Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
CLOSE RACE EXPECTED
IN COLLEGE BASE BALL
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton
and Harvard Have Good
Teams.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

The opening of the intercollegiate base
ball season during Easter week and the
character Of ball played by the various
big teams furnish evidence enough that
there will be a lively fight for the inter
collegiate championship between lale'
Pennsylvania. Princeton and Harvard.
Little is known to date concerning the
strength of Harvard, due to the fact that
the Crimson starts its season SO late IN
the year. Yale, Pennsylvania ana
Princeton however. look to be stronger
than usual They showed this by the al
most uniform success they achieved OH
their southern trips during the Easter
holidays. In previous years teams like
Georgetown and Virginia, partly by rea-
son of their earlier start, but also because
they are naturally strong at the game,
have usually had the better of the argu-
ment with their northern visitors. But
this year all three of the colleges named
have had the better of their series. and
for this reason interesting contests are
expected when they meet III their chahi-
pionstip games later in the season.
There has already been one meeting De-
tween two of the big college teams, these
being Yale and Pennsylvania. who PLAYED
a game at Atlantic City during Easter
X.
margin. but it was dearly bought VIC
tory, Capt. Philbin of the ELS SUSTAINING
a broken ankle, which will probably Keep
him out of the game for the remalndef
of the season In his absence eX-Capt.
Mummy will be in charge of the team.
The strength of the Yale team prom
ises to lie in the all-round playing OF the
men, especially in the hitting line Coy
the star foot ball player. Is deVeioplns
INTO a first-ciass pitcher. while seVerai o.
-t,a,r- frncy
promise.
\ great deal is expected of Pennsyl-
yania in spite of her uefeat 10y a:e,
Since that initial setback the Quakers
have been moving along splendldiy, as
tnev should do with practically all OF
their 1863 veterans back in the harness.
The Ouakers are certain to make GOOD
showing this spring, since they still pos
sess. Shultz, the best pitcher In collese
ranks. In addition to Shultz' the heo
and Blue has developed -first-class man
in Marshall.
Princeton's success to date shows thai
the Tigers have two good twirlers IN
Noodle and Greenbaum. with Sood
catcher in Dawson: me Tigers SUI tha
outfield and infield. and are certain 10
make a hard fight. as usual, tor hrst
honors The Cornell nine does not loos
so promising as usual, having just lost
it's star pitcher, f G ths twirIers ''" '
All of these teams will continue to play
the minor colleges for the remainder of
this month, and will then enter the hnal
stretch for championship honors by meet.
ing each other during the HoHths u
May and June.
SURPRISES in Track Athletics.
The track and field situation among the
different universities has been prolific
in SURPRISES during the last few weeks.
These concern Pennsylvania. Yale. Michi-
gan and cornell. At the recent indoor
meet held at Columbia University Yale
defeated Pennsylvania in the two-mile
relay race, and in SO doing produced a
star half-miler who is likely to ma -e
trouble at the coming intercollegiate
meet. The man in person is kirjassoff,
who halls from Russia. Starting on the
last relay against w. c. PAUL of Penn
sylvania, hitherto supposed to be in
vincible at this distance, the Yale man
beat the Quaker by two yards. and ac
complished it in the remarkably fast
time of 1.56 10, just four-fifths of a
record The fact that Kirk jassoff beat
PAUL. in New York though, is not evil
dence enough that he can do it on an
outdoor track. If PAUL shows the same
make a new record for this distance
but he will have to be at his best to
win from such a good man as Kirk
Jassoff.
Up at Cornell they are developing man
they think can take the measure of PAUL
in the mile run. This is Taylor, the holder
of the intercollegiate two-mile record of
927 3-5. Taylor ran the stance for first
time in the indoor meet against Michigan
Although this was his first effort at this
distance, he was just beaten out by Capt
May of the Michigan team. in 4.3O. Cor
nell has number of good two-milers,
the best of whom are Capt. Young, De
Golyer and Berna, SO that Taylor can be
used to better advantage In the mile run
The intercollegiate mile this year SHOULD
bring together an exceptionally fast field
with PAUL, May. Taylor Jacques or Har-
ward and lowering of the Pennsylvania
team, who has been showing unusual
form of late. having run the distance
twice in one week in 4.31.
In the meet between Pennsylvania and
Johns Hopkins. Burdick of the Quaker
team won the high jump by clearing the
bar at 6 feet 2ha inches, only three-quar-
tiers of an inch below the intercollegiate