Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
TO HAVE GOOD NINE
Maryland Aggies Have Fine
Base Ball Prospect.
HARD SCHEDULE TO PLAY
Practically All of Last Years Squad
Are Back Except the
Pitchers.
HARD SCHEDULE TO PLAY

Rase hall prospects at the Maryland
Agricultural College for a good nine for
the coming season are exceptionally
! bright 1t is thought that a team fully
as good as the one that won the Maryland
! intercollegiate championship three years
ago without losing game may be deVei-
oped. and it is almost certain that such
will be the case, provided the coach can
develop a good pitcher, as it seems that
in that department the team will be most
weak unless one or two of the new men
turn out well.
Very few men were lost from last year S
squad and each position except two Will
find old players striving against the new
material to hold his place on the team.
Perhaps the worst loss will be that OF
GoeltZ, the Farmers star pitcher last
season. The New Yorker did some good
work in the box for the Farmers last
year. and it is certain that he would have
improved considerably had he stayed at
school Two of his most notable achieve
ments were the holding of Georgetown
to no hits for five innings and two-hit
game against the University of West
Virginia.
There is some excellent new material
i'm school. and il is thought that the va
cant positions will be filled even better
than they were last year. and it would
not be surprising to find some of the
veterans losing their jobs to one or two
of the recruits.
Shipley, who did such good work on the
foot bail team and who is now playing
an excellent game at forward on the
basket ball five, will captain the
nine and wall probably play his old posi-
ton at short. There was no man among
the minor colleges in this section who
had anything Oh the youngster in the
position. Reupert is the most promising
new man who is to be tried out in the
position, and ii his reputation is held
W he will probably make one of the
positions on the intleld. In the event
he shows up as we'll as expected, he
will probably be shifted to second base
| To be used as Il running mate for Ship
ley.
are to try for the second cushion. Both
| of them are old men, and both did some
| fair work around the sack last season.
Saunders. who held down first bag last
| season graduated. He a fair fielder
and hitter, but 1t is almost assured that
some one can BE- developed to fill his
| pIaA in a creditable manner. Furniss
| has played the position as an alternate
with Saunders, and it is proboble that he
Will be given first chance. Mudd and
! White are two new men who will try
| for the position.
Two old men are back to fight it out
| for the honor of hanging out around
the third corner. Woodward and Lednunl
! both showed fairly well on the bag and
are expected to show Improvement this
spring.
Grason, who caught on the team last
| season, graduated. II was at first thought
that his loss would be so severe that his
position would not be satisfactorily filled
| for a long time. but it develops that a
mighty good catcher has been found in
Munnickheuysen. one of the halfbacks
on the foot ball team last fall. He
played behind the bat for the Belair club
| last season, an independent club in Inc
northern part of the state. He is prac-
tically sure Of holding down the catch
er's position this spring. Another man
who will be tried out for the backstop
position is Turner, who played two years
| on the Vil!anova team in that position.
| He is said to be above the average col
| iege ball player.
The team is we'll supplied with out
helders, but it is expected that the de-
velopment of capable twirlers will be a
problem Now that Goeltz is lost, every
thing depends on how we'll Hoffecker. a
new man. shows up. He is reputed to be
a good pitcher. and II he lives up to his
renutation much worry will be taken off
the Aggies' coach The outfielders will
be selected from the discards OF the in
felders and the following men: Binder,
Duckett, Young, Jones. Johnson and
George.
j. F. Grason, who captained the team
four successive seasons, will be in charge
of the coaching policy. Besides his five
years on the college team, he has had