The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
|NANY CANDIDATES FOR
GEORGETOWN NINE
Outdoor Work toCommence
After Wednesday.
JEROME BRADLEY TO COACH
Plenty OF Raw Material to Be Devel-
opcd, But Many Fear Team Is
WoefuIly Weak in the Box.

Prospects Of Georgetown University 4
having a fast baseball team this sea
son are growing brighter everyday. \
call for the candidates was made several I
weeks ago. but owing 10 the heavy snow !
fail IL was impossible 10 do any out
door work The men Did not report. 4
second call viii be issued tomorrow,
and Manager Joe Miller and Captain
Apperius believe that the largest num-
Der Of candidates that ever tried for the
Blue and Gray team will be on deck
There are already about forty students
who nave significd their intention Jf
trying for positions.
Bradley Fine Coach
Jerome Bradley. Princeton 80. who has
been selected to coach the team. will re-
port at the university on Wednesday,
and from then until the end OF the sea-
son he will instruct the candidates.
Bradley pitched for the Tigers when ne
attended the Black and Orange uni
yersity. and proved a valuable man. &c
will take the candidates on the field the
first clear day after Wednesday. and
will keep them hard at work until the
first game. which will be played on the
Blue and Gray campus. on March 20,
with the Maryland Agriculture College.
The wealth of inexperienced and the
dearth Of good men makes things about
even. and the Blue and Gray tribe
should administer a few drubbings TO
the Big Four before the close OF the
season.
In looking over the men it is found
ever was Bowling. the crack first
haseman. who has looked after that i'm
portant territory for the past two sea-
sons. viii guard the initial sack this
year. Little Dorman has been shifted
over to short territory, succeeding
Moran, who viii play professional ball
with the Senators this year. Morgan,
who held third down in such excellent
fashion last year. will be seen in the
same position again this season. despite
the numerous rumors 10 the contrary
AS vet no one has been selected 10 hll
the vacancy by shifting Dorman to short.
but some OF last years infeld substi-
tutes will doubtless be placed at sec
ond
There are four promising candidates
Tor the position behind the plate
team. is an excellent catcher. and in
view OF his position il will be necessary
for him to be somewhere in the
inheId in order to best protect
Ceorgetown's interests. Drake. who
did lot of receiving last year
while Drill was member of the
team. and all of it after the latter
Joined the professional ranks. is at the
nd vii
between catching and in the outheld
He covers both positions equally well
Carroll. of last years football team, anS
Hart Who VIII captain the Blue anC
GRAY eleven next season. are also can
oidates for the big mitt-
Lack of Pitching Material.
Alas, the Blue and Gray pitching de
partment is miserably weak The hes
men that Georgetown had last year ar
gone. They are Blewett. Cox. MaclHay
Moran. DisseH. Golden, Drill, an
O'Hara. The three first named men ar
pitchers of the first water and pilote
GEORGETOWN TO victory on numerous &C
casions. Blewett defeated Washingto
last year. as did Cox. Blewett even wen
so far as TO compel the world-fame
sIugger, Edward Delehanty, to max
three vicious swipes at his elusive bend
ers without making any connectio
whatsoever with them
Men Are inexperienced.
With one exception. all OF the cand
dates for the position in the &C ter
The diamond are new men. without e.
perience. Fay. who twirled for la,
years team. is the exception. He wi
be the war horse this year. and gre'
deal will be expected from him. Tt
other candidates are VIII Thompson.
brother OF the manager OF athletic
who has shown up exceptionally well
the practice in the corridors at the un
Yersity and who looks like a stron
sturdy. hard-working twirler. Titus
also promising. while Ryan and CharI
Cox are both almost certain TO scCU
the much-coveted position. These ne
have had no experience. but IL IL b
Ieved that Bradley. who is an o
twirler. will infuse little life and col
ndence into them.
When the schedule was announced Il
game with the Washington team had u
been arranged. Saturday March Is.
the day set for The game. Three gam
we're played last year. but only one
them was scheduled. The others we
arranged on the spur Of the moment
may happen that other games will be a
ranged after the initial meeting.
Umpire Belts who handled the ind
Gator last year and went through q
season without having a decision que
Toned, has been selected as the arbit
this year.