Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
BY n. C. BYRD.

The amateur base ball season will be
officially ushered in tomorrow, when the
first game TO be played by two teams
which come under the commission will
take place between the Aloysius and
Manhattan clubs of the independence
League The meeting of the two mention
ed teams will be made the occasion of
the opening of the championship sched-
ule i'm the mentioned circuit.
The independence circuit opens what
promises to he the best season il has ever
had as far as the quality of play TO be
put up by its teams is concerned There
is every reason to believe that the strong
est aggregation of clubs that has ever
composed the organization will usher in
its season tomorrow. With four of last
years championship teams in line, there
is every reason to believe that the pa
irons or the league will see an article OF
ball transcending anything that has ever
been shown since its existence
OF the two clubs which will appear in
the opener both are stronger than last
years. pennant-winning aggreGatons.
Aloysius won the championship in the
District League. while the Manhattans
ccame out on top in the circuit in which
il is now. One or two weak places on
SAcn team nave DteH StTtuStn dha
will be more so before the season IS very
old il reports be true. AlOIsius Will miss
Jack Hurley. who will play with Corn ID.
hut the place is to be filed by man
VINO is likely TO play good bail. Barring
Hurley. the lineup of the Aloysius club
will be pretty nearly what it was in the
championship race III 1911. The Manhat-
tan clab will be the same, with the eX-
ception of Lemeric and Loehl both OF
whom are certain to add strength to the
I.pmeric ia rADablR and out
fielder while Loehl. the former George
town Prep boy, Will add much-peeded
ability to the catching stan. which was
the one weak point in the team last
Seaso.
The AloysuIs game will start
at 5:sn and Dutch Newman, who did
the umpiring in thS league last year, will
again hold the indicator.
While no official designation has been
made as 10 who will pitch for the Aloysius
and Manhattan clubs in tomOrfow's In
dependence League opening. 1t is more
than likely that Burke will be seen on
the mound for the latter, while Thompson
will heare them over for the frst-men-
toned nine. Burke was the mainstay OF
the Manhattan Club last year. and he wifi
probably be seen in the same capacity
this season. Thompson is also well
known as an amateur twirler Of merit
Davis was charged up with an error in
yesterdays game between Georgetown
and Johns Hopkins simply because he
was too quick about getting the ball
away from him after taking "a throw
from O'Connor. The play came about in
this wise The first two men UP for Hop
kins had singled and the next man hit a
slow roller down To O'Connor, who was
doing the pitching. Oconnor picked up
the ball and threw it TO Davis at third.
getting the man there by ten feet: Davis
IN his anxiety TO get the ball away from
l..
double play. started TO throw il almost
before he had caught il. The conse-
auence was that he dropped the ball out
~ his right hand as he jerked il from
his glove. He was charged up with an
error. even when he had by good rights
put ont his man and could have made the
'Iay safe BY simply holding the ball
making no attempt, whatever. TO get
the batsman.
Pieper. line Hopkins pitcher. got along
well until the fourth inning and then
Georgetown fell on him for bunch OF
safeties which. with a base on balls net
ted six tallies.
From now on interest will center In
the scholastic series Technical and Cen
trail high schools will meet Tuesday in
an all-important contest. 1t may be the
one to decide the championship. as it has
been freely predicted In many instances
that these would be the two mines 10
fight II out for premier honors this sea
son.
Central PLAYED good all against TIE
Princeton freshmen yesterday. even
though IL was defeated. That ii was able
10 play the Tiger youngsters to a score
of IL TO 8 is exceptionally creditable The
Blue and White boys were up against
much older and more experienced mer
than they. and their work Is deserving OF
much favorable commentator.
The ability Of the Central team 10 get
hits and score runs is the factor which
counts for more than anything else in iti
favor. IL il can tally six times and ge
ten hits against such team Is gen
orally put out by the first year classes IN
the big universities, what will il d,
against the inexperienced players tn,
local schools mines?
That there Is one pitcher in the schoo
series this year who is going to be trou
blesorne I'm the extreme to the other scho
iastic mines In certain. That man is Aus
tin Of Tech. The youngster, who did >son'
very creditsble work last year, Is soinl
even better this spring, and there is ever.
reason to believe that he will show Goos
form when he faces Central in his I.rs
gsSS contest "a, The. season Austin pnchel