Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-09
SPORTS OF THE DAY
Short Local Season Of League Base
Ball.
SUCCESS OF GEORGEFOWn'S TEAM
New York Whist Club Defeats
Plainfield.
NEWS IN CHESS CIRCLES

NEWS IN CHESS CIRCLES
The Brooklyn club, twenty strong, ar
| rived in Washington last evening and for
| the next three days will give exhibitions
| at National Park the opposing teams being
| made up as Regulars and Yanigans There
| is not player in the entirs twenty who is
| not in the pink Of condition. Manager
Hanlon has the knack or cleverness of get
ting his men fit as tiddles for the early
games, and as a result their start in the
! championship race is such good one that
! the club afford to take things easy
! when the others are extending themselves
to the limit. The Brooklyns have neen
practicing at Augusta, Ga, for the past
month and the new additions to the team
have become accustomed to their compan-
| ions and surroundings. with the result that
the outfit is even stronger now than 1t was
last season. Jot Kelley will play first as
well as Jennings, and De Montreville is out
CHASING Jimmy Casey at third. In the field
Sheckard takes Keiiey's place and the
other two regulars, Keller and Jones, are
the top-iiners in the center and right gar
dens. With the addition of McGinnity and
Howell from Baltimore to the pitching
staff, it is hard to locate the Superbas any
further down the line than second place,
and it will take an accident to place them
even there.
The game this afternoon starts at 4:15
and will be first-c1ass exhibition in every
particular, as the players, owing to their
fine condition, cannot play poor ball. The
two sides will line up follows:
Brooklyn. Positions. Reserves
Mcclure. ....... catcher .. .Steelman
Kennedy. .....,.. pitcher ...............H Hill
Farrell. first base. Kelley
DAILY. ......... second base. ..Yeager
De Montreville. third base. ......... Casey
Dahlen. short stop. Dunn
Sheckard. left field. 800. .McGnnity
Jones'. .center field. ........... Nops
Keller. ......right field. ........ Howell
The Georgetown University boys were
confronted with another easy proposition
Saturday afternoon on the college campus,
the opposing team being the Johns Hopkins
nine from Baltimore. the final score being
IA to in favor of the locals. Golden and
Mckay did the twirling for the George
towns and their work was of the gilt-edge
variety, but seven hits being secured by the
opposing batsmen. Baker did the pitching
for the visitors, and although his curves
looked like money from home to the boys
IN blue and gray his support was so
wretched that true line cannot be Sc
cured on his ability. Twelve errors are
charged up against the visitors, almost
every man presented with opportunities
falling down. The one bright spot in the
visitors play was Miller, at second base
who accepted his seven chances without
slip up. but he, too, went down before the
prowess of the opposing pitchers. Should
the GeorgetoWnS continue this week their
work of Saturday the big college teams will
have to look to their laurels. They have
been credited with being a weak hitting
combination. but the way the sphere was
driven through the infed and over the
heads of the outfielders was simply a eau
ton. Walsh drove out four hits one a ring
ing drive for four bases, while little Moran
hammered out two doubles and single.
Downes was close up, with three singles,
while Golden followed with two. The To-
Gals heldtug was also good, three of the
Moran. which is good sign these two
men err very seldom. AS before remarked
In these columns the Georgetowns are get
ting better every game, the outside colleges
and universities are becoming aware Of this
fact. and their record on the season will
probably be an exceptionally good one.
The Galaudets' trip to Charlottesville
Va. Saturday proved disastrous, the Uni
versity of Virginia lads having a walk-over,
the score being 8 to 3. A lamentable weak
ness at the bat was probably the cause of
the mutes' fall down, they registered
but five safeties. while their opponents were
checking off thirteen. The fielding of both
teams was almost on par, the University
OF Virginia having four misplays, while the
Gallaudets secured five, The bright par
ticular spot in the mutes' losing game was
the drive of Left Fielder Wheeler when he
faced the speedy curves Of Pinkerton for
propped himself for an outcurve, and as
he guessed right and cut loose with all his
strength the ball was seen to be Journey
ing toward the wilds of Virginia. taking a
graceful curve over the left field fence The
hit was a beauty and Wheeler was given
lots of applause
The first game of the Y. NJ c. A. season
at the local park well earned victory
over the Maryland Agricultural College
lads, the score being IL to 3 in favor of the
former. Captain Nicholson has not secured
his regular team yet to represent the
association. and had to pick his nine play
ers from the entire outfit. His selections
proved good. they simply toyed with the
farmers but four hits going to the WIS.,
itors' credit, while they secured fifteen hits
among them being homers, triples and dou-
bles.
The Central High School team journeyed
to Elicott City Saturday and faced the
Rock Hill College club. the latter winning
by the score of to Z. The locals claim
that an unlucky decision robbed them of
victory, but as they were outbatted and
,, almost fielded as well as the Rock Hill
boys their defeat can probably be ascribed
to better all around work Of their oppo-
nentS.
Other Saturday Games.
At Philadelphia-Pennsyl runs, ~
hits, errors; Carlisle Indians, runs, S
hits. errors. Batteries-Layton, Mevlin
and Flavell: Leroy and Pierce.
At Bethlehem, Pa.-Lehigh, runs, hits,
errors; Columbia, runs. hits errors
BatterieS-kelley and I.illey Marcua and