Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
By II. C. BYRD.

By ii. c. BYRD.
Four more amateur leagues will open
3their seasons tomorrow afternoon. The
Departmental, Marquette, Columbia and
sCapital City circuits are the ones that
Twill begin their 1912 season. Each has
4completed its formation and from all in
Sdcations is ready for successful year.
q Two leagues have already started to
4play. the independence and Railroad Y.
IN. c. A. The former began last Tues
sday, while the latter started its schedule
yesterday After the four circuits open
tomorrow there will be but two left to
give an official start to the 1912 sched-
bnles.
Agriculture and War will meet In the
Nfrst game in the Departmental League,
Naval Medical and St. Stephens viii open
dthe season in the Marquette, while the
Navy Yard and Sewage Pumping Sta
lion will play the initial contest in the
Capital City circuit
= The opening game in the Railroad 7.
Al. C.. A. League yesterday resulted in
sAbout the best article Of bali that has
abeen seen among the amateurs this year.
UP until the eighth inning the score
stood l to 0, which is evidence Of pretty
good ball playing for two aggregations
which have done practically nothing in
the way of practice during the entire
spring and went into the game cold. If
the other teams in the circuit show
up to the advantage that did this
Car Department and Southern yes
terday in the first contest on the
schedule the patrons Of the Rail-
road League are due to have some treats
in the way of good amateur ball before
the end Of the season.
Eastern High and Central will meet
T. IN = s<wlx
Blue and White nine is anxious to re-
deem the defeat sustained by it at the
hands of the Western team, and will put
forth all its energies toward securing q
able to do SO Is question that will not
be settled until after the play is ended,
and at best is doubtful proposition.
Eastern, while it has a team that will
be dangerous all through the series, Is
hardly strong enough to win from Gen.
trial. There is chance. Of course, that
the youngsters from Capitol Hill will be
winners over those from the street
school. but such is not likely to be.
Provided johnson can hold the Central
batters there is apt to be q pretty tight
game played. but If he fails Central viii
run way with the long end of the score
possibility that the Eastern boy can
pitch well enough to hold his opponents
in check. Certainly he will be able to
make a good showing. provided he keeps
does not get case of stage fright.
johnson has slow curve ball that when
working right is very puzzlng, and he
may get away with it in good style
against Centrais nine.
The defeat sustained by the Maryland
Agricultural College four at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania relay games was
a decided surprise. 1t was not thought
that the Farmers would run worse than
second, but the outcome Of the race
found them back in fourth place. The
teams that ran in the places were st.
Johns Of Annapolis, first; Gallaudet, Sec
5cnd. and Muhlenburg, third. The Farm
aers failed to show the form that has
given them the great success they have
attained in recent years on the track.
Gallaudet deserves a great deal Of credit
for running second in the Pennsylvania
games The Kendall Green lads did some
clever work in getting the place in the
company in which they performed. Espec-
tally are the four men who entered the
race deserving of praise. when 1t Is con-
sidered that two of them have not only
had to get in condition to run the quar-
ter but have had to hold down jobs on
the base ball team at the same time.
Both Moore and Battiste' have played
regularly on the nine this year and both
men did good work in the race in Phila-
TO play base ball and still keep In condi-
ton TO run good quarter mile
The Potomac Electric Power Company,
although 1t lost its first game in the
Independence League, looks as though 1t
viii come fast just II did last sea-
son. when it took up the franchise in the
defunct Commercial League. The VIC
tory secured yesterday over the Manhat-
tan club was so decisive as to lead one
TO believe that the Pepco team, as 1t Ia
usually called, is going to come strong
as the season gets older, and looks good
en-
with some of the other organizations.
The Pepco team is likely to be much
stronger In a few weeks than 1t is now,
too, as one or two Of the men who are
10 play on ii are not now in the city.
When they return the nine will present
one of the most formidable fronts of
any in the city.
The list OF officials for the meet to be
held by the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege is out, and the best men to be OBJ
tanned around here are in charge Of the
events.
Il Virginia did not have much trouble win.
ming its race at Pennsylvania yesterday
The Charlottesville collegians walket
Away with the other teams In the. event
itlearly demonstrating their superiority
while the time was not exceptionally
FAST, it was good, better than the major
ify Of teams that come from this sector
can do.
Georgetown will run next Saturday II
the meet to be held in baltimore The
tRlue and Gray team. while It will hardl,
be in very good condition. not havini
been training long enogh to be at. Shouts
be strong enough to tally the creates
number OF points. About the only rea
Hpponent that Georgetown win have Il
Hopkins. and In the indoor games tina
Sehool did not display enough talent Il
beat the local university II Virgins
Were entered. with It's full strength, ther,
would be different tale to tell probably
rs II could no doubt muster enough mel
10 beat Georgetown, with its training I'D
Tantages.
Il was hard lines for 0allandet yester
Nay that 1t should have lost to Mount 81
Hossph's after having the eeme practi
swesun ls1A s*-ths ssstnntns Of II