Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
BUSINESS PROVES SURPRISE
IN SECOND OF SCHOOL GAMES
Team Shows Itself to Be Much Stronger
Than Expected, While Central
Looks to Be Best of Bunch.
opponents safe at all stages of the game.

oPpoHSulS SdIe III ali STAGES VI the Sduic.
Catholic University goes to Baltimore
this afternoon to meet the Rock Hill Col
lege Etne. It Is not probable that the
Brooklanders will have much trouble get
ting away with the Ellicott City nine, as
that college is not in the same class as
the Washington institution.
Seiffert, who caught for the A. & NJ.
team yesterday. and Robertson. who did
the pitching. are both foot ball players.
Robertson was unanimously chosen last
fall for all-southern halfback. while Self
fert was given the sub position on one of
the ends. Both have the reputation Of
different positions.
Western High went after the Army and
Navy Prep School nine yesterday in the
team to an awful drubbing. there being
no department of the game in which 1t
did not outplay the Prep School lads.
Inc final score was II to ,. There was
no period Of the contest in which the
Army and Navy Props stood chance to
win. their play being so ragged that al
most any grammar school team could
have trimmed them.
1t was not the excellence of the play
Of the Western nine which won for that
team though. as it put up about as poor
an exhibition as has been seen this sea-
son, about the only pleasing fact concern
ing the days work being the ability or
the Western nine with the stick and at
that it probably was the result of the in
ability of the opposing pitchers to pitch.
Ragged work in the field gave the Army
and Navy Props the two runs secured by
them. while the Western crowd threw
work on the bases.
Eastern is the only one of the high
schools which has vet to show what 1t Is
H. - 1>y~ Ito tn
situations has been in a game and an
idea of the comparative strength Of each
has been gotten. but the Capitol Hill
lads have yet to give evidence OF their
metal The first game for the Eastern
nine will be against Tech next Tuesday,
and it will not be an easy contest for
that school. either, as the Manual Train
ers are a great deal better than anybody
Is giving them credit for being at pres.
ent. II Tech beats Eastern decisiyely 1t
Will lead many to believe that the victory
of Western over that nine was a whole
lot OF an accident and will also cause
them to believe that the school yet has
chance for the championship. 1t could
easily be figured in the running If 1t
should develop strength enough to win
from Central. as there are mighty few
who think that Western has much chance
to win from the Blue and White.
At the meeting Of the faculty board Of
advisers In the high schools. held Thurs
day. 1t was decided that there will be no
double headers played during the coming
season. 1t was intended that this would
be done primarily that the schedule might
be played out before the Washington
American League ball club should return
from the trip which it will take through
the west, but since 1t was decided that
the park would not be available 70: the
playing of the games it was Thought by
those concerned that there would be lit
tie use to hurry through the schtGL.e.
The revised schedule is as follows:
May 3-Technical VS.. Eastern.
May Western VS.. Business.
May 9-Eastern VS. Central.
May 12-Business VS.. Technical.
May 16-Western VS.. Central.
May 22-Business VS.. Eastern
May 24-Technical vs. Central.
May 2G-WeStern vs.. Eastern.
Another league will start it's season to-
day. The teams representing the Union
Station and the Southern Railway will
clash in the first contest, which ts sched-
uled to take place in the Railroad Y. NJ.
teams has not yet been fully decided
upon and both managers are in doubt
as to what man they will send to the
rubber to start the opener: A gala day
occasion has been arranged for, and one
of the largest crowds that ever witnessed
game on the Railroad grounds Is looked
for.
In the last three games played by
Georgetown that team has not scored
single run. while the teams played have
rolled up a total of eighteen. Poor pitch
ing and light hitting have been the cause
that the Blue and Gray is due to take
brace soon, as the team has shown
at times this year that it can play good
ball. Against Yale. for instance, 1t
looked as good as at any time in its his
tory. and so did it against Cornell and
Holy Cross. but against teams which are |
much the inferior of those already de: !
one lone tally. The team has shown that |
1t has good ball in 1t. and it is simply
a slump, and nobody's fault that II is
not in winning stride.
When the Commissioners take the field |
Monday in, the first game of the District |
League there is hardly a doubt that |
the team will be much stronger than at |,
any time last season. with the exception |
of the pitching department. The outf1eld |
has been considerably strengthened and !
SO have the infield and catcher's positions. |
Murphy is expected to do good work be- |
bind the bat If he plays anywhere near |
the form he showed in the Suburban !
and is able to shoot the ball to second at |
a mile minute gait. something that no |
man who played with the team last year |
could do. Woodward has been shifted to
first, which position he has played great |
DEAL Both in hitting and in fielding the |
nine will be whole lot stronger Monday |
against the Aloysius club than II was |
at any time during the Departmental |
League season last year. \