Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
WANT c. j. PLAYERS
Professional Clubs After Local
College Men.
SEVERAL ARE MADE OFFERS
Hayes, Donnelly, Pipp and Greene
Are Wanted by Pro
Clubs.
SEVERAL ARE MADE OFFERS

The Catholic University base ball
players are receiving many offers to
turn professional and play under the
national commission. Thursday after
the game in Baltimore, with the. In
ternational Leaguers, in which the Red
and Black lost by the closest kind of
a margin. Manager Dunn of the Balti-
more club made it known that he was
willing to give both Pipp and Donnel-
ly a fancy price to sign Baltimore
contract. Both of these men played
star game against Dunn's Orioles
and made favorable impression.
There is little doubt but that this pair
could make good in the class A league,
for there has not been single game
this wear in which they have not
starred. When it comes to covering
first base, college ball players. and
many in the professional ranks, have
to bow to Pipp. Pipp's main fault Is
in covering ground. and in this de-
partment of the game he has improved
wonderfully since last year. At the
bat he is one of the leading stickers
on the team. and has made circuit hits
In six of the ten games played this year.
Donnelly. besides being the best and
most timely hitter on the team, is the
seen
In action on University Field in the
last five years Donnelly SO far has
even excelled Dutch" Hessler with
the willow. Donnelly stands up well
at the plate, and when he gets one to
his liking he steps into the ball and
the bases. uses his head WELL and is
able to slide to either side of the bag.
Repeatedly this year he has gone from
first to third on an infield out.
the team to get offers to join the pro-
fessional ranks. Greene, Mcdonnell and
Hayes are the other three. 1t is not
at all surprising that these offers are
being made the members of the team,
for the Catholic University has the best
school,. In previous years the teams have
been above the average, but never be-
fore has any one of them made the
record which the one Of the present year
date, eight against the best college teams
in this section and two against the pro-
fessionals. The eight games against
colleges have been won In easy fashion
and the two against the professionals
were lost. Catholic University has
to their opponents forty-five. This makes
an average of 81 runs a game to As
runs of their opponents The players
have hit safely 1OS times to seventy
eISHl llHeS. coi So early III the season
this is record to be proud of and peo-
pie all over the country are talking about
the showing of the team. The following
Is a statement which was made by Mr..
Clarkin, who is manager of the Hartford
club in the Eastern Association, on his
return to that city after a scouting tour
through this section. The article is from
the Hartford Daily Courant, on April =.
The article is
lone thing at which Mr.. Clarkin mar
veled during his trip was the fast Catho-
lie University base ball team. Clarkin
liked the way that ball team worked so
well that he would be willing to take the
! team as it stands and put it into this
league and back 1t for a winner. All of
the sporting writer's are taking notice of
the work Of the Catholic University and
many of them are putting it forward as
the fastest college team Of the country. {"
Manager Clarkin saw the Catholic
University team the day it faced the
| w ashington base ball club. 1t must be
said at no time this year did the PLAYERS
look as weak as they did on that occa-
sion and it is too bad he could not have
seen them in action against Penn State
or some other team, when the players
were at their best. This Hartford paner
is considered the best sporting paper in
the state OF Connecticut, and the above
Is only one of many articles which have
been printed by out-of-town papers and
are In the hands of students at the uni.
] versitS.
With Greene. Trayers and Ryan in form
Coach Moran g charges have an excellent
cnance OF gong through the season with
out single defeat by any college nine
on the schedule. There are but two
teams which are likely to give trouble
and these are Harvard and Nayy hnf
| the players are confident Of getting awav
| with these two contests