The Washington herald., 1912-11-07

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class teams. Sprigman is not a
candidate for the job next sea-
son, and Fury believes Moran will
be able to eli the bill.
It win be recalled that Charley Moran
coached the Catholic University nine
last spring. and the Brookland boys
thought the world OF him. The Catho-
lies easily won the majority II their
games and defeated some. Of the best
college teams in the East
For the past three summers. Moran
has played ball himself. with the Cornell
team Of the Capital City league. and the
veteran had . whole lot on some Of the
highly touted stars. many years bis
Junior.
In addition 10 Moran, Captain Fury.
providing he has his way, viii invite
Doc White. also Georgetown alumnus.
the crack southpaw Of the Chicago
Americans, to coach the Hilltop pitch
ing candidates in the cage. before he
(White) leaves for the spring training
camp.
This would seem to be q wise move.
and It In strange that no other George
town captain has thought Of such an
arrangement In past years. White has
helped out Central High School durine
the past four years and developed Shock
Boetler, one Of the best schoolboy
pitchers in the District
In discussing Georgetown's chances
next spring, Capt. Fury stated that the
material for q championship team was
in sight. and that with the proper coach
ing an enviable record will be estab-
ltshed.
Rather a Lame Excuse.
The Technical High school football
coach makes reply through the medium
of another Washington Newspaper, to
an opinion expressed in these columns
yesterday. that the reason why he an
nounced last week that Tech might
forfeit to Central in the annual game
was because he personally would have
to shoulder the blame In case the sub
stitutes who replaced the nunlEing regu-
lars were not In nt physical condition.
and that rather than run the chance Of
injury to any Of these players he would
call on the game.
This argument, as far a. It goes. ID all
right but the point the writer wished
to bring out was that coach In charge
Of q football eleven representing q school
the sire Of Tech should have at least
two elevens in shape to play. In other
words, the coach admits the possibility
Of having to play poorly trained substi-
tutes in the place Of well trained regu-
lars. showing that he IL not . capable
football coach.
Little Eastern High School with less
than one-third ~ many boys from which
to draw upon for football had . well
trained substitute for every position on
the team when the Capital Hill boys
played Business last Tuesday. The
Stenographers also had twenty-five play
ers in uniform. and the coaches At both
these schools are held responsible for
the physical condition Of the boys In
their charge. Just the same ~ the coach
at Tech. and up to date the hrst two
named have offered no excuses such -
emanated from the man in charge at
Tech.
Devlin to the Minors.
Arthur Devlin. the former Georgetown
baseball and football star. who last
summer played with the Boston Braves
may 60 to the Oakland Club Of the Pa
cific Coast League. A dispatch received
from Boston last night follows:
TT isn't to be expected that the Oak
land club owners WIN permit Sharpe to
come to the Boston Nationals without
getting something In return. and the
latest information from the Pacific Coast
is that Art Deviin il the man that STALL
ings. acting for the Braves. win turn
over In exchange for Sharpe's release
Devlin's name has been mentioned be-
fore IN connection with . managerial
berth upon the Pacific Coast although
previously It was Sacramento. rather
than Oakland. that was said to be sitter
him. Deylin isn't especially keen at the
idea Of dropping out Of the big leagues
At the same time It II known that he
would accept Q job a. manager II he
saw q fair ualsry in II and q fair chance
to stick. Whether the deaf goes thssdgh
or not, It can be set down as . certainty
that several Of the Braves Of M are
slated for the bounce before April. 1S1a"
An Ace in the Hole.
Ed wray. Of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. thinks Roger Bresnahan. the de-
posed manager Of the st. Louis Nation