Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19

amateur commissiC.. and the occasion was
a very enjoyable one to all present.
After the social part of the evening was
done the managers of the teams met to
discuss plans for the opening day. 1t is
planned to have some public official toss
ont the first ball and to make general
gala day affair of the first game Of the
season. The first game will be played
between the Southern Railway and Union
Station mines. ),
There is no gainsaying the fact that
the Georgetown team looked mighty good
yesterday in the game against Yale. The
Blue and Gray spiked shoe artists played
all around the New Hayenites in every
department. Lynch looked whole lot
better in the box than did Scott. the
ball harder and fielded their positions in
much finer form than did the wearers OF
the dark blue. On the whole the nine
put up about the best exhibition OF the
At no time this season has the team
showed the ability to get in and clout
out couple OF runs In an inning that
it did YESTERDAY. Every man stood up
swings at the ball, with the result that
the whole team showed up we'll with the
bat, twelve hits in all being made of
Scott. and all of them were clean. One
more hit should have been given Murphy,
who was called out after having beaten
out a bunt by at least foot
Lynch deserves whole lot of credit
for the game he pitched. There was not
a moment when he was not as steady as
a rock, except in the eighth, when he
passed two and which, with two hits, re-
suited in the scoring of the only two
TALES made by the Yale team. The
former Agricultural Department twirler
had excellent control and good steam.
which kept the northerners swinging at
the ball after 1t had reached the catcher
in lots Of instances.
Brick, who has been the mainstay in
the box for the Gallaudet team for two
game for the rest of the season. In the
contest against the Johns Hopkins nine
last Saturday week ago he again dis
located his knee and had to quit. 1t is
thought that there Is a bare possibility
that he will be in shape to pitch against
Catholic University when the two teams
meet in the second game, Decoration day.
His loss will be greatly felt by the Ken
dali Green nine.
The Georgetown Athletic Club and the
Corcoran Cadets consolidated their two
teams last night and together will make
up a club to 60 into the Marquette
League. The new team will be known
as the Corcoran Cadets and will be cap
tanned by Colinsworth, who played short
for the ST. Martins club in the 1nde-
pendence League last season. He should
be able to get together a good club.
At the meeting of the Olympia League
last night the Braddock Athletic Club was
formally admitted to the circuit. The
league is thus a complete six-club Organi-
cation and is. if anything, stronger than
before the Wisconsins dropped out.
Owing to the absence OF representa-
tive of one of the teams the league did
not adopt its schedule. 1t will be formal
ly accepted at the next meeting, to be
held Thursday night.
II was decided at the meeting to erect
a stand with seating capacity Of 500
people. After the improvements are
made the league will have one Of the
best amateur fields in the city.
Three games are scheduled for the local
lots today Out at Catholic University