The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

By the looks of the material at hand,
it appears that Georgetown will turn OU'
one of its old-time champion teams this
spring.
Poor pitching was the downfall of the
Blue and Gray last year, Balzer and
Gray, on whom the HilItOppers- pinned
their faith the most, being unable to play
at their best owing to lame arms. while
''Wabby'' O'Connor., Wymard, and Flan-
merry. with little experience, were called
upon to do most of the twirlinG. All of
these boys worked hard, yet their best
efforts failed to come up to the high
standard set by Georgetown twirlers in
the past and the consequent change from
top-nOtch championship aggregation to
second-Tate team was a severe blow
TO those who cherished in their hearts
the welfare of the Blue and Gray upon
the diamond.
However. there's a silver lining 70
every cloud. and il looks like last sea
sons disastrous campaign will be the
making of the nine this spring. More
candidates answered the call of the coach
this month than the number who reported
last season. and the list Of promising
pitchers who have offered their services
has revived hope and imbued every
Georgetown man with a desire to wipe
out last years record ny establishing one
this spring which will overshadow any
previous campaign on the diamond
Sprigman n Competent Coach.
To begin with, Il competent coach IL
the person Of popular Jim Sprigman
has been obtained. and the boys will not
want for proper instruction; secondly,
the team. as stated before is to be made
up largely of last seasons men, as far
as the infieid and outfield is concerned.
an advantage which, was missing last
year; finally. Georgetown will have a
corking staff of new pitchers.
The battery candidates and several
others who are to try for the other posi-
tons on the nine took advantage Of the
spring-likc weather which prevailed yes
terday afternoon and did their limbering
Up outdoors on the varsity field So far
practice has been only for those who are
trying for pitching and backstop honors,
and consequently only a few other can
didates are on hand at present Coach
Sprigman is bringing his charges along
nicely. and there have been very few
complaints of sore arms. due principally
To his watchfulness in making the men
hold themselves back
Passing over the pitchers of last year,
Dick Robertson and Lynch. two crack
local amateurs, appear to be the most
promising young recruits among the new
men who will try for pitching honOrs
Robertson was the mainStay of the Com
missioners' team in the box, and par
tiCipated in the post-season series for the
District championship. when he was
pitted against the Cornell Company nine,
admitted to be the fastest amateur team
turned out in Washington for years.
RObertson's work was consistent through
out the year. and he often famed as
many as ten or twelve batters in a game.
Lynch was with the AloysiUs Club, and
distinguished himself by winning game
after game for the Churchmen. Both of
these lads are bound to make their mark
in Georgetown athletics. and il is a safe
prediction that they will figure in many
of the games this spring.
Dave White, who is from Wesleyan
College, has world of speed and good
control. and is a great. big, tall fellow.
He should give a fine account of himself.
Mitchell, from Los Angeles. and Dwin-