Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-10
TEAMS GET DOWN
TO REAL WORK THIS WEEK
Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale and Columbia
Will Play on Local Fields Within
Next TenDays-Gossip.

as 1t did in the first game there is little
doubt that it will get away with the con
test.
The dropping out of Peck from the Sun.
day School League was a surprise in ONT
way and in another it was not. The
league officials have been partly expecting
such action for some time; In TACT they
believed it so strongly that committee
was appointed to look into the matter
The first intimation which the players
had regarding the FORGETTING of the fran
chise was the notice to the effect that
the team had been disbanded and had
dropped out Of the league.
club to get hold of some fairly good men
as there were several signed up for this
year with the team mentioned.
The Maryland Aggies certainly have a
good corps of pitchers this year. Last
Wednesday Hoffecker went fifteen in
nings against the Navy to 1 to l score,
and Saturday afternoon Duckett, another
one of the staff, shut out Rock Hill Col
lege without anything that resembled a
hit. II he had not been trifle wild he
would not have even been in a hole at
any stage Of the contest. as otherwise he
pitched alright ball from the start.
Ssdith is also a twirler above the average
found in that class of the colleges. It
was he who held the Catholic University
team to four hits in eight innings in the
first game of the season,
Duckett is an all-around athlete. Last
fall he played halfback on the foot ball
team and made an excellent record. Dur
Ing the past winter he was captain of
the relay team, and the four did not lose
a race during the whole season. He has
been a member Of the relay team two
years, and during that period has not
run in losing race. This spring he is
pitching on the base ball team and doing
good work. He pitched one game before
the one Saturday against Rock Hill, and
that was a week ago, when he held Cal
laudet to three hits.
The Southland Athletic Club of the
Olympia League would like to arrange
games with all amateur teams in the
District for Sundays during the coming
season. Those wishing games should ad-
dress the manager, M. II. Beavers 316 NJ
street southwest.
The members of the club report that
they will have fast organization this
year and expect to be in the race for the
Olympia League pennant from the start
The lineup of the team which will start
the league season Is as follows: JOY.
catcher; Watson, pitcher; Carr. first base;
Beavers, second base: Kearney. short
stop; HUNT. third base: Kilroy, left field:
BuckholtZ, center field Norton, right
field.
Battiste. the Gallaudet twirler was
the victim Of hard luck Saturday when
he allowed the Johns Hopkins nine but
Two hlts anc struck out seventeen bat
tiers. and then lost his game. 1t is
mighty seldom that a pitcher does such
the losing end of the score. That
kind Of pitching, though, is bound to
win in the long run, and the Kendall
Green lads can satisfy themselves that
they nave pair of men in Brick and
Battlste to do the mound work, who
are not much surpassed by any in the
south in their class.
Cole, who is coaching the Rock Hill
college team this year, is likely TO he
in this city during the coming season.
and 1t would not be a bad idea for
some or the local clubs to get hold OF
him. He has a good record as a
ball player and would undoubtedly
town. He played three years in the
Western Association and two years in
the winter league in Panama This
year he has been sold to Enid, but will
not report, as he has given up profess
sional ball.
Cole halls from Baltimore and. besides
being good all-around player, knows
the game, as is shown by the record he
has made as coach OF the Rock Hill team.
having lost but one game. and that was
dropped to the Maryland Aggies Satur-
day. Five games have been won so far,
the Navy being among those defeat ted
10 to 4-in a contest which had to he
called on account OF rain.
I The first real game Of the season to he
played between two Clubs will take place
tomorrow, when the ureau Of Ensravins
and Printing of the District League will
meet the Agricultural nine of the De.
partmental circuit. The contest is in.
tended as a try-out for the younger ma.
terial on the two teams and also as q
method of getting the men into condition
to start the regular league season, which
is but three weeks off.