Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23

Maryland Agricultural College VS. Western High
School. at College Park.
No matter what clubs are finally
chosen to make up the District League
circuit, it will be a difficult proposition
to find two that will play better ball than
Aloysius and Commissioners. and there is
hardly any doubt that, all things being
equal, these two organizations will be
found fighting 1t out for the pennant at
the end of the season.
One of the mentioned teams, the Com
missioners, was the pennant- winning Or
ganization, and the other, the Aloysius
club, was the runner-up in two of the
best amateur leagues in the country. In
the Departmental League the Commis-
.sioners won out by a hair's-breadth. and
in the Capital City the Aloysius club
was beaten out by about the same mar
gin.
The Commissioners seem to have on
paper the best hitting ciuo, there being
no better quartet of clouters in the CITY
than Grant, Hurley, Hessler and Nc
Donald, but the absence of good pitcher
will have much 10 do with the final oai-
ancing of the score she is. Neither OF
the men who did the tWirling Tor the
team last year is likely TO be back. ana
at present there is but one man on Whom
the District clerks can dep.nd to DO the
box work. and that is Whiting, ana
whether ne will be able to stand The pace
set in the league is probleMalic. with
the exception of one position the r'st
Of the nine seems to be well balanced.
1t is probable, though, that an attempt
will be made to NIL the gap.
The Aloysius club will have fair
hitting team, made up mostly Of last
years men, and also good field ng
team, one that, with two good twlrl-
ers like Gallagher and Lynch on the
mound, is bound to make trouble for
any aggregation it goes up against.
Mitchell. who pitched for the Irv-
ing Prep School up in New York state
last year, and who is a candidate for
the box at Georgetown. looks good to
do some more than fair work this
spring.
Another man who is sure to give a
good account of himself this season is
Balzer While not new man, Balzer
did not show his best form last sea-
son. and according to Duffy. the old
Georgetown catcher, who was warm
ing him up the other day, he Is booked
to pitch at his old-time gait this year.
II Balzer should show we'll on the
mound, with the new material that has
come out for the job, the Blue and
Gray pitching staff is pretty sure to
give a good account of itself in the
real contests against the other schools.
OF all those who have left the city to
join the professional ranks this sea-
son for the first time, there is none
who stand a better chance of max .ng
good than Robertson, who pitched for
the Commissioners last year. and Da-
Wis. who played third base for the
Sewerage Pumping Station. The first
named man has plenty Of stuff, and. il
he is not overlooked in the first dis
cards. should do well in the South
Atlantic League. The latter, provid-
ing he fields and hits in the same form
he did last summer in the Capital City
League, ought to make good easily in
the Virginia State League.
The Maryland Aggies will open their
season when they meet the Western High
School aggregation this afternoon at Col
lege Park. The contest has been arranged
purely as a practice affair, to give the
Aggies good workout before the Catho-
lie University game Saturday. and to find