Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-14
CHINESE BALL TEAM PLAYS
WELL AGAINST GEORGETOWN
Shows Lot of Inside Ball and Outguesses
Opponents Often-Other Anna
teur Gossip.

| that it could be handled in time to put
| out the runner.
| The game started as though it would
| be prolonged affair. and 1t was. though
not in the sense that was expected. The
! Chinese scored three runs and George
| town two in the first inning. and every
| body thought that there would be to-
tai OF about ten or twelve runs for eacn
| team at the end Of the nine periods, but
| after the batting rally by the Blue ana
GRAY in the seventh neither side was
| able to get tally across the plate. and
| the quality of the play of the two teams
| seemed TO improve as the contest wore
on.
The University of Hawaii might have
won the game in the regulation time
| had it not been for an exceedingly long
| chance taken by one OF the men on third
| base. A runner was on second with no
body out and went to third on a ground
| ball hit to Hollander, whose throw was
dropped by O'Connor, the runner tryin9
| to score on the play. 1t looked like poor
| base ball to try to score with the ball In
| the infield, nobody out and two men on
| the bags. 1t was the kind OF base ball
| though. that the Chinese had been getting
away with. and it was a very close de-
| cision that had to be given at the plate.
The Chinese team which appeared here
yesterday is a better team than the Jap
nine which played here last year. 1t -
composed of much faster felders. aQd
seemed able to hit little better ths0
did the men from the land OF the mikado.
There was one exceptionally fast fielder
on the Hawaii nine yesterday, one who Is
much better than the average American
college player, the shortstop. A. Ayan
could field his portion much better than
the average American boy and hit better
than the majority of his team.
The Chinese have the reputation OF
holding tenaciously to old customs. but
the ones who appeared at Georgetown
yesterday did not come under that class
by long shot. There was nothing old
| timey about those boys. They acted and
looked just as any plain United states
team would.
The Maryland Aggies will meet the Gal
laudet nine tomorrow at Kendall Green.
The Farmers won the first game this
season from the Kendall Greeners by
score OF to I. Honecker and Brick Will
likely oppose each other on the mound
although Gallaudet may pitch Battiste
Tech and Eastern play today. Eastern
has failed to put up any kind of a defen-
sive game so far. and for that reason
hardly has much chance to beat the
fensive team. and that against the weak
offensive playing Of Eastern should win
for the Maroon and Gray.
Austin and Johnson will be the opposing
pitchers.
Georgetown will play Notre Dame to-
morrow. 1t will be the last game on the
Blue and Gray schedule.
The contest scheduled for Georgetown
today with Washington and Lee was
Cancelled by the Virginians and no con-
test will take place.
There il a runner To the effect that all
three Of the remaining high school games
will be played this week, but nothing has
been definitely settled regarding the mat
ter. According to the rule in effect the
which causes Tech and Eastern to play
today, Business and Central Friday and
Western and Tech next Tuesday.
Catholic University will stack up
against Villanova this afternoon at
Brookland. Green will probably do
the pitching for the c. u. nine. while
it is not known who will work for
In the contest in which Catholic
its home field. 1t won by score Of
IL to 0. in game which the Pennsyl-
while the local aggregation got some
| thing like twenty-tffree safe cracks.
The Potomac Electric Power Com
pany is not going very well now in
the independence League because 1t
| has not its best men in the game. The
Electric team is all shot to pieces be-
cause of the absence Of men who are
at present unavailable. After next
week the club will go at a much faster
gait. With Fury Of Georgetown and
Meyers and Howard Of Western In the
lineup 1t will present a much more
formidable appearance.
The Manhattan club is going fast
now because II has two pitchers who
are capable Of delivering the kind Of
work that wins ball games.