Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
LEAGUE IS
PLAYING BEST AMATEUR BALL
That Organization Is Probably Strongest in
District from General Standpoint IN.
A. c. Meet Will Be Big Affair.

pear to favor ST. Johns College: The
Maryland Aggies may come through
with enough points, though, to win the
meet Anyway it seems that Il any
other team Is to win except st. johns II
will have to be the Farmers who carry
Off the cup.
1t looked as though there was q grie-
vious error committed yesterday when
change Of pitchers was made at George
town Granting that 1t was right that
White should be taken out Of the game
It hardly seemed good judgment to send
OConnor in to take his place. OConnor
has not been working well recently, and
OF the last two or three contests In
which he has appeared F1enle, VINO
pitched the last inning. should have been
sent back into the game as soon as II
was thought that White Was wabbling.
Ftenle worked yesterday, and would
likely have been able to go the three
innings remaining OF the game In good
style, and when he was sent in to finish
the last inning he held matters right
where he wanted them.
There, was one peculiar play yesterday
In the Georgetown Virginia game that
could have been called either way by
Umpire Collifower. 1t was when the
home. AS 1t was the decision was given
In favor of Georgetown. but 1t could just
as easily have gone to Virginia on the
grounds Of attempted interference on
the part OF the batter. The decision
might also have been made against Vir-
ginia on the basis that the catcher inter-
fered with the batter. There IL no
question but that the catcher did inter
fered with the batter to some extent, and
that the batter also made an effort to in
terfere with the catcher In order to pre-
vent him from tagging the runner. AS
the Virginia man dropped the ball Um-
pire Collihower took the neutral position
and let the play go as a clean steal with
the runner safe on the catcher's error.
Georgetown's utter failure to make .
creditable showing In the track meet held
In Baltimore yesterday can be attributed
to nothing other than poor condition. The
men have been running only few days.
and some of them have not been training
at all. They expected to find less oppo-
sition in the meet than they did. Nobody
expected to have the really high-class
performances that took place, and 1t is
cal university did not. especially In view
Of the poor work of the southern institu-
lions. Virginia excepted, in the indoor
meets during the winter
There is none who will deny that Chap
man is a classy enough runner to cap
ture the $50 against any other man In the
south when he is right, and the fact that
he failed yesterday was due undoubtedly
to his poor condition. Chapman said q
few days before the race that he was not
In shape to run. but was going over SIM
ply because the school wanted to be rep
resented
Although he has been training but three
days, there Is one boy at Western who
is apt to spring surprise in the M. A. C.
meet in the distance events. It would not
be big surprise to see him win the $50
or mile, which ever he runs.
The only first place that went to
Georgetown yesterday in the meet held
in Baltimore was In the 22)-yard hurdles,
which were won by Eller in fairly fast
time. Eller Tailed the majority Of points
secured by the Blue and Gray school,