Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
COLLEGE BASE BALL.
TITLE FOR PENNSY
Has Lost But Four Games
During Season and Beat
the Best.
By Edward R. Bushnell.

BY Edward r. Bushnell.
1t is hardly necessary to await the form
al ending of the intercollegiate base
ball season to award the intercollegiate
championship of the diamond to the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania for the second
time. 1t is true that Harvard and Yale
have not yet completed their series, but
both the Crimson and the Blue have al
ready been eliminated as contenders for
these hOnors. Strictly speaking there
is no such thing as an intercollegiate
championship in base ball. because there
is no association Of colleges for the con-
troll of this sport. The only solution of
the problem is the comparative number
which plays all the other contenders
1t Is not surprising in the least that
several minor colleges. notably Williams
and Lafayette, have come to the front
with claims to the title, but these two
can hardly expect serious consideration
with Pennsylvania Yale. Princeton, Cor
nell and Harvard. This statement is
made because the smaller colleges, al
though they may have victories to their
credit over the big universities. do not
play the same sort OF schedules as the
of four or five big teams these minor
institutions play smaller colleges through
out. and If they were obliged to meet
as many big opponents as the big five
and within the same period, their repu-
tatiOns would suffer considera bly,.
AS case in point Lafayette and Will
liams may be cited. Both OF these
teams were fortified by one phenomenal
pitcher. De Mott was the twirler for
Lafayette, and Templeton for Williams
De Mott pitched Lafayette to notable vic
tories over Princeton and Pennsylvania
In the only games they played while
Templeton vanquished Harvard, Yale and
Dartmouth. These two men were I'M
usually expert pitchers, probably among
the best of the year. but If they had
been called upon more frequently and
had been compelled to pitch In two games
against these big colleges their records
would not have been SO good.
1t Is. therefore. only fair to eliminate
all the competing colleges but Pennsyl-
vania, Princeton. Cornell, Yale and Har-
ward. Columbia had the honor of defeat
ing Pennsylvania in an early season game
by a single run, but the New Workers
didn't play the other big colleges. and,
therefore, are not on the same footing.
Pennsylvania played a series of three
games with Cornell, two games with
Yale and two with Princeton. Cornell
was beaten in two Of the three. Yale
In both. while the series with Prince
teen-inning tie for Pennsylvania. The
Pennsylvanians lost but four games
during the season-once to Columbia
once to Brown, once to Lafayette
and once to Cornell. They won the
series, though, with Cornell, beat Brown
once and played but single game each
with Columbia and Lafayette. They also
lost two practice gameS-Yale at Atlantic
City during the Easter vacation-but
these games were not part of the regu
To- ady11n nd nv
two brilliant victories later in the season.
The Red and Blue did not play Harvard.
but the Crimson lost the series to
Princeton and the Tigers lost to the
Quakers. That disposes of any claims
Harvard might have to honors.
The success Of the Pennsylvania team
during the last two years has been quite
sensational. 1t can be attributed directly
to the return to the professional system
Of coaching and the possession of an I'M
usually good staff of pitchers. Until Roy
Thomas. the former Philadelphia and
Pittsburg National Lacquer was appoint
ed as coach the QuakerS were f1ounderlnS
along with graduates who knew little OF
the fine points of the game. Thomas is
a graduate of Pennsylvania and well In
structed in base ball generalship. and
also is a clever coach. He was handi-
capped at the start when the faculty ath-
letic committee removed from the team
four of the best players, including the
captain, for summer base ball playing
with professional or Semi-professlonal
teams. Thomas, therefore, had to build
up almost an entirely new team. 1t was
fortunate that he had Schultz to pitch the
big games, for this youngster has proven
himself one of the best twirlers any col
lege has developed in number of years
He had an accident this year and was not
quite as good as in 1869, but was well
supported by Watts and Marshall. Coach
Thomas also developed a team of hitters.
and hardly one OF the big games passed
without some spectacular long hitting. AS
practically the entire Pennsylvania team
will be back next year, the Quakers will
start the season Of 1911 with big ad-
vantage over their rivals.
For team that started out badly Cor
nell made a most sensational squirt. The
Ithacans didn't get started until the sea-
son was half over, and then they came
to the front with u decisive defeat or
Pennsylvania and ended their season by
withdrawing Yale in the only game
they played with the Ellis. Much of the
Ithacsns' success was due to the fine
pitching of GOodwillie. who was not far
behind such men as Schultz, Templeton
and DeMott in his effectiveness. Cornell
was coached by DAME! Coogan, a gradu-
ate of Pennsylvania, and a~teammate OF
Roy Thomas, the Quaker coach.
Harvard Crew the Favorite.
For much the same reason that the
rowing experts annually favor Cornell to
win on the Hudson do they count on
Harvard to beat Yale in the dual regatta
of these two New England universities
on the Thames at New London. This
year the annual race takes place next
Thursday. and at this writing the Grim
son looks like the winner. There are
plenty of good reasons for believing that
Harvard will win. OF first Importance is
the fact that Harvard has q powerful
eight, one which not only outWeiKha