Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1929, Page 29

ST ORTS, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929 and TSe SPOR 29 Opposition to Spring Foot Ball Practice in Colleges Has About Subsided SEENS ESSENTAL TOWNNINGEANES 70 Per Cent Now Have It and Leading Elevens Come From This Group. BY H. C. BYRD. PRING foot ball practice seems to have become an accepted part of the athletic program in the colleges. Originally attempts to carry the Fall sport over into the Spricg months, in efforts to develod | greater efficiency for the follow- | ing year, raised a howl from coaches of Spring sports, but ad- | justments seem to have been worked out almost everywhere so that there is very little objection from this source. In fact, very little objection now is being raised | from any direction. Probably one of the most interesting bits of information that have been given out recently about Spring foot ball practice comes from Hugo Bezdek at Penn State. Bezdek early last Win- ter began a general inquiry among all colleges and universides to determine what factors influenced most _directly success in foot ball and a summaticn of replies to the questionnaire he sent out indicates very strongly that Spring practice plays a big part in the building of an eleven for the following Fall. Approximately 70 per cent of the teams of the country have Spring practice and in this 70 per cent were found the successful elevens. Have Quieted Down. General opposition, that is such op- position as arose from faculty members ‘who felt that foot ball was being over- emphasized, seems to have subsided. It seems to have been a case of students ‘using their recreation hours each day for foot ball and after three or four ars of such workouts evidently no ful results were found. About the only criticisms that followed that were from coaches of Spring sports who na- turally wanted to get all the material available for their squads and not have some of the best material-lost in foot ball workouts which, from their point of view, counted for little. However, these objections have been met in many places by simply turning over to the Spring sports coaches such varsity men as were desired and having the other members of the gridiron squad practice foot ball. At some Pplaces, however, Spring foot ball is just about the same as Fall foot ball, with the same men taking part in it. In some of the big universities, as one coach put it,, the foot ball players play foot ball, the base ball players play base ball, the basket ball players play basket ball and the track men are out on the track, and it is definitely under- stood that if there are not enough star athletes to go round it makes no difference. Another thing that is helping to meet the situation is that in the South the schools have their Spring foot ball in February and March and usually guit the first or second week in April, before Spring sports get well under way. In the North, where big cages with dirt floors are available, Spring foot ball also is held during the Winter and then ex- tends somewhat into the outdoors as soon as Spring opens sufficiently to al- low outdoor workouts. Jones, Meehan Defend It. Tad Jones,of ¥ale and Chick Meehan ©of New York Us ity, speaking at the Georgetor et a short while back, in ‘defending Spring foot #hat there was no rea- players should not use rs in this kind of any other, and both why they felt Spring ible. of ‘Virginia Military In- stitute thim that, for the early sea- son games, Spring foot ball makes a lot of difference. In other words, that any squad with six or eight weeks of prac- tice in the previous Spring against a ad that not had such practice ig ge in October. Raftery does not feel that the difference is so noticeable in_November. It is a fact, however, that the good teams almost every Fall are teams that have had a lot of practice the previous Spring. Georgetown has done a good deal in the last two months to build its October eleven. At least Coach Little feels that way about it. It is Little's policy to make Spring_practice just as near what it is in the Fall as it can be, and if anybody doubts that Little car- ries out that policy that person can get ample testimony from members of the Blue and Gray squad. Naval Academy pursues a policy some- ‘what different to that of Little. Bill Ingram kept his men out for about six weeks this Spring and did so not so much with the idea of having a lot of real foot ball, but more to develop men in specialties. As Ingram told the writer: “Spring foot ball for us this year is a process of making four or five men in certain particulars. We have some vacant spots that have to be filled, and some men must be developed in special lines to enable them to fill those vacancies.” South Has Advantage. Down South Spring foot ball has taken on a more serious aspect than anywhere else. Take North Carolina, for instance. There a big squad was divided into four squads, each squad labeled a name, and two games played each week. Squad A would meet squad B on Wed- nesday and Squad C would play Squad D on Saturday. Washington and Lee had a regular game last week as a part of its workouts, and it is said that the University of Virginia has been doing a Jot more serious training this Spring than any time in previous years. H Unless something unusual happens in the collegiate world, Spring foot ball ‘will hold a regular and accepted place in Spring activities. Adjustments to meet local conditions in the several universities and colleges seem to have allayed opposition from coaches of other sports, and there seems to have been little foundation for any other opposi- tion. At any rate, the great majority of gridiron squads are going through | their strenuous paces every Spring and spparently will continue. — SALO ADDS 17 MINUTES TO LEAD IN PYLE DERBY MIDLAND, Tex., May 20 (@ — Johnny Salo, Passaic, N. J., policeman, held first place in elapsed time in C. C. Pyle’s cross country race, by 21 min- utes and 30 seconds at the start of to-| day's 22-mile jaunt to Odessa. Salo added 17 minutes to his lead yesterday when he and Sam Richman ©of New York, stepped the 40 miles from Big Spring in 5:09:05 to tle for first place. Pete Gavuzzi of England, who held the lead until Saturday, was tled for third with Herbert Hedeman, New York, in 5:26:05. The leaders: 1. John Salo. Passaic, N. 2 71, E: 3., 330:45:07. hma; 3 4 Ba v 5. Paul Simpson, Burlington, 262:53:33. France plans to send a team num- bering from 20 to 25 athletes to the Olymplic games in Los Angeles in 1932, Lonly Columbia, but every eight from San Francisco Bay to the canal in Holland. BOWN THE LINE | WITH W. 0. McGEZHAN. [ Columbia Waves Her Shirts. | HEY used to gauge the prowess of braves by the number cf scalps in the | wigwam. In intercollegiate rowing they judge the strength of a crew | by the number of shirts in the quarters. “The Columbia Spectator” re- perted recently that in the Manor House, where the Columbia crew abides during the season, there were already 180 rowing shirts won from the backs of other crews swinging on the line. There are shirts from the crews of Kent, Navy, Yale, Pennsylvania and | | Princeton, and members of the Columbia.crew insist that they have not yet begun to ccllect shirts. Before the line is taken down they expect to have shirts from every college that has a crew. All of this weuld be very shocking to Base Ball Commissioner Kene- | saw Mountain Landis, who made famous the admonition “Keep your shirt cn.” The gentleman at whom the admonition was aimed failed to heed it, with the consequence that he has since been more or less forgotten. It is a terrible thing for one to lose his shirt in an argument or in a rowing race. | ‘Though a Columbia crew beat Harvard in an Olympic try-out, there are n Harvard shirts in the Columbia collection. Members of the Columbia crew, Wh(") asked why not, at first were reticent. Then they said that thore was no shiri bet ting on this race. i ; i The origin of the custom of crews betting their shirts is comparativel recent. The wagering occurs as the shells are pulling up to the starting poini. As they drew close to each other, the coxswain or the captain shouts to the other shell, “Want to bet?” If the reply is in the afirmative the losing crew at the end of the race must peel off their shirts and pass them to the victors. The custom is so firmly established that the well wishers of a crew de- parting to row in foreign waters, instead of using the old Spartan admonition, “Return with your shield or on it,” shout after the departing watermen, Cgme back with your shirts.” This custom adds strength to the old expression, “He lost his shirt.” The future holds something truly magnificent for Columbia in the matter of shirt collecting. There is the Poughkeepsie regatta next month, and in this greatest of rowing events, in addition to Columbia there are eight crews. The entrants are California, Washington, Wisconsin, Navy, Pennsylvania, Cornell, M. I. T. and Syracuse. ‘They are not telling their plans on the Height officially that as the crews row into position for the around them all with the query, “Do you want to bet?” You can imaginc the result if Columbia winds up the season by winning this one. 1t does not take a statistician to tell that it would mean 64 shirts for the collection in one afternoon, But it must bs remembered that the wonder crew of California beat.not but T have learned un- tart Columbia will row It would have a very depressing effect upon the collectors at Columbia if Cali- fornia should take back all those shirts, including Columbia’s, to fly in the breezes at the summit of, Grizzly Peak, which is behind the university grounds at Berkeley, Calif. Still, the Columbians are willing to bet their shirts on the Poughkeepsie regatta. \ Don't Give Up the Shirt. ) OMEHOW the shirt-surrendering gesture is a much more graceful one than the tearing down of goal posts and less annoying to any constabulary that might happen to be in the vicinity. After all, a goal post. after it is subdivided into sections enough to be distributed to all the old grads and undergraduates, does not seem so much. A shirt can be tied to a line and flaunted in the breeze. It might not be a bad idea if foot ball players should follow after.the watermen and bet their jerseys or their helmets or their socks. Then there would be no mad scramble for the goal posts. The trophies would be taken away by the men who won them in the same quiet and unostenta- u}?{‘:'i fashion in which the victorious crews relieve the vanquished of their shirts. The surrender of the shirt, or rather the tail of it, is an ancient custom among deer hunters. As the deer season is in the Fall and it might be fatal to relieve a man of his entire shirt, the custom is to cut off the tail of that essential garment when a man misses a deer. This then is nailed to the cabin door as a token of reproach for the poor marksman. At the Dover Hall Club, near Brunswick, Ga., they have covered an entire door with portions of shirts that have been worn by Mr. Joseph Heintzman, and among the famous shirt tails on exhibition at the hunting lodge is one snipped from the person of Big Bill Thompson of Chicago. (Copyright, 1929.) MARKS INDANGER " xSt seonrs INBIG TEN GAMES TODAY. ‘Tech vs. St. John's (base ball), Mon- ument Grounds. Six Likely to Be Shattered in Title Competition Next Saturday. Hyattsville High vs. Eastern High (base ball), Eastern. < St. John’s vs. St. Alban's (Prep s:hcol Tennis League match), St. Al- n's. Georgetown Prep vs. Priends (Prep School Tennis League match), Friends. TUESDAY. Western vs. Georgetown Prep (base ball), Garrett Park, Md. ‘WEDNESDAY. AR St. John's: vs. Eastern (ba Eastern Stadium. THURSDAY . . _ Vs, Georgetown Universfty (tennis), Georgetown. FRIDAY. »ogetaid Public high school championship track meet, Central High Stadium, 3:15 o’clock. Devitt in Newark, N. J,, prep school meet. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, May 20.—Six records will be in danger Friday and Saturday when Big Ten track and fleld stars invade Dyche Stadium at Northwestern Uni- versity, for the twenty-ninth annual ‘Western Conference championships. George Simpson, Ohio State sprini flash, will be after new marks in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. star has beaten 0:09.7 in the century and 0:21.12 seconds for the furlong, the conference records, and with sufficient competition has an excellent chance of repeating. Vaulting Duel Promised. ‘The pole vault promises a great four- handed battle between Tom Warne of Northwestern, Henry Canby of Iowa and George Otterness and Hess of Minne- sota. Warne, Canby and Otterness have carried on a battle all Spring, each doing better than 13 feet, 3 inches, the conference mark. Hess became a possi- ;:/ulty Saturday in the dual meet with owa, tying with Canby at 13 feet, 3% inches. Dave Abbott, one of Illinois’ great group of middle distance and distance stars, is expected to improve on his mark of 9:23.7 in the two-mile, if suffi- cient competition is produced. Arlie Mucks’ 13-year-old record of 155 feet 2 inches in the discus will be the target of Pete Rasmus, Ohio State weight star, who lately has approached it. Wilford Ketz, Michigan captain, is expected to improve his own record in the hammer, set last year. Tllinois is figured to repeat its victory of last year, but will find trouble with ©Ohio State and Michigan. The Buckeyes established themselves as a threat by outclassing Chicago, Wisconsin and Northwestern in a quadrangular meet last week. * Ohio has great strength in the dashes and hurdles, and- consider- able power in the field events. Stage Close Meet. Michigan was beaten by Illinois Saturday in their annual duel event, but did not bow until the final event. Chances for first place in the hammer and low hurdles, and ibilitles for other points make the Wolverines dangerous, Indiana will have two stars in Pields, distance man, and Reinhardt, javelin champion; Purdue has Martin, who is capable of taking either the half mile, or mile, and Wisconsin will bank on | Sammy Behr, shotputter, and Moe, | mile runner, for top places, { Chicago has possibilities in Gist, middle-distance star; Weaver, who tied | Behr in the shot Saturday, and Frey, | in the high jump. Rut Walter, Big Ten quarter-mile champion, has recovered | from a basket ball injury, and is favored i to give the Wildcats a first place, while Brown is expected to finish high in the javelin, SCHOOLS PLAY TWO GAMES TOMORROW Two base ball games comprise the scholastic athletic card hereabout to- morrow. Western High's nine will visit Gar- rett Park, Md, to engage Georgetown Prep and Hyattsville High and Upper Marlboro High are to hook up on the University of Maryland diamond at Col- | lege Park in a match that will decide the Prince Georges County, Md. cham- | pionship, ‘Two diamond matches and as many tennis engagements were listed for schoolboy athletes today, but indications were that the weather would interfere with, if not break-up the whole pro- gram. On the diamond Tech and St. John's were to face on the Monument lot, and Eastern and Hyattsville High were to clash in the Eastern Stadium. Prep Schcol Tennis League matches were listed between St. John's and St. Alban’s, Georgetown Prep and Friends and Devitt and Gonzaga. ‘Tech Freshmen SATURDAY. Loyola High of Baltimore vs. Central (tennis), here. Devitt vs. Charlotte Hall (base ball), Charlotte Hall, Md. APPETIZING HEALTH~ BUILDER SATISFYING Beware of Imitations When your thirst calls for satis- faction — call for a bottle of Valley Forge Special— Drink deep—at last the good, old taste—the real, old flavor — how well it satisfies. o : Slleroune AT GROCERS, DELICATESSENS VALLEY FORGE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 624 L Street, S. E. Lincoln 5410 _ ; nothing being scheduled either tomor- row or Tuesday. Many Washingtonians doubtless will journey to Baltimore Saturday to see the University of Maryland engage its | arch foe, Johns Hopkins, at la crosse in | the Baltimore Stadium. ~All athletic | meetings between the Old Liners and Blue Jays attract more than usual at- tention, especially those in foot ball and \a crosse. Georgetown will play the first game ON TS LAST LEGS | Only Four Events Scheduled| 2%t *onaes he Beovidence " the | Rhy s v. The next ds 11 This Week and but One | find the Hova tossers clashing with soly of Them Here. COLLEGE CAMPAIGN Cross at Worcester. The Blue and Gr | will play every day the following week beginning Monday, except Saturday, in continuing their Northern foray. WEDNESDAY. Gallaudet vs. Catholic University at Catholic U. (track). FRIDAY. Georgetown vs. Providence at Provi- | dence, R, I. (base ball). SATURDAY. Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins ITh only four varsity events | listed and only one of these | carded for a strictly home | setting, this will be a lean week for college athletes of the District college group. In the only event here Gallaudet's track team will invade the Catholic Uni- versity Stadium Wednesday for a dual | meet with Dorsey Griffith's Cardinal Ealtimore Stadium (la_crossc). ~inder pathers. This event will be the | ~Georgetown vs. Holy Cross at Worces- arst.of the week for the collegiatcs, | ter, Mass. (base ball). at NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S lacrosse team, which pla Johns Hopkins in the Baltimore Stadium next Saturday and Navy in Annhapslis, has a better defcnsive and defensive 1n the Johnnies and the Navy, undefeated 12s which are out in title race. St. 7 hn's, which closed its season last S:'urday by defeating Johns Hop- kins in a stirring. 7-to-5 battle in the Baltimore Stadium, has won all its 12 games; Navy has an unbroken string of | 8, whi'e Maryland has taken 8 out of 9. | Union College, which also has a clean slate, has not played a schedule com- parable with that of any of the three Old Line State teams, Not Much Difference. Maryland, in it nine games, has chalked up 97 points to 14 for its rivals; St. John's in its dozen engagements has | registered 124 against 24, while Navy in U | stight1- | recora | the tv front in th wmmw ()17 Fourth Annual Trade-in Sale Tires at lowest prices ever Old Line Lacrossers Set Pace | In Offensive, Defensive Work 3; Virginia, 12 to 1, and Randolph-Ma~ con, 16 to 1. Comparison of the like games played by Maryland and Navy show the Old Liners and Middies in practically an even light. Maryland trimmed New York University, 10 to 1; Randolph- | Macon, 16 to 0, and Georgia Tech, 14 P = !to 0. Navy beat New York University, | St 5%: Navys 10 3.3 against 11 to 0; Randolph-Macon, 13 to 1, and | - s = . | Georgia Tech, 14 to 0. 1 3-4, and St. John's 10 1-3 against 2. St. John's, Maryland and Navy also There are only two comparisons of- | present the leading individual scorers. fered between the Maryland and Hop- | Ferris Thomsen of St. John's has count- kins teams. 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