Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24
BY II. c. BYRD.

The local colleges have good pitching
stats this year; in fact. 1t Is doupt1ul
II the teams which represent the Distr1ct
institutions have ever had as good Twill
ers as those who are slated to DO the
greater part of the mound work during
the season that opened yesterday. Each
of the four schools is lucky to be poses
sed of enough good men to keep some
body In shape to 90 the route all the
time.
Catholic University, perhaps, has the
best staff of twirlers OF any OF the
schools. although the margin 1t has on
that which represents Georgetown is SO
slim that It would not be very appreci-
able in a. series of games. 1t would be
in one game, though. because Georgetown
has no man who has the ability that
Green. the captain of the Brooklanders'
outfit, has. In Green. Ryan and Clancy
Catholic University has three men who
can be depended on at almost any stage Of
the game. Green is the best performer Of
the trio. although both the others are
way above the average. The only thing
that Clancy lacks is good control. If he
can master the direction Of the ball 1t is
probable that he Will be able to do some
extraordinarily good work during the
coming season. Ryan and Green did
some good pitching last year, and. with
the experience that accrued with the
seasons play, should give better &C
count Of themselves this spring. With a
pitcher of the Green type on college
nine 1t does not take any exceptional
amount of ability on the part OF his
mates to uphold that end Of the game.
Georgetown also has a veteran staff Of
fyVir1arc with which TO start the season,
all of whom have given evidence that
they can be depended on to win games
White, Fienle and OConnor are the three
who will have to do the brunt of the
work for the Blue and Gray aggregation.
All three men did some brilliant pitching
at different times last season and 1t Is re-
ported that at least two of them are In
better shape than they were then II
that is true then Georgetown should not
lack for capable box work.
Both Gallaudet and the Maryland Ag-
gies also have good men to send into the
box. Both probably have the best pitch
ing stats they have put on the field IN
years. 1t cannot be remembered when
three men of the ability of Hoffecker,
Smith and Duckett represented the Agri-
cultural college and 1t has been long
time since Gallaudet could boast OF three
twirlers with the ability or BlrcK, Bat
Grams, but are showing to better ad-
vantage this year than previously.
Two of the local bali players who made
regulations last year in the minor leagues
will leave today to Join their respective
clubs Joe Giebel, who played with Sa-
vannah last year, will return to that CLUB,
while Tom Cantwell will go to the Terre
Haute nine in the Central League
Both Cantwell and Giebel expect to
have good seasons and say they are in
the best condition they have ever been at
the beginning of the season.
There is a report from Paris that the
French OLYMPIC sports committee has
declined to recognize England's protest.
against Jean Bouin as a PROFESSIONAL
and that if the international cross,coun-
try champions entry for the Stochhoi.i
games is refused France Will take no
part In the Olympics this year II Bou1n
takes part in the international cross.
country run at Edinburgh at the END OF
this month 1t IS not likely that any pro-
test will be filed against his entry IN the
OIympfcs The apparent ground Tor
protest lies in the fact that ne ran
race with Bouchard, the French proles-
sional champion, for the benent OF the
sufferers of the terrible La Lioerte naval
disaster In Toulon harbor. AS Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, president OF the in
ternational Olympic committee, is
Frenchman, it is not probable that any
such serious break will happen as
frances withdrawal from the 1912 Olym-
pics.
The National Athletic Club will play its
first game of the season today, when 1t
Reed Hospital. The National club Is a
member of the Independence League. On
Easter Monday the club will give big
ball In the Masonic Temple, from which e