Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
-FOUR MORE AMATEUR LEAGUES
OPEN SCHEDULES TOMORROW
Departmental, Columbia, Capital City and
Marquette Circuits Will Start Play.
Gossip Of the Ball Clubs
and Track Teams.

last chapter. but failed to hold the mar.
gin, and lost out finally ~ tally OF
| d to 2.
! No matter what position 1t succeeds In
attaining at the end OF the high school
series, it is certain that the Business High
nine is the best that that school has had
in years. Not since the team that won
the championship have the Stenographers
been represented by as good an aggrega-
ton Of ball PLAYERS a. that which has
has the team several good Individual men.
but It 10 playing well together. better than
| its game against Western would seem to
| indicate.
| Both Technical and Central have much
heavier teams than has Western, which fs
likely to give them somewhat the adyan-
tage Of the Red and White. Westerns
nine Is made up of rather light boys.
who, when 1t comes to running the bases,
/ should not be able to do as good work as
their heavier and faster opponents. Great
er size and age is apt to be deciding
| factor in the games in which Western is
| yet to appear.
Georgetown lost to Yale yesterday. 1t
was OI1ly in the natural order Of things
that the Blue and Gray might be expected
to split even with the New Haven school
in matters of games won and los.
Georgetown took the game that came OF
on the Hilltop. and it was Yale's turn to
! win. It made good
Zupnick, who plays shortstop for Bust
ness. il q little fellow. but Il pretty
| good ball player. He fields his position
| we'll and also hits about as consistently
as do the other members OF the team, and
II anything, little more 50.
Again the Maryland Aggies have failed
| to lower the colors OF the st. Johns Col
lege team. The Farmers lost the ball
game played between the two schools
another unsuccessful attempt on the part
Of the Aggies to take a game from the
Annapolis nine.
The Farmers held the lead In yester-
days game until the fifth inning. when
q couple of errors and two hits gave
their opponents three runs, which were
enough to win the contest. Smith pitched
exceptionally good ball until the fifth
when things went wrong With his support
never win get another victory over ST.
Johns in base ball or foot ball. Not a
single game has gone to the Farmers
| since the spring Of 1907.
Yesterday was a disastrous day as far
as the Farmers were concerned. The re-
lay team was defeated at Pennsylvania
by st. Johns and the base ball team met
the same fate at Annapolis at the hands
Chapman, who is the main dependency
of the Georgetown track team, Is not in
very good condition to run next Saturday,
according to his own opinion. The fast
half-miler says that he will not be right
by long shot when he goes to the mark
over In Baltimore.
If Chapman Is In any kind Of condition
though, 1t Is fairly certain that he will get
away with his race. Chapman Ia the
kind of fellow who alwava undereatimafeS
his own ability, and 1t is likely that he
! will not be far behind the man who wins
| his event.
There Is only ono man who is Chap
mans superior at the quarter and half In
this section. There IL q great deal Of
| question In reagrd to that, and he will
| not be in competition at the Baltimore
meet.
Western Maryland College will be en-
tered In the N. A. C. meet next week.
| It did not compete last year. as 1t was
not represented by q track team.