Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17
EDMONSTQN WILL COACH
MARYLAND AGGIES NINE
Local Man Chosen to Tutor Farmers Base
Ball Squad-Warner Goes to Atlanta.
G. P. O. Nine in Clerks League.

the berth, but it was not definitely de-
cided until yesterday.
The clerks circuit will be siX-club
organization, and it is now assured that
only teams made up from the different
government departments will compose
the organization.
Harry Warner of Savage. Nd. who was
the star twirler of the outfit which rep
resented that town on the diamond last
year, has signed a contract to play with
the Atlanta club, in the Southern League,
this year. There are many Of the opinion
that Warner will not have much trouble
making good with the Crackers, because
of the exceptional ability that he show
ed at times last season while pitching Tor
the amateur clubs around this section.
Many of those who know him and who
have watched him work do not hesitate
to say that he is sure to do good work
with the southern town.
The shifting Of Fury to the outfield
on the Georgetown nine will undoubt-
e6ly mean the Strengthening of that
department. of the Blue and Gray team
in hitting. The Hilltoppers. after
not decidedly strong in good hitting
outfielders and the addition OF Fury
in one of those positions will do much
toward the advancement OF the team
this spring.
1t will take good man, though, to
fill Fury's place behind the bat. There
are few, il any, college backstops in
this section who equal him in throwing
and in fielding his position.
If Davis of Georgetown plays base
ball with the Blue and Gray nine this
spring the track team is likely to
sticks by the track team his absence
on the base ball team will be decided
ly felt. Davis unquestionably has few
superiors in college base ball as a
third baseman, and II he were to leave
the Blue and Gray nine it would be al
most impossible to fill his position as
capably as he himself would. It is
possible that Davis might both run and
play ball, but under those conditions
he would never show his true form on
the track, and possibly not in base
ball.
If reports go for anything it would ap-
pear as though Catholic University is
out to win by far the majority Of the
college games lit is scheduled to play.
The Brooklanders have a fine lot of ma
terial for the team. and 1t appears very
likely that an even better aggregation
and black during the past two success
full seasons will be the result of the eff
forts of those who are behind the base
ball team at the university.
Something else, the Brooklanders should
have a well disciplined team this year,
something that has not as yet represent
ed the institution. according to the re-
ports that have emanated from the play
ers themselves. That in itself should
count much toward the development OF
strong team.
Under the conditions that are known
to exist in regard to- the athletic rela-
tons between Georgetown and Catholic
University it is likely that the coming
spring will find each striving to Guido the
other in point of games won and records
made against teams scheduled to be met
by both. Georgetown will not desire to
than itself at the end of the season be-
cause Of q better showing, nor will Cath
Ollie University lose any time in making
every effort to keep the Blue and Gray
nine from outshining it in point Of &C
The east is very likely to be better rep
resented in the next Olympics than is
the west for two reasons. The first Is
that it is doubtful If there are as many
good performers In the latter section as
there are east of the Alleghenies, and the
other is that there are many men who
live SO far from the places where the trials
are to be held that they will not even get
a chance to show their ability when they
might have won a position on the team
had they been able to compete.
The rule adopted by the Olympic COM
mittee as regards its selections for the
teams which states that no man who does
not compete in the trial events can hope
to make the trip seems sure to keep some
good men out of foreign competition. 1t
rather appears that ii would not be amiss
II some Of the big western universities
and clubs want to pay the way of their
star athletes across for the privilege of
allowing them to compete, because every
athlete who will represent this country
will have to go through q course of train
ing under Mike Murphy before he will be
allowed to go into q single event. and II
the Pennsylvania man did not think
them to have a chance to score points
against their foreign competitors they
need not be allowed to enter.
1t Is practically certain that the teams
which will represent the high schools this
spring win not have the quality OF pitch
ing which they did last year, and as q
consequence the high-class base ball that
| was seen In the series last year will not
be evidenced this season. Pitching is
| about three-fourths of high school game
and without it the play deteriorates con-
siderably.
| 1t will be long time before the high
school teams, generally, show as classy
a style Of play as they did last spring.
For evenly balanced teams 1t is doubtful
| il the five schools have ever been as
equally matched before, and all of them
playing as good ball. If appears that a
close series is booked for the coming
spring, but as for the superior quality OF
! play, 1t Is not apt to bo seen.