The Washington times., 1911-12-13
GEORGE town HAS
ARRANGED DATES
WITH PRINCETON
April 6 and 8 Have Been
Agreed Upon by Both
Managements.
CONTEST SCHEDULED
WITH NOTRE DAME
Hilltoppers Will Be Well Pre-
pared to Meet South
Bend Nine. :

Manager Haggerty, Of the George
town baseball team, has completed sr-
rangenents with tire Princeton athletic
authorities, whereby the diamond ag-
gregation OF the Orange and Black uni
versity will appear on the Hilltop field
on Saturday, April 6, and on the fol-
loving Monday. These games will be
especially important this season, as tie
Tigers we're intersoholastic champions
In 1911, and appear to be in line to re-
tain the title again this year. one OF
the games which the Blue and Gray
were scheduled to play with the sons
of old Nassau last year was prevented
BY rain. but the other contest devel-
oped into q 2 to tie As both aggre-
cations will boast of many veterans,
the games OF lJ12 give promise of being
as brilliantly fought as was last springs
struggle.
Another big game has been booked
for May is, when Metre Dame lines up
against the West End nine. The South
Bend institution was last seen on the
Hilltcp in 1907, when they overwhelmed
score of IS to i. Since that time Nctre
Dame has twice won the championship
of the Western colleges, as well as
being q. strong contender for the honor
in the ether three seasons. SO it can
erners are but little known through
out this section of the country, they
are always able to present a nine that
Fhe contest Of %sy Is SR wi Eae de-
eide the championship Of the Jesuit
colleges, or will at least have great
beuring on the subject, for at that time
nave e pisysS FordSs% Soe snd Holy cross @
and Blue and Gray scores can be used
to compare the strength of Indiana
boys with the Northern aggregations.
for esnd,da,es. with t The ADVENT % of Of good ea
weather in the spring. It is expected
years aEsrsgation will be on hand to
terdins. Davis. Donneiiy. Ryan. and
Fienll are still in school, while others
who failed to earn their baseball letter
in 1s11, although playing in several
the Blue and Gray % on the diamond.
one Of the features Of the past gridiron
sampaisn, intends to report as E can.
be shifted to the outfield, where no has
always put up stellar game. Bergen
spring, and It was largely due to his
efforts that the first-year men were able
to finish the season with such good
record. Lamberton. who pitched for the
report and, with Bergen, should prove
to be a valuable acquisition to the Biuc
and Gray as an experienced battery.
In the box the Hilltoppers will have
"Wobby" O'Connor, the veteran neaver.
who has pitched good ball for two years
and who held the slugging crowd OF the
University Of Pennsylvania to three hits
last April; Chris Fienli, the star slab
artist OF the American Security and
Trust Company; Dave, White, and Joe
Engle. Engle comes to the institution
ON the heights with IN enviable repa-
tation, acquired on the mound while a
member Of the Mt. st. Mary's team
and as a pitcher on local amateur mines.
This group Of fingers should be able
to battle the batsmen Of the Blue and
Gray opponents, while, on paper at
least, the teams that will be behiad
them look good to drive a goodly num-
Der of scores across the plate.
Captain Cogan and Billy Sitterding are
the only men who can feel certain Of
positions In the infield, while in the
gardens Ryan Is the only one that can
. rest assured Of a place. So 1t appears
that the fight for places on the nine
will be bitterly contested. The return
OF Maurice O'Connor, who played first
on the 1910 team, will greatly strengthen
the Blue and Gray Tepresentatives II
he can show the form whicn he 6is-
played two years ago, for then he COW
cred the initial sack in better style than
any other man In South Atlantic circles.