The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Crack Baseball Team for Georgetown With the Amateurs
|OLD-TIME CLEANUP TEAM
FOR HILLTOP THIS YEAR
Georgetown's Chances Are Especially Bright Owing
to New Material Exceptionally Strong in
Catching and Pitching Departments.

mel, from New England. are two other
men whose work will be watched with
interest. Mceks. Cole Gels. Feinli, and
Davis have been out but a few days, and
it is hard to say how they will show
up later.
Catching Department Strong.
The catching department should be we'll
fortified. Last season the coach depended
on Menefee to do the brunt of the back
stopping. and when he was hurt before
the season had barely started the team
was thrown on the defensive and WAS
badly crippled. FUrey. the basketball
and football player: Dave Waldron and
Tom Smith. with good prep records:
George Wai--s last years quarter back
on the football team; Jack Haggerty.
the all-SOuthcrn end on the football
team; Jimmy Dunn, who played half
back on the football team, and Bobby
Fcenan. who held down first base and
caught last year, are the men who will
fight it out for the catcher's position.
From this excellent material it is
hoped TO select a corking catcher anil
several good substitutes. and the team
probably wal suffer little this spring for
the lack OF a good receiver.
The infield looks strong with last
years men to fall back upon. Gibson.
shortstop: Sitterding. third base and cap
tdir, and COgan. second base and short
stop, are all good men, and have passed
through hard season. In addition to
these. Callahan. Evans, John Connolly.
and "Inkey' Davis will be on hand to
r1enace the jobs of the old players. Da-
Wis was the crack third saCker for tho
American Security and Trust Company
nine last year. and has seen experience
in the nigh schools He is expected TO
give some of the other men a hard rub
for a regular position.
Who can play first base? is the question
which is going the rounds. and it's up 10
Coach Sprignan to develop good man
for The initial corner, as that is the
only spot without "A guardian at present.
Several of the new men win he plaCceI
on first in practice TO see how they
handl" themselves.
Last Seasons OutfcId Intact.
Last seasons outfield is intact and
Murphy, Hunt. and Dugan will be harl
men to diSIodGe from the. team. Hunt
led the nine in batting last season and
for the majority of games hit over so,
while Murphy not only cIouted tho horse
hide, but fielded the ball in wonderful
style. and it is safe to say his place in
center could not be filled any better than
it was last year. when he went through
all the games with but one error, and
that was a passed grounder.
OF course those who try for one posi-
ton and fail to make it may get on the
team in some other position; in fact, the
Intention of the coach is to play the men
where they will do the best work, nat
uTaIly.
Flannery and ''Morry'' O'Connor. first
base and pitcher of last year. respective
ly, have graduated and will not be with
the nine
The baseball schedule starts on ArTif
l. when the Maryland Aggies will maxi
their annual appearance at Georgetown
Field. and from then on until May 60
the games on the. I4IltOp will be regular
occurrences.
Several practice games will be arranged
with various local outfits. American Sc
curity and Trust Company being one OF
the local aggregations to tackle the
Blue and Gray on March >. This game
will Ue of more than average intaRst,
owing to the good showing made byth-
Bankers last year. y. T. w.