Evening star., 1912-11-05
TODEC|DE THIRD
PLACE IN SERIES
Eastern and Business EIevens
Will Battle for That Honor
This Afternoon.
"DOC" WHITE TO COACH
G. u. BASE BALL TEAM
Blue and Gray Working to Sc.
cure Great Lefthander to
Take Charge of Nine.
BY II. C. BYRD.

BY II. G. BYRD.
1t is probable that third place in the
high school series will be decided this
afternoon. The clash between Eastern
and Business will just about determine
the end of the season.
1t is hard to tell which eleven will win.
1t has been claimed by each school that
the other team has not a chance to de-
feat it. Business says that it Will win
by fair margin, while Eastern adher-
ents claim that the aggregation wearing
their colors will be the one not to meet
defeat.
The fact that Cohill will be in the
game for Eastern will make a great deal
of difference in the strength of that
eleven. The Light Blue and White Will
have greater confidence and it will also
be stronger in that it will have behind its
line capable ground ga ;ner and fair
punter Cohil will add strength to the
team both In the offense and defense.
Eastern will be outweighed considera-
bly,. Business has an eleven which will
average ten pounds to the man more
than the one it will face, according to
report. That will give the Stenographers
quite a little advantage, especially in the
running off successfully their off-tackle
plays upon which they depend to the
greatest extent for their ground gaining.
1 From what has been reported regard ng
the two elevens it would appear that they
are about evenly matched. Of cou7 Sc.
either may win by com fortabie margin.
but it Is not likely The chances are
that c,ose. hard contest will be played
unless Eastern opens up it's plays as 1t
did last year and simply sweeps the
Stenographers off their feet with fast
open style of work
If Eastern wins, it will just about mean
that Business is out of the running for
the champ. onship, an honor which has
been claimed for it by some On the other
hand. let Business finish with the larger
score, and it will mean that great deal
of interest will attach to the contests in
which it will have to meet Tech and Gen.
trail.
The one high school contest in which
there is more interest than any other Is
that in which Central will meet Techn cal
Friday. The Manual Trainers have been
touted to some extent, as has Central,
and there Is little telling which will win.
1t would not appear that either Is ia
vored espee' ally and 1t is probable that
the two elevens will enter the contest on
even terms. There will be little difference
IN the weight of the elevens. Both are
much heavier than the other school
teams. with the possible exception of
Business.
Technical has team which is probably
little less experienced than Central but
at that it can hardly be seen wherein the
B.ue and White has much of an advan-
tage. If any. There has ben much talk
about the Manual Trainers eleven being
weakened by failure of some of the men
to pass their advisory marks. but it has
not been made less strong, unless some Of
the men have funked other than those
already mentioned. s:
If it be true that Hearty will not be
able to play again this season. George
town wi have lost one OF its most rel abe
men. Hegarty has been Playing a kind
of foot ball that has stamped him as one
of the best in the south each of the three
years in which he has taken part in the
sport in the south Atlantic secton. His
work has been of the highest ORDER and
has always been of a kird which was
clean and sportsmanlike. Hegarty is the
kind Of PLAYER who stands for the best
there is in foot ball.
1t can hardly be believed that Hegarty
is in such shape that he will not play
again this season. OF course, If he cam
not play this season he viii not be ale
to p'ay az ain, for the sfmp'e reason that
this is his fourth year of co lege foot ball.
It is hard to believe that sprained ankle
will keep him out of the remaining
games.
IT is probable that Doc White will
coach the GEORGETOWN base ball team this
season Negotiations have been carried
on for some time by the Blue and Cray
with the Chicago twirler and it is prob
able they viii be concluded some time in
the near future.
White would unuuestionably make the
hest man the Blue and Gray manage
nent could secure. The great left-hander
has been pitching ball for ten years and
during that time he has gained the repu-
taton of being one Of the headiest men
in the two big leag CUES. Not only is Doc
a capable performer himself and not only
has he the facility Of better headwork
than nine out of ten pitchers. but he Is
also capable of imnarting his knowledge
to others The ability to teach is the one
thing which makes or breaks coach.
White has that.
this spring 1t will not be the first time
he has ever acted in that capacity. He
coached the Naval Academy team four
years ago. and from very inexperienced
material developed one of the best mines
that has ever REPRESENTED the Sailors.
Georgetown could do no better than to
secure White.
Word comes from Charlottesville that
Virginia expects to win from Georgetown.
but the chances are that the reports are
a little overdrawn. 1t is not probable that
the holding of Vanderbilt to a small score
has caused the Orr nge and Blue adher-
ents to get so optim site as to predict that
victory Will be won over the most vet
eran eleven in the south. Virginia may
win, but the chances are that 1t does not
think 1t will, no matter what may be
said.
Virginia may come fast enough to be in
such s.ape that it will beat Georgetown
November 16 but 1t is not probable that