Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-01
LARGEST SCHOOL
MEET IN SOUTH
Is That Which Will Be Held by
Maryland Aggies Satur-
day Afternoon.
NEARLY 800 ENTRIES
HAVE BEEN BOOKED
More Than Thirty Schools and
Colleges Represented-G.
u. and N. A. C. Win.
BY II. C. BYRD.

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There is no doubt that the track
and field games to be held by the Mary
land Agricultural College Saturday will
be the greatest affair of the kind that
has ever taken place in the south. In
the number of entries received and the
trophies to be awarded the meet is in
class by itself.
Entries were closed last night and there
will be in competition nearly 800 ath-
letes, who are entered on an average
in about three events each, making a
total Of about 500 entries. These ath-
letes represent more than thirty schools.
there being about twenty-four or twenty
five prep and high schools entered and
six colleges.
All the Washington high schools have
teams averaging from three to twenty,
two men entered. Also the National
Cathedral School has entered a goodly
sized squad. Several prep schools IN Bal
timore will be represented, the Baltimore
Polytechnic and Baltimore City College
being in the van with teams or about
Arundel Academy and Charlotte Hall are
other prep schools that will have teams
in competition.
The most prominent high schools
throughout the state that are to be rep
resented are as follows: Frederick. Ca
louisville Towson, Sandy Spring, Den
ton. Annapolis, WicomcO, Goyans, Eli
colt City and Cambridge, besides two or
three of the grade schools
The state intercollegiate meet which
will be held in conjunction with the
scholastic games, the events being run
in between those for the schoolboys, Will
be a triangular affair between Western
Maryland, st. Johns and NJ. A. c. None
of the other colleges will be repre-
scented.
Two feature relay events will be run
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championship of the south and the sec
ond will be an intercollegiate relay with
George Washington, st. Johns, Western
Maryland. Gallaudet. Catholic University
and NJ A. G.. as the contenders.
The prize list will be large. There
will be given in each of the individual
events the customary gold, silver and
bronze medals for the first. second and
third men, respectively Three silk ban
ners are to be awarded as team trophies
in the individual events and five silver
cups are to be given for the runners
scoring the greatest number of points
in the different classes. There will also
be silk banners for the winning team in
each relay race. and the individual MEM
bers of these teams will get silver cups.
Provided the weather conditions are
right there is not much doubt that
the meet will be the largest scholastic
affair ever held in this section.
While it was outhit yesterday by the
ST. Johns College nine, the Georgetown
team managed to pull out victory by
the score of to 5. The Annapolis men
failed to take advantage of all their
chances to score and that probably did
more than anything else to lose for them.
Nine men were left stranded on the sacks.
Matthews. who started to pitch for St
Johns. went well till the beginning of
the fourth inning, when he began to tire.
He was removed at the beginning of the
fifth. Wilson taking his place and doing
effective work Wilson got away with
the game for the last three innings in
very good style
The Maryland Aggies had another hit
ting bee yesterday. winning from the
Mount st. Marys nine by the score of II
to 3. The Farmers banged the ball even
harder than they did against West Vir-
ginia University, connecting with 1t for
fifteen safeties.
The Mountaineers were shut out until
the first half of the ninth, when they got
away with three hits and a base on balls
that gave them their scores. Costello
led off with a three-base hit to right
field. A man was walked and then came
two hits. both of which should have
really been handled.
Morris hit the ball farther yesterday
than it has ever been walloped on the
man followed up single and two-base
hit by drive into left field which went
clear over the left fielders head. over
the pike and into a field on the other
side.
Hoffecker pitched a remarkable game
of ball for the Aggies until the ninth in
ming. He was not hit hard at any time
and he did not walk single man until
then. His work was exceptional 1t is
seldom that a college pitcher does any
better hurting than did he against Mount
st. Mary's. Had two balls In the ninth
inning been played right he would have
got by with a shut-out, which he I'M
doubtedly deserved.
Mccarthy, who worked for Georgetown
against ST Johns, began to show the eff
fects Of his pitching and playing the
outfield. A pitcher cannot show at his
best under such conditions. and Mccarthy
failed to work as well as In the other
contests In which he has appeared. He
did not have the same hold on himself
and failed to pitch as tight ball as he
did In the games against Yale and Har-
ward.
The winning Of yesterdays game from
Mount st. Mary's places the Maryland
cannot possibly lose the state cham
pionship 1t may be that Western Mary
land, the only team that has not been
defeated. will win from the Farmers.
but. unless 1t shows better form than
it has so far this season, such is not
likely to happen.
It might be mentioned that NJ. A. c.
is the only college that plays all the
one that has managed to keep consistent
ly on good terms with the other institu-
tons SO that athletic relations would
not be strained.
Catholic University is scheduled to meet
Bucknell today. The Brooklanders are a
little afraid Of the game. because it is
said their pitching staff Is not in as
good shape as 1t might be.
Georgetown will meet Bucknen satur-
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