Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
By II. c. BYRD.

GuoYeetown will be the first Of the local
colleges to end it's schedule this season
The Blue and Gray nine will close its list
OF contests much earlier than usual. and.
in fact. two weeks before the other coll
leges play their last game.
The last game on the Georgetown
schedule will take place May 10 Notre
Dame will be the college against which
the Blue and Gray hopes to WIND up Its
season successfully. The earliest that
any Of the other schools will quit Is May
Is. when Catholic University will wind
up ~ season with Gallaudet as its OPP
ponent. The last two schools to quit are
the Maryland Aggies and Gallaudet. The
schedules Of both these institutions run
until June I.
Up at Georgetown there is very good
so early. Last year, when the schedule
ran much longer. 1t was found that
several Of the best players were lost to
the team because of time taken IN ex'
aminations and making up classroom
work so that the year might be ended
with a clean slate. Consequently the
team was crippled and lost several games
near the end of the season that should
properly have been placed in the won
column. It was deemed advisable not to
year marred by any such loss OF con-
tests. and for that reason the schedule
this spring was cut short
time Of It this week. The Brooklanders
are scheduled to play Amherst. Trinity.
William and Mary and the Maryland
Agricultural College. 1t is probable that
away with the William and Mary and
Maryland Agricultural teams, but it will
have its work cut out for 1t to beat Am
herst and Trinity. Trinity especially has
a classy ball club this year. 1t having won
practically all its games so far, and
against good college teams. too.
Gallaudet will reopen It's schedule We'd
! nesday. when 1t will meet the Western
High School team in a practice game
play the Red and White School boy team
two games during the coming week. one
Wednesday and the other Friday.
The two contests should serve to give
the school team some much-needed prac-
tice.
Two Of the hits chalked UP against
White Saturday in the sixth inning Of
| cidedly of the scratchy order. One was
dinky hit over third by Sterrett. and tho
other was q grounder, beat out because
Davis failed to throw the ball soon
enough, after he had fielded 1t cleanly.
The series this year between George
| town and Virginia is sure to be one Of
| the best contested Of the season. There
| Is every reason to believe that the two
mines are as closely matched as they
deal of difference in the pitching that
| the men will have to play behind. al
| though II is conceded that the advantage
will be with Virginia. especially with
in, ho IN hitting there
to be little difference in the teams. and In
/ the other departments Of play 1t is said
by those who have seen the two clubs In
action that there is so little difference 1t
Is hard to tell which is the better.
Catholic University will meet Amherst
this afternoon, while Georgetown will
again hook up with Princeton. Both are
anxious to make up for the defeats sui.
fered Saturday. Catholic University will
do its best to win back favor by trimming
the fast Amherst aggregation, while
Georgetown will do its best to even up
matters with Princeton.
Catholic University will pitch Green this
afternoon. and the mainstay OF the Brook
landers' team should come across In good
style, as he has not failed to deliver the
goods in any game SO far this year
Fienle will be the man sent to the mound
| by 0eorgetown and Princeton will have
its work cut out to beat him.
| Il il rather ridiculous to talk about the
| GEORGETOWN nine being shifted and broken
| up in order to increase its batting
strength. What Is expected Of the Blue
| and Gray nine. anyway: The ball club
has yet to be organized that can get In
every day and hammer out runs enough
| to win In four out OF five games last
week the Hilltop team was there with the
stick to the extent that II won in each In
stance. and what more could be asked OF
IL than that ID something unknown? Ger
tainly becaus< II failed to hit effectively
| in one game out Of the five does not say
that II 10 SO weak at the bat that 1t must