Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-01


versity of Pennsylvania in the first intercole.
giate base ball game will bring sorrow to the
hearts of the followers of the blue and like
publication to the admirers of the boys from
the Quaker city. The .clinging to the under
! graduate rule on the part Of Yale and the dis
regard of it by the Pennsylvanians no doub,
/ had its effect on the personnel of the two teams
The splendid showing made by Georgetown
University against the Washingtons on We'd.
nesday fully sustained the expectations that
! the boys from across Rock creek would place a
nine in the field this year which would COM
| pare most favorablv with the other college
! teams of the country. and give this CITY col
| leSe amateur nine which could DC looked upon
| with pride
| The admirers of amateur sports can hardly
complain OF the quality of the games that they
have had thus far and will have an opportunity
| OF seeing next week. With the Yale game YES
| terday and Harvard next week. besides Column
bia College and Swathmore. surely there should
be no fault finding
THE CoLUMBIAs NEW GROUNDS.
! In this connection the statement. made in last
Saturdays STAR that the Columbia Athletic
| Club will secure a lease on the Van Ness prop
ertv in order that grounds NAV be provided for
their athletes can be reiterated with the former
assurance. The matter has been prac-
tically closed. and only few details
contract is signed. Those who have
been opposing the leasing of these grounds or
IN fact any other athletic grounds at this time
are taking rather pessimistic view of the sit
uauon. No institution ever made any money
without the outlay of some finance.
1t is not the intention Of the club to make IN
extravaSant expenditure in order to put the
field in good condition to be utilized but a
small outlay, such isintended will repay itself
doubly in short time. Washington is a sport
I1rrv, aftv- g.,
at a place that at the same time is accessible
and pleasant there can be no doubt that games
or sports of any kind will receive more than a
liberal support.
Besides this there is another question to be
considered. In conversation with some of
those who have been prominent in the athletic
circles OF the {. A. Z. STAR reporter
was informed that many Of the athletes feel
on account of the delay that has occurred
tat nothing will be provided for them and
the time which they might be devoting to
improving themselves in the various branches
of athletics in which they are interested thew
are losing. II this feeling is general there will
come before long disposition on the part OF
some OF the men to 60 where they can have
facilities offered, and their services to the club
would be lost
This matter will, however. probably be settled
before another week passes byand as The STAR
Is informed that the athletic committee ia thor
oughly In sympathy with the desires of the ath-
letes everything will be satisfactorily arranged
and the men can go to work at once.
Instructor Crossley will only be too glad to
take the men under his charge at once. no he Is
very enthusiastic about the material he has,
especially the juniors, some of whom he be.
iieves can be developed into prize winners. II
is to be hoped. in the interests of athletics in
this city, that the present condition Of statu
quo will soon be turned into one of active work
and thai the track and river will be filed with
men ready to bring back prizes to tho capital.
The success with which the recent sparriug
contests at the Columbia Club met has induced
them to attempt to arrange another series Of
goes that will be equally as good. Capt
Mooney has the matter in charge and st 10
thought that by the latter part of this month
the admirers Of the fistic art will have another
opportunity to see some lively contests in the
ring
1t has been decided that Bateman and MUIR
ply OF the c. A. {. will 60 to Baltimore to par
ticlpate In the sparring contests of the Neptune
Club, which will occur the 18th. Bateman
will meet Chase In the 115-pound class and
Murphy will try conclusions with Boucher in
the l5S pounds. Both Of these contests should
be lively aud interesting bouts.
FRANK BUrTERwoRrH IN THE CITY.
Among the interested spectators at the Yale
game Yesterday was Frank Butterworth Of this
city, who made such an enviable record for him
self as the full back of the Yale eleven last fall
He is here for the Easter vacation. and the in
Vulnerable friends which he has here will be
glad to know that he has safely recovered from
the operation which he had performed on bis
arm occasioned by an injury which he received
early In the foot ball season. The operation
was a very successful one, and he has no fears
that his arm will trouble him in the least next
year. ButterwOrth is one of the most popular
men IN college, and his kindly nature always
won for him a host of friends wherever he went.
To- xsxv. ..,.xl I. l.
that the outlook for Yale on the foot bali field
next year was not as brilliant as its followers
would like to have it. Five of last years team
have left college or are barred from further
play on the team by the enactment of the un-
dergraduate rule. OF these they lose both OF
the half backs that did such brilliant work.
After Easter the candidates for the team next
fall will go through some preliminary practice
III order that some idea may be obtained of the
new material which will have TO be developed.
He thinks that the adoption of the under
graduate rule was more harmful to the inter-
ests of Yale than any Of the other teams in the
intercollegiate league, but all of the Yale men
are now prepared to uphold the rule and believe
that IN the interests of amateur athletics it
should be enforced.
YALE DEFEATS THE Y. NJ. C. A.
An excellent attendance marked the OPEN
ing of the Y. NJ. G. A. Park for this season yes
terday when the blue Of Yale waved over the
blue and white Of the local team Many ladies
were among the spectators, and from the colors
which adorned their wraps their sympathies
were evenly divided. The game was a good
one to watch. the lead twice changed, thus
giving the rooters for each team n splendid
opportunity to give vent to their enthusiasm.
1t looked at one time as though the blue
would have to go down, but they changed their
pitcher, and with the Yale vim started in in the
next inning and knocked out six runs, thus
placing them well in the lead.
The Christians showed np remarkably we'll
for their opening game, and had they been
little less nervous when they found themselves
in the van the result would at least have been
closer. As it was the score of IS to was not
bad one for the initiative game
The grounds at the corner of 18th and U
| streets have been put in first-clsss condition
and present as good a diamond az there is in
| the city.
Yale's work was not marked BY any steady
| decisive playing and the men acted as though
| they felt they could win whenever thew desired
| confidence which is bad trait The playing
| Of Rustin at third, jackson behind the mask
| and Arbuthat ut short more like the ola
time Yale work. Case pitched the first four
| innings, but was very wild and ineffective, and
he gave way to Speer, who proved an improve
| ment.
The local team was not up to the standard
| they will reach. Their nervousness was prob
| ably the cause OF the nine errors credited to
| them. The battery were not up to the mark,
| except at intervals Collihower braced and did
| good work.
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