Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-12
HAVE BIG SCHEDULE.
Maryland Aggies to Figure in
Base Ball This Season.
OPEN WITH GALLAUDET
Will Meet Lehigh and Penn Mill
tary Teams for First
Time.

COLLEGE PARK, February 12-Man-
ager w. s. Grace of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College base ball team has Sc
cured the app oval Of the athletic coun-
Gil of the college, Profs. Charles r. Rich
ardson H. w. Harrison and Frank B.
Bomberger, to the following schedule Of
games arranged for the season of 1912:
March 2s,Gailaudet College of Washington. at
March so-Georgetown University, at Wash
ingtOn.
xp. ,l y. Ia c and Ms.y College of VIII
April 13-Catholic University Of WASHINGTON,
April 1s-Mount St. Joseph, at Gainesville, Nd.
April 1s-Lehigh University. at South Beth
April, April 22!o-pennsyiyanda Military College. a.
April 24-Gallaudet College. at Washington.
April 27.st Johns College, Annapolis. at
May hopsin s'1t' u " sss at
Nay s,keck Till College. at College Park.
May 1s-Western Maryland College. at College
May :25-Delaware College, at Newark. Del.
May 29-St: Johns College. at Annapolis. -
juno 11-Alumni Association, at College Park.
The above schedule Is, perhaps. about
the most ambitious ever arranged for
the Aggies. The game thought to be
certain between the Farmers and the
the great demand for games made upon
the Naval Academy management. For
the first time in the history Of the in
stitution games are scheduled with Le-
high University and the Pennsylvania
Military College. These games will be
played on the northern trip, wi CHI jaunt
Is another innovation for the Ages
base ball team. Heretofore southern
trip was one of the features OF the
schedule, but owing to the difficulty Of
m a n ho
trip this year was abandoned. William
and Mary is the only Virginia team to
play the Aggies this year. and this game
will be played at College Park. A fea-
joy to the hearts of the student body
of the college is the playing of games
with st. Johns, Western Maryland and
Washington colleges at home. These
games always excite more than ordinary
interest from the fact that considerable
rivalry exists between the institutions
from an athletic standpoint. Manager
Grace was compelled to exercise much di-
plomacy in securing these games to be
PLAYED at College Park. Another de-
with Gallaudet. The initial struggle
has, for several years past, been play
ed with Georgetown University. The
change Is expected to be beneficial to the
Aggies,, as the latter are always de-
feated by Georgetown. and bad start
sometimes has a depressing effect upon
the players. While by no means sure
OF victory, 1t is certain that the Aggies
stand better chance against Gallaudet
than Georgetown. The game scheduled
with Mount st. Mary did not receive the
approval Of the athletic counsel, which
accounts for the fact that May IL is
an open date. The council declined to
assign the reason for canceling this
game.
Concerning the prospects for the team
this season Manager Grace modestly
states that he anticipates that the Ag-
g1es will do as well as last year. The
players are all enthusiastic, and with an
equal break in base ball luck a major
ity Of the games. he thinks. should be
won. Smith. who did such fine work on
the firing line last year and who was
called away from college by his father.
will return to the college in q week or So
He is still enrolled as a member of the
student body, and no question as to eligi-
b1lfty can possibly be raised. He is now
in Tennessee. Smith will be depended
upon to do the major part of the fling
likely youngsters and may spring some
surprises. Hoffecker did some fine work
for the second team last year, and Duck
EFT showed much form when cal ed upon.
team Of the Prince Georges County
League during last summer, and the ex-
perience gained is likely to get him into
several Of the big games on the sched-
ule The infield will probably be the
same as last year, although the position
of shortstop Is still in doubt, Williams.
from Calvert county, who played on the
second team last year, being regarded
as a very promising candidate. Mudd
will be played at first, Ritter at second
and r. c. Lednum at third. There
are many promising candidates for the
outfield, among them being ]. M. Led
mum, Bean, Duckett and others. Man
ager Grace will issue call for the pitch
ers some time next week, and they viii
begin to get conditioned in the gymna-
SUM. Coach Donnelly has resigned, and
the athletic council is looking about for
a suitable man to take charge of the
youngsters. The council appreciates the
work done by Manager Grace in arrang-
ing such fine schedule, and will miss
no opportunity to have his team in the
best possible condition when the season
begins.
Manager NJ. E. Davis of the 1912 foot
ball eleven is busy arranging his
schedule, and has already secured sew
eral games with the leading state COL
leges The prospects for an excellent
team are exceptionally bright. it is sa d.
being back. There is considerable agf-
tation at the college relative to the
propriety Of the trustees setting aside
each year SUFFICIENT sum Of money
for the expenses of athletics at the coll
lege It is realized that the athletic
feature Of modern college life cannot
be ignored. and as no admission fee Is
charged for either base ball or foot ball
games at the college, the expense Of
the teams fails upon the men,
bers of the student body, who are as