Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-18
SHOULD HAVE A
GREAT SEASON
If Pitchers Hold Up Their End,
Catholic University Nine
Will Make Fine Record.
GEORGETOWN MEETS
ST. JOSEPH'S TODAY
Blue and Gray in Poor Shape
for Opening of the Season.
Other Gossip.
BY n. C. BYRD.

The. Catholic University should go
through one Of the most successful sea-
sons ever had by a local college ball
club. II the showing made yesterday
against the University Of Virginia is any
criterion. That nine with only few
days practice could go down and de-
cfsively beat team that had been prac-
ticlng In the open for more than month
seems to be more than could have been
looked for. and yet that is just what the
Brooklanders accomplished.
There seems to be only one thing
standing in the way of the C. U. nine
making a wonderful showing this year
that Is. whether or not the other pitch
ers will be able to uphold their end of
the work as well as did Greene yesterday.
Unless the Brooklanders have some ca
pable work in the box they are not apt
to accomplish nearly as much They will
be against mines capable of beating any
aggregation that cannot produce effective
twirling, and 1t remains to be seen wheth-
er there are others who can do as well
as Greene.
There is at least one other man at the
Brookland school that is very capable.
He is Ryan. Ryan has pitched some
clever ball for the Red and Black in the
past two years. and he has stuff enough
to be effective against the majority of
teams. Clancy has also done some good
work, but 1t is probable that he will be
kept from showing at his best because of
poor physical condition: These two men.
Ryan and Green. are likely to show we'll
against the great majority of clubs they
face, but there will have to be more than
two pitchers to go through the schedule
that is to be played.
The BrOoklanders undoubtedly have a
college. team.
average, and which will compare favora-
Oily with the mines from the big univer-
sites In the north. The infield is excep-
t1onally strong. 1t being composed of men
OF experience. who can field and hit. The
outf1eld is also very capable, and the
only question that remains to be decided
Is whether or not the team will show q
pitching staff strong enough to cope sue
cessfully with the long list of games that
are to be played with the strongest col
lege aggregations in the country.
Green seems to be in even better
shape this season than he was last
That he should go to Charlottesville
and outpitch Grant, who had already
worked one game in good style, is
should be proud. And then it is said
that Green did all this with 8 sore
arm. He went along until the seventh
inning in good shape, but then his arm
began to hurt him considerably, and
he was compelled to let up. It was
after this, in the last two innings, that
Virginia scored three Of it's four runs
With Green going along during the
entire season in good shape it is like
him this season will have their work
cut out for them if they are to win.
Going at his best Green has always
been hard man for any college or
ganization to beat, mainly because Of
his exceptionally fine curve ball.
Georgetown will start play today in
poorer condition than 1t has in a long
while. The Blue and Gray nine is
really not In shape to play at all, and
the latter part of the week. The games
have been listed. though, and the OBJ
legations will not be broken.
1t is reported that Mount st. Joseph's
last 1t is said that the Baltimore nine
does not have the wealth of veteran ma
terial that 1t had last spring, and it does
not figure that it will be able to accom-
plish as much. 1t may be. though, that
the Marylanders will prove a stronger
combination of ball players than is eS-
pected. 1t will be remembered that last
spring the Josephites came over here and
came within an ace of giving Georgetown
decisive trouncing. and it was only by
the barest turns of fortune that the hill
toppers did not suffer defeat. While that
is not expected this time, it will not do
for the Blue and Gray to take any
chances, because they are not in very
good condition themselves.
It is likely that Kelly. the pitcher who
has been SO highly touted. will work for
the Blue and Gray. Kelly is said to be
one of the best looking twirlers that have
come to Georgetown in long while and
is expected to accomplish much before
the end of the year.
The Maryland Aggies will meet the
Eastern High School nine this afternoon
in a practice contest. The Farmers are
scheduled to play four hard college games
this week. and 1t was desired to have the
men in some kind of a practice game be-
fore they went in to their regular series.