Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-27
ieder Murphy Quits Georgetown TeaLatest Sporting News
GEORGETOWN LOSES MURPHY,
ITS CRACK OUTFIELDER
Will Not Be Able to Play Again Because Of
Work in Medical School-Brsiness -
VS.. Central Tomorrow.

eral plans pertaining to the successful
| carrying out OF the season will be dis
| cussed. and any questions which may be
brought up by any of the club managers
| or league presidents will be settled
| The Maryland Aggies will meet the
| University of West Virginia team this aft
1 ernoon out at College Park. So far this
! season the West Virginia crowd has been
| playing good ball, but SO have the Farm
| ers. and it will not be an easy matter
| for the visitors to get away with the
| College Park aggregation. 1t is probable
| that Hoffecker will be sent back into the
| box. He worked against Washington and
! Lee last Friday and did good work
against the Lexington nine. although he
| was against the best college pitcher in
| the south. man that nearly every big
| league club in the country ia after. Only
| four hits were made off h IN in that game.
| Georgetown is due to run into another
| snag tomorrow afternoon when it tackles
the. North Carolina A. and NJ. crowd if
| it doesn't watch out. The southern nine
| has shown that it has team that is
able to hit the ball. and there is no
| doubt that 1t is fully as good a fielding
team as that which represented North
Carolina, and that was about the best
| fielding aggregation seen on the hilltop
in many day.
The second game of the high school
series will he played tomorrow. when
Business and Central line up against each
other. 1t is probable that Business
chances will be greatly diminished 10y the
fact that its star twirler is i'll and will
be unable to play. Burley seemed to be
the one hope of the Stenographers in the
championship race. and that he is out
Of it has detracted from the teams
strength to no inconsiderable extent. 1t
causes Central to be a big favorite in the
ton u-1,A1 Pp,r1 Hoa f,oo
able to start. and at his best. it would
have been slightly. If any, favored in
the PREDICTIONS as to the outcome.
Boteler WI start the game for Central
with his shoots for several runs 1t is
hard to see how it will have much chance
to win. as 1t is certain that with its reg
ular pitcher out Of the game a great deal
team, besides the value of the playing
ability of the pitcher himself.
Birch twirling for the Petworth team
yesterday against the Bureau team in
the District League, worked in good form
and won his game by the score Of to 3.
Petworth also hit well. The Bureau nine
got but four bingles off the pitching
Of Birch.
Petworth seems in good shape to get a
flying start in the Suburban League, and
if 1t keeps up the gait it is going at
present should come near annexing
another championship to the one secured
last season.
Balzer was wild as a bat yesterday in
the game between the Interior Depart |
ment and Interstate Commerce Commits |
sion. and although having everything on |
the ball and allowing but five hits, he lost |
his game The Interstate nine could do |
nothing with the opposing twirler's |
curves and garnered but four hits off his !
delivery.
posed of good players and will without q |
doubt raise the standard of ball in the
Departmental League this year. Both |
mines are new Corners this season and
yet they each bid fair to be well UP in
the race for pennant honors before the
season is very old
That Tech has a team which can come
back and play good ball. and which will
be heard from yet in the high school
series. was shown yesterday, when it won
from Cathedral by a one-sided score. The
Manuel Trainers all landed on the ball for
keeps. and when the game was called at |
the end Of five innings the score stood
IL to 1, with the small end of it opposite
the Cathedral school column.
Cathedral made but three hits off Kraft
and Offut.
Stone Of the Naval Medical School was
batted hard yesterday by the Dixie
Athletic Club, and lost his game to that |
team by q to 1 tally. 1t was the first
defeat for the Medicos. and it could be at
tributed to nothing but their inability to
hit Smith. but two safe cracks being |
made off him.
A Mutt and jeff team has been or
ganized in the Riggs National Bank to |
decide the championship of the institu-
ton and to give the different Bank |
League teams practice.
The Columbia Stars beat the First Street |
team yesterday afternoon by a close |
score.
North Carolina showed one Of the best |
fielding teams yesterday in the game |
aga1kt Georgetown that has ever been
seetcf the Hilltop. Every last man in
able to get anything that came within |
a mile Of him. and each Of them had |
whip which look as though 1t were |
operated by springs. II the way the ball |
was shot around the diamond is any cri- |
terion.
That Georgetown lost was simply due |
to the fact that 1t was outplayed. both |
at the bat and in the field The score of |
3 to Just about showed the difference |
between the two teams, as the game was |!
played. It was the fastest fielding con-
test seen on the Hilltop this season, both |
pitchers being hit freely and both receiv- |
ing excellent support from the men be- |
was in the box, hut Georgetown did not |
find his shoots very difficult to solve. and !
IL was because of the excellence of the |
playing Of the men behind him that runs |
were not sent across the pan. White did |
good work for Georgetown, but his club |
was simply outplayed.