Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-09
BY n. c. BYRD.

According to John Henry, the Amherst
nine this year is much below the standard
of former seasons. The Nationals catch-
er says that the ball team representing
the Massachusetts school this spring is
nowhere near as strong as those which
have been turned out by it previously.
The statement made by Henry some time
ago to that effect was emphasized yes
terday by the easy manner in which the
northerners were defeated by Catholic
University.
1t was not after the defeat yesterday
that the Nationals backstop offered the
opinion that his college team was below
it's usual standard When Henry said
that the nine was not what it had been,
it was just at a time when everybody
thought that it must be as strong, or even
stronger. When Amherst came south on
its spring trip it met Virginia in it's first
game. 1t was the first time. that the
northern nine had been on the field, ana
yet 1t won from the Orange and Blue,
which had just given the major leaguers
two hard games. 1t was then that some
body ventured the assertion that the team
must be exceptionally strong, but Henry
corrected the opinion and said that, on
the contrary. 1t was much below IT'S us"al
form in almost every department.
Henry has charge of several classes
in physical training at Amherst, and he
was in a position to know just what
kind of material represented the
school.
There is no doubt that had Amherst
a team as good as some of those which
have represented the school 1T would
never have lost to Catholic University
as easily as it did yesterday. The
classed among the very best of col
lege teams in base ball, but this season
appears to be one of those when 1t is
not.
With Greene in the box the Catholic
University nine would have a chance
against any college base ball team
Greene is one of the best OF college
pitchers. and in the whole time that
he has pitched for the Brookland school
he has been hit hard but once The one
game in which Greene has been batted
to any extent was that in which his
team was defeated by Georgetown last
year. In that contest the Brookland
pitching star was hit hard after the
first five innings and lost his game
after his men had obtained big lead.
In the second game between the
schools Greene held Georgetown help
less and beat the Blue and Gray by
3 to score.
The one factor in which the AM
herst team seemed weak yesterday was
It's pltCuiHS. lIucn, WHO was vi TIC
mound for the northerners. allowed the
Catholic University nine ten hits, be-
sides giving two bases on balls. His
team did not have much chance to win
made four errors behind him, and
Greene pitched such air-tight ball for
the opposing nine.
Widmayer was the only player on the
Catholic University nine who failed to
hit Safe1V oach nf OfherQ
or more Safeties.
Princeton again showed what kind of
ball team it has when 1t took the
the second time in succession. The Tigers
played the same consistent game they
did Saturday. There was never slip
up on the part Of their opponents
of which they did not take advantage.
The same watchfulness which gave
them foot ball championship when
their team was apparently outplayed in
two instances is just what will give
them the same honor in college base
ball this year
Princeton will win games in base ball
just as 1t did in foot ball, and the aggre-
CATION it defeats will be wondering why
after 1t is over. The Tigers have devel-
oped that watchfulnesS and close app1ica-
success In any branch of athletics. There
is hardly any such thing as beating a
team that Is alwys intent on its work and
ready at any and every moment to take
advantage of little slips on the part Of
its opponents.
There is one difference between the me-
diocre and the class 1t is that thought
fulness and application just mentioned.
and whether or not the two faculties are
exercised is the determining factor in sue
cess. Those things have made Princeton
the winner instead OF the loser. the class
instead of the mediocre.
Fits, Kimball and Swasey were the
men able to connect with Green's shoots