Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

the honor of pitching one no-hit game.
third college man to win this honor
was Long of Lafayette, who shut out
Pennsylvania without the semblance of a
hit.
The good work of Amherst and Dart
mouth was due in large measure to the
excellent pitching of Eckstrom and Yer
non. Both of these men were unusually
consistent and each had the honor OF
winning a game from the other.
Great Chance for College Men.
Another peculiar feature Of the college
base ball season was the fact that in
spite of rather poor base ball played by
the various colleges this year the major
league scouts were unusually keen in
seeking out recruits This, however. is
explained by the great demand for new
players by the major leag le CLUBS. rather
than the high quality of base ball played
by the college men Arthur Irwin, for
many years a coach of college base ball
teams, and now a scout for the New
York Americans. has made the very ap-
propriate criticism Of college teams that.
as compared with teams of years ago.
the modern collegians are all much
younger and Trailer
His verdict Of several of the big teams
ed more like schoolboys than college men
1t is true that the average age OF college
players Of today is much lower than II
was ten or a dozen years ago.
In spite Of the confusion which resulted
in trying to pick the winner of the inter
collegiate championship this year there
seems to be little more chance than ever
of organizing an intercollegiate Base
Ball Association. Both Of the efforts made
by Columbia University to bring about
to-, hcx Tod
failure. This has been due to the fact that
Harvard. Yale and Princeton. the colleges
whose membership is most desired In sicn
an association. have steadfastly refused
TO come into the fold. The prestige which
they enjoy and which they think they
might lose altogether or be compelled to
share with minor institutions, is undouot<
eddy responsible for the stand they nave
taken If an association were organized
II is quite likely that these three uni
versities would frequently rank below
some OF the other small colleges in the
award of base bail honors.
But of all the big universities thas play
base ball Princeton has been the most
consistent. In fact the Tigers nave neen
as constantly supreme in base rail as
Cornell has been on the water or Yale on
the gridiron 1t would not seem, there
fore, that Princeton rad much 10 lose.
and certainly everywhere base ball would
be the gamer by the organization Of such
league. AS matters now stand. prac-
tically all of these big universities play
each other one or two games. The ar
rangement Of an intercollegiate schedule.
by which each team would play each
other member of the league definite
number of games. would be an easy mat
ter Not only would il double the inter-
est I'm base ball everywhere. but it would
give the association an effective grip on
the evil of summer ball playing. To
date every association which has tackled
Sti Ia n L.
The writer has maintained always that
the only way to eradicate summer ball
playing is by the organization of some
such association as this and the COM
bined efforts of all the colleges OF the
east to root the evil out. 1t can be done
by harmonious action. but not otherwise.
And ii is certainly an evil that demands
vigorous action Of this sort.