Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-17
THREE DAYS TRIP.
George Washington Team OF for Viz
pinia.

ginia.
The base ball team of the George WASH
ington University left last night on lis
three days trip into Virginia. II was e1-
pected that Capt. Stevenson would accom-
pany the team, but at the last hour he
found 1t impossible to go. The team when
is much stronger than it was last year, will
play this afternoon at Salem, with Roanoke
College as their opponents. Tomorrow they
will be pitted against Washington and Lee
at Lexington. and on Wednesday they VIII
meet the University of Virginia at Char
lottesville. George Washington expects TO
defeat at least Roanoke and the University
of Virginia, but will make no statement in
regard to the game at Lexington WITH
Washington and Lee. This college has
very strong team, and about the same play
ers which composed it last year, with the
exception of several new men. This team
last year defeated nearly every team which
1t played, and that included almost every
college team In Virginia. George Washington
received two defeats at the hands of the
team from Lexington last year, but has hopes
of being able to make a better showing this
season, as their team is much stronger. Pitch
trs Carr Hutchinson, Holland and Thomas
were taken with the team. With Roanoke
this afternoon George Washington hopes to
defeat them decisively, though 1t is well
known that the Salem boys have a strong
aggregation of ball players. Last year they
had the local boys completely shut out at
the close of the ninth inning, as George
Washington found it impossible to touch
the delivery of Roanoke's star southpaw.
but this year the locals have sworn
venge Joe Holland will probably be in the
box. and that alone will serve to bring the
stock of the local collegians higher. In the
game with Washington and Lee Thomas
will be in the box for George Washington,
and If ne pitches up to his present form it
is believed that the hits of the opposing
team will be of scattering nature, he
has fine control of the ball. The only diff
Guilty in the way is, Will George Washington
be able to hit it? If they can connect with
the delivery of the Washington and Lee
pitcher it is more than probable that the
game will be won.
On Wednesday the game with the team
of the University of Virginia at Charlottes-
vile is attracting much attention. Last
year the game between the two colleges
was won by the Virginians by close score
of . to Z, but this year the buff and blue
will have Hutchinson, the star southpaw
of last years team which represented Gum
ton Temple Presbyterian Church in the
Sunday School League. Hutchinson is an
enigma to the opposing batsmen at all
times, and George Washington is sanguine
of success in the game. The local boys
also base their hopes of success in this
game upon the fact that Pennsylvania State
College defeated Virginia by a score of ID
to 2, while George Washington was de-
feated to the tune of Is to 8. At the same
time it must not be forgotten that Vir-
ginia has crack pitchers upon her lists, for
in Pollard and Adams she has two of the
best ones in the colleges of today. Pol
lard is a southpaw who can shoot them
over the plate like lightning, and Adams
has the record of giving Lafayette, which
has a strong team this year, a shutout
George Washington will come straight home
from Charlottesville, playing Williams Col
lege on University Field on Thursday. which
team will also play Georgetown University
before leaving the city. Capt. Stevenson
decided who will he the pifnhPr in
this game but it is more than probable that
the buff and blue will be represented upon
the slab by Carr, with Bradley completing
the battery. George Washington is max
ing no claims as to the result of this game,
as it is well known that Williams is rep
resented this year by one of the strongest
aggregations of ball players which has ever
represented that college upon the diamond.