The Washington times., 1912-01-17
GEORGETOWN PREP
BASEBALL OUTLOOK
IS ENCOURAGING
Thirty Candidates Expected
to Answer Call for
Practice.
USE GYM THREE
DAYS EACH WEEK
Six Members of Last Years Team
Still Eligible To
- Play.

GEORGETOWN Preparatory School will
Do represented on the diamond this
year by one OF the best teams that
ever played on the Hilltop, according
10 the opinion Of Captain Mccarthy and
others In charge of Prep School ath-
leucs. and they base their claims on
the number Of veterans still in school.
NO iewer than six of last years team
are sul eligible to play. and with these
men as a nucleus a championship team
should be turned out for 1912. CAPITA. IN
mccarthy has stated that he expects
10 have at least thirty candidates to
answer his call for gym practice next
month. Arrangements are practically
completed whereby the varsity authori-
! ues Will allow the Blue and Gray
youngsters the use of the gymnasium
two or three days q week, and 1t Is
expected that this preliminary work
will prove beneficial to the nine Indoor
work is new for the Preps, and IL
successful will be indulged in yearly.
The catching job, left vacant by for
mer Captain Toehl. of last years team,
will be looked after by Ed Marum, the
football and basketball star Shean Is a
said to be a wonderful thrower as well
as good receiver and fair batsman.
In the box, besides Captain Nc
Carthy. there are two new men who
tations as twirlers, Corbett and Pill
lips. Corbett played with the Mt St.
Mary's Prep School of North Carolina
last year. and is said to have held
the Blue and Gray varsity 10 to O. to
three hits in q practice game last April.
PhillIps Is a likely looking youngster.
halling from springfield. Mass, and
IN hsaNy y,ln H1ro ouxl, ,,.tpI
do the bulk Of the twirling, however,
and II he performs in 1911 style the
lads from the heights will win the
interscholastic championship Of the Dis
trict In fairly good style.
Should Have No Trouble.
Billy Martin. the basketball captain
and crack end Of the football team
who has played the short field for the
Props for three years. should have no
trouble retaining his position.
asT % ,hsi ,nisn Hamd ana 10 ani Burns have signI
initial sack and the fight should be a
good one. Hand Is an Ironton, Ohio
boy, and should be wonder, as he
stands six feet in height and has a
from the infield.
For the position left vacant by Hig-
gins, at second base, there will be three
prominent candidates. who have had
Bfddulph. who played on the gridron
team, comes from Holy Cross Academy
and has an envis Hie reputation as hit
ter: Blake, late o. Fordham Preparatory
School, batted over .275 and fielded .956
last spring; Dolan, of Culver Military
Academy Is another good candidate.
Fennell of last seasons Gonzaza team
will fight 1t out with John Mcnamara
Of Fishkill-on-the-Hu Hudson. for Shugrue's S
old job at third base.
Try for Outfield.
There will be six or seven men for the
outfield jobs and on this list are several
very capable performers. Bardine comes
from the Junior Prep team: Donovan,
Drury, and Cusack are old men, while
Grove and Cass are newcomers that
should bolster up the outfield. Captain
Mccarthy, because Of his great hitting
ability. will play one of the gardens
when not pitching.
Last fall Gargan. the assistant coach
Of the varsity eleven. agreed to coach
the embryo collegians' Inv base ball this
spring. and while nothing more has
been done concerning the matter, It Is
expected that the football tutor will
guide the preps during their campaign.