Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30

to the ability of the team to win. Inc
team has shown at times this year tnat II
has theS ability to hit. and why IT Is not
! doing now is a mystery. 1t certaniy
seems that it is one Of those slumps Ito
which a team occasionally fanS WITHOUT
any apparent reason.
Considerable trouble is being expert
enced in obtaining a suitable place TOT
| the remaining games which are 10 DC
played in the high school series. Ihe
| first game was played on GEORGETOWN
Field and the second at Capital City
Park The former place cannot be OBJ
tanned for all the games and the CAPT.
tai City Park is not desirable playing
| field, either from g. standpoint OF the
diamond itself or from that OF the spec
tators. Probably placing low estimate
on the number. a thousand high school
students attend every game played in
the high school series and those stu
dents must be accommodated. Just what
will be done is a question, although 1t
is probable that the Georgetown Field
! Tech and Eastern and Western and
Business games.
Hoffecker, the man who has been do
ing some great work in the box for
the Maryland Aggies this year, may
pitch the opening game in the Com
mercial League for the Walford nine.
Gassaway, manager of that club is an
old M. A. c. player and graduate OF
that school. and he has been trying to
get Hoffeker in for the purpose. 1t is
probable that he will be on hand If he
is there is sure to be one victory chalk
ed UP for the sporting goods men, and
also it is fairly certain that they will
lead the league for awhile at least.
Ferguson is most likely to start the
! season in the box for the Post Office team
in the Departmental League. While he
n,i1H In fha fhreA innfH
which he twirled against Georgetown yes
terday, he had plenty Of smoke and a
fast-breaking curve. He looked to be in
better shape than the average amateur
lea guer when he starts the playing sea-
son.
| It is not very good policy after all for
q college team to schedule games with
outside ball clubs. There is little to be
gained by winning and a great deal Of
prestige to be lost when the team is de-
| feated. It is the policy Of almost every
college and scholastic team in the coun-
| try at present to schedule games with
| only educational institutions.
Those teams which have been getting
| in q lot of practice games are pretty GER
| victories. There is small chance for a
team which has not been together for
even a good hard practice getting in on
| the opening day and winning from some
club which mas played several practlce
games
If the RESULTS Of the opening games
| in the different leagues be watched
| closely tomorrow, it Is more than prob
1 able that 1t will be noticed that the
winners will be the teams which have
spent the most time getting into good
condition.
The performance Of Becker, who did
the pitching for the Chamber of Com
merce team in the game against George
town yesterday, was nothing short of
remarkable. Not having pitched q single
| inning SO far this season, Becker
stepped into the box on the hilltop and
made the Blue and Gray batters look
| foolish for six innings.
If some minor league club wants q
man who is able to do mighty good work
| for it, Becker is the man to get There Is
not q doubt in the world but that he
| can make good in any class B league In
| the country If given a square show.