Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-10
BY n. G. BYRD.

% I H. ". d 1s0s
The Maryland Agricultural College will
| hold its intercollegiate and interscholastic
track meet tomorrow. II present indica-
| tons are to be accepted at their face
! value, which seems only reasonable, the
games will be superior In every way TO
the ones held last spring. More athletes
will be in competition, there Is much
larger number of entries. the track will
| be in better shape and a greater number
Of schools will be represented.
Last year the intercollegiate meet was
held in the morning and the scholastic
| and county school events in the after
noon, but a different arrangement has
been effected this spring and all will take
place in the afternoon. The first event
will be the intercollegiate 100 yards 1t
will be called at / o'clock sharp and the
| scholastic and intercollegiate events Will
follow. The purpose In not running all
| the intercollegiate and all the 1nterscho-
| lastic events in order and separately is
| to give the men who are entered In more
| than one or two events plenty OF oppor-
| tunity to rest. For instance. a scholastic
l competitor will be able to get some much
needed rest for other events after one
competition while an intercollegiate race
| is taking place.
Just what teams will win the meet is
the Maryland Aggies, though outclassed
| in the sprints, both Of which they won
/! last year, should come very near taking
| first. If the Farmers can get two sec
onds in the two dashes they Will stand
fair chance to get away with the
largest score. but otherwise they will find
it difficult matter. Ryder of st. john $
College will come near winning the two
good condition. The Farmers have not
a man who is as fast as the st. Johns
Splinter at either of the three distances.
unless 1t be that Kemp could beat him In
the 40.
In the interscholastic events 1t would
| appear that Central High of this city
stands the best chance to come frst. The
Blue and White school. although 1t Will
not win points as easily as last year, Is
represented by very capable men and has
| a heavy entry list in each event. which
| in itself means quite little. Almost
enough points can be counted to give the
Central team first place in the meet, with
several Of the others running close Sec
ond
just what will be done in tho county
school events is impossible to say as
nothing is known regarding the charac-
| ter Of their entries.
| It would appear that many OF the win
ners In the Farmers meet to be held to-
morrow afternoon can be picked now. 1t
| is fairly certain that Fritz Reuter- of Cen
1
while Blackstone. his teammate, should
win the hurdles without much trouble.
1 The other scholastic events are far
more doubtful. In the $50 1t would APP
pear that Hamilton of Central has the
margin on the other men In this event.
but there are several others entered who
are likely to prove contenders. Mayfield
of Western and Disney and Pyle Of the
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute should
run well.
Central and Western will meet this aft
ernoon in what promises to be the most
hard fought game of the high school
series. The Blue and White must win to
retain even a chance for the champion
ship. while Western. though 1t win not
} be out of the running if it Is defeated.
will not lose If 1t can help itself
If Central plays the kind of game 1t has
put up at times this year 1t will stand an
excellent chance to win, but II It plays IN
Eastern and Tech 1t is more than proba-
BILE that the Red and White will be return
ed the victor. Under the conditions 1t
would seem that the two teams will start
the game about on an even basis. So far
1t has appeared that Western has little
the better defensive aggregation. while
Central has had the margin on the Of
fense 1t is hard to tell whether or not
any one game. though, especially con-
test in the scholastic SERIES when every
team generally does just exactly the OPP
posite of what is expected of 1t.
Anyway. the game this afternoon should
be we'll worth witnessing. being one of
the crucial contests of the series and the
rivalry between the contending teams be-
ing very great. The play. while 1t may
} not be as good as 1t might, will be made
up for in the enthusiasm shown by the
youngsters.
LOOMS will probably start the game for
Western, while Taggart will pitch for
Central.
The Capital City League is in danger
OF being disrupted. The circuit has not
been making money, and one Of the teams
will either leave or drop out of base
ball altogether, The report to the effect
that the Sewerage Pumping Station nine
Is likely to leave the circuit is made GER
tain this morning by a statement from
the manager OF that organization. Mr..
commission tonight for the right to for
felt his franchise. and il 1t is not granted
him he will drop out OF base ball en-
} tirely.
Catholic University had no trouble beat
ing villa Nova yesterday. the result OF
the contest being IL to o. in favor Of the
Brooklanders Green pitched good
enough ball to win any game although
his teammates scored II runs for him.
The c. U. nine connected with the ball
for safcties whenever they were needed
and got away to winning start.
Il GEORGETOWN meets Yale today in New
Haven The contest was hurriediy ar
| ranged during the early part of the
present week to take the place Of the
one. with Manhattan. which was can
celed by that school. After 1t was found
that the New York team had Cancelled,
Manager Hegarty of the Blue mad Gray
nine wired the Yale manager asking for
game and the request was readily
granted.
Tomorrow Georgetown will meet Ford
ham In New York. In the other contest
with the Gothamites the Blue and Gray