The Washington times., 1910-03-28
COLLEGE. TEAMS
IN TWO BIG GAMES
Georgetown Meets Prince
ton While Yale Goes
Against Cornell.
TED COY ON SLAB
FOR NEW HAVEN NINE
Logan Cunningham Offciates In
the Box for Jer-
seyites.

Washington today is the cyrosure Of
the eyes Of the intercollegiate baseball
world
-Four Of the strongest university teams
in the country getting into action here
this afternoon in two games that prom
ise to have important bearing on the
final reckoning for the national cham
pionship, centered interest in Washing
ton today.
While Washington has long been IA
vored by visits from nearly all the biz
college mines each spring, today cclipsed
all previous offerings. The interest dis
played and the advance sale of seats
this morning presaged that the combined
crowds would be among the largest that
ever witnessed amateur athletics In
the Capital. and that the crowds would
be a combination of society and fans.
Many RooteTs Here.
So strongly are alumni Of Georgetown.
Princeton, Yale and Cornell represented
IN the younger strata Of Washington s
society that whenever any Of these col
leges participate I'm any sport the
throngs that assemble 20 watch and
cheer are always representative OF
Washington best By curious aCcl-
dent in spring house cleaning at the
White House President Taft misplaced
his date book and when ne settled down
on his couch last night at 1000 PennSyl-
vania avenue. free from insurgents and
ChauteCler creations, ne suddenly re-
memhered that ne had accepted in
VitatiOnS to the Aalc-COTnel game. the
Knights Of Columbus bali, a dance at
the White House and his class banquet
IN New York.
He held a hurried conference with
Secretary Carpenter. and decided 10
make a hasty exit When ne was last
seen he was calmly seated I'm a special
car on his way 10 New OK, leaving
WaShinEtOn'S ball fields and ball rooms
ungraCed by his distinguished presence
while he Is I'm the metropolis eating his
eats, speaking his speech, and then join
ing with his former associate clSr-uDcrS
OF the peace of the New Haven campus
in singing, For God. For Country, and
For Yale
Sherman Is Popular.
With the Chief Executive missing.
Vice President Sherman, who worries
as much Of the downward trend Of the
Washington club as he does about the
upward trend Of Canadian tariff, was
the persona much grata al National
Park.
An four teams spent the morning
IOunging about their hotels, each con-
fdent that IL would be smiles and not
tears when the last inning was over
this evening.
on Saturday Georgetown and Prince
ton battled TO z tie. darkness interfering
before the issue could be decided. so
IOdays game on the west end -icld took
the Blue and Gray, said this morning
that he was undecided who WOULD pitch
but he was Inclined toward Skipper"
Wymard, the big football player. whose
cob rFHH
SATURDAY stopped Princeton when the
Tigers looked ready To make brilliant
finish Should Wyward no. start. BaIZcT
was slated 10 be GeorEetowu's s. choice.
Roaring Bill Clark. the former
Wash.r ton ball player. who is in
charge O. the Princeton squad. said this
mOTnl2E that his team would present fits
greatest strength with White. the vet
eran pitcher in the box In case White
should show any weakness, Logan Gun
nIngham. the washington man was 10
be sent 10 the relief
The lineup given out by the coaches
this morning follows.
The Lineup.
GeorEetown-Hunt, right field; Captain
Murphy. center fields; SItterdng. third
base, Menefee, catcher DUEan, left
field: COgan, second base. Gibson,
shOTtstOp. Feenan, first base. Wymard,
pitcher
Princeton-BaIlin. left field: Bard. cen
ter field, Cunningham, right field. War
wick. second base. Reed. shortstop.
Captain Dawson, catcher; White
pitcher.
Umpire. William Belts
Yale enthusiasts tins morning. beUtliI-
ed the less of her captain, Ph.luin. the
catcher, who suffered a fractured leg
In the game with Pennsylvania at At
lantic City Saturday. Even under this
hsndiCaP the Ellis were most hopeful
vanla they had practically eliminated
Cne OF the strongest cOntendors for Tho
college title.
At a meeting Of the Yale team this
morning Fred Murphy was selected as
captain for the remainder Of tine season.
Gregory. catcher has been sent back
to New Haven. Like Philbln. he Sus-
tained injuries in one Of the Penn
games.
Lush Undecided.
The squad reached here late last night
from the sea shore, and it vas not until
this morning that Coach Lush, another
former Washington player. was able 70
reach a decision as to Just how ne
would place his team on the field.
Ted Coy. conceded to be one Of the
greatest football players of all time.
was slated 10 pitch Tor Yale this AZ
teruOOu, with Badger behind tie hat IN
place Of Captain Philbin.
Although Badger is well rated as d re-
Ceiver. the loss of the leader was felt
as q distinct blow and led one of the
PLAYERS TO remark this morning They
have all hecn EammcrinE poor football
hut after making the Au-AneriCan
eleven and playing through some of the
most gruellng gTldlrOU games In the
past three years. it remained for Steve
Philbir to suffer his first serious aCCi-
dent at baseball. That's what I think
II pretty tough
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