Mikado,” recently presented by the Maryland Opera Club. prior to Ingram’s tenure of office, be- cause it did. who walked in and pulled the organiza- tion togethey in a way that it had never before been bound; it was he who saw the possibility of putting the financial end of sports on a sound basis and did just that; it was he who realized that the Navy must create better and closer relationships with other schools, and he has been instrumental in getting real results in that. ‘An exceptionally likable - personality, bluff and good natured, Ingram is the kind of fellow whose rugged honesty begets confidence, and these factors, combined with a mental astuteness sel- dom found, have enabled him to do more in three years than the average man would have done in six. Ingram is to leave his detail next Fall, but every man in the United States who is con- nected with athletics in other colleges will be sorry to see him go. And the Naval Academy will be extremely fortu- nate to find another man so able to put in his place. It really is unfortunate that he cannot be kept at Annapolis in a position he has filled so well. In speaking of Comdr. Ingram it cer- tainly is not amiss to say just a word about Comdr. O. O. Kessing, who has acted as _graduate manager under Ingram. Kessing has had charge of the details of schedules and handling of teams on trips and generally has acted as right-hand man, and Ingram does not hesitate to give Kessing a good deal more credit than he is willing to take for himself. Together, Ingram and Kessing have made almost an ideal combination to manage sports. LIST OF CONTESTS IN SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY. Business vs. Western (public high school base ball championship game), Eastern Stadium, 3:15 o’clock. Business vs. Western (public high school tennis championship match). Eastern vs. Episcopal (track), Alex- andria. Episcopal vs. Central ({ennis), Monu- ment courts. Friends vs. St. Alban’s (Prep School Tennis League), St. Alban's. Gonzaga vs. Georgetown Prep (Preg School Tennis League), Garrett Park. St. John’s vs. Vevitt (base ball) Mon- ument Diamond, No. 4. TOMORROW. Devitt School track meet, Georgetown University Field, 10 a.m. Tech vs. University of Marvland Freshmen (base ball), College Park. St. Christopher of Richmond, Va., vs. St. Alban’s (base ball), St. Alban’s. GAMES SCHEDULED FOR COLLEGE TEAMS TODAY. l\l'lrzlnh Poly at Maryland (base 5 TOMORROW. Quantico Marines _at Catholic Uni- versity (base ball), Maryland at Navy (base ball). HYATTSVILLE HIGH TEAM HAS NINE MORE GAMES HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, April 19.—Hy- attsville High School ase ball team, which yesterday won its fourth game in as _many starts, defeating George- town Prep School, 15 to 12, at Garrett Park, Md., and which today was to entertain Oxon Hill High in a Prince Georges County championship game here, will play nine more games, eight of which have been arranged. A date for & game with the Devitt School nine in Washington is to be set before the card will be completed. Here is the schedule as announced by Manager Lloyd Coates: Today, Oxon Hill; April 24, Devitt: April 26, Laurel Hign, April 30, Gonzaga: May 2 However, it was Ingram | £ THE EVENING STAR, Lambert, Former C. U. Star, Bemoans Loss of Pep in Contests Here. — LACK of color in college sports about Washington and the want of a traditional battle or two in foot ball is bemoaned by John (String) Lambert, who was a reat basket ball player at Catholic University 16 years ago. Lambert is here from Trenton, N. J., looking over fondly remembered scenes at Brookland, where once he was an outstanding figure. “In_ all the years since Georgetown and Virginia broke off,” he observed sadly, “there hasn't been a single foot ball game developed. I mean one of the traditional kind that everybody looks forward to, no matter what the strength of the contesting teams. It looks as though the George Washington-Catho- lic University game will be one of that kind in not many years. Let's hope so, anyway.” It warmed “String” a bit to see Cath- olic University defeat Bucknell, 4 to 0, and win its first base ball victory of the season, after losing six straight. But the stands were bare, in con- trast with the old days, and even the few students who watched the contest and the superb pitching of Lou Hurley showed little enthusiasm. “Certainly not llke it used to be,” muttered the old grad, “when we had some real ball clubs. Why, back in 1913 I managed a Catholic University team that won 23 straight games, play- ing about three a week.” String Lambert recently was declared by Fred Rice, the Cardinal coach, to be the greatest center he has tutored in 18 years of service at Brookland. ‘The blond giant reminisced—— “What everybody believed was the finest shot I ever made was just & lucky fluke,” he laughed. “It was in the last game we played with Georgetown. I stood under the Georgetown basket and threw the length of the hall for a field goal. I was try- ing merely to pass the ball to Red Mc- Donald, who was standing beneath our basket.” “String” sent his kid brother to Cath- olic University with scant hope that Jimmy would follow in his athletic footsteps. “He didn't care anything about lasket ball,” explained Lambert, “but they dragged him out for the freshman team. Jimmy played in one game, I believe, and distinguished himself by scoring & goal for the enemy. ' That was the last straw. Jimmy ended his basket ball career then and there.” 'FRIDAY, Phoenix A. C. to Play Uniteds In Opening Contest on Sunday HOENIX Athletic Club's base “ball team will open its season Sunday at 2:30 o'clock 'minu United Typewriter Unil on the Kenilworth diamond. Phoe- nix players are asked to report on the grounds at 2 o'clock. Games with out-of-town teams are sought by the Phoenix nine for Sun- days and holidays. Write L. C. Risler, 240 Tenth street southeast, or telephone Lincoln 3370-W, between 4:30 and 6:30 pm. An unlimited class base ball team will represent Goldenberg's Department Store this season. There will be a drill on diamond No. 3, Monument Grounds, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Games_with Indlan Head Cardinals, virginia White Sox, Berwyn, Company K (Fort Washington), and other out- of-town teams are sought. Challenges are being received by Clark in the Goldenberg's store's sporting goods de- artment or at Main 5220, branch 130, tween 9:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Potomac Junior class base ballers will meet tonight at 7 o'clock at French's Sport Store, 721 Fourteenth street, to discuss plans for their Capital City League season. Teams holding franchises in the Georgetown Church Base Ball League and teams interested in joining are ask- ed to attend a meeting of the loop to be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Peck | 5405 Church gym, Twenty-eighth and Penn- sylvania avenue, at 8 o'clock. Eastern All-Star Insects will face Clyde Milans in a base ball game to- morrow morning at 9 o'clock on Plaza Field. Manager Lefty George wants all the Easterns on hand at 8:30. A practice game for Sunday is sought by Isherwood A. C. nine which has a diamond. Call Lincoln 5233 between 7 and 8 pm. Members of the insect, midget, junior and senipr class Corinthian A. C. base ball teams will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at Immaculate Conception Hall, Eighth and N streets, Measurements for uni- forms will be made and contracts will be issued. A. B. & W. Busmen, who were to meet Addison A. C. Sunday on the Ar- lington, Va., diamond, will not play the engagement until a week from Sunday. The bus boys will idle Sunday out of respect for Joe Beaucamp, an ardent fan, who died yesterday. Joe Beaucamp, jr., is a member of the bus nine. . Dixle Pig and Seamen Gunner nines are to clash Sunday on the navy yard diamond at 3 o'clock. Because of a conflict in dates Lionel Juniors are forced to cancel their dia- mond game with Powhatan Juniors slated for Sunday and instead will meet Hadley Juniors on the North Ellipse Fleld at 3 o'clock. Games with unlimited class teams are sought by Mount Rainler's nine. A contest for Sunday is especially wanted. Call George Bakersmith at Hyattsville 1548 between 8 and 9 p.m. Kentmore A. C. is casting about for a diamond match with an unlimited class team for Sunday. Call North 550 between 9 and 5 p.m. Officers for the next six months will be elected at a meeting tonight of Na- tional Press Building Cardinals base ball team in Suite 1170 of the Press building at 7:30 o’clock. i Manager Bill Flester, at Franklin 6764, is after a game for Sunday with an unlimited class out-of-town nine. Aztecs are gunning for a match with an unlimited' division nine for Sunday. The team has a diamond.. Challenges are being received py Joe Much at Lin- coln 8624. Games with teams in their class are sought by Sparrow Insects. Call North LILLY CHOSEN CAPTAIN OF POTOMAC CLUB NINE Bob Lilly has been elected captain of the Potomac Boat Club basket ball team for mext season. He is one of the best all-around athletes in the city, being a clever foot ball player and boxer, in ad- dition to a court star. 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