Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
BUSINESS MUST
WIN FROM TECH
Victory Today Needed if 1t Is
to Have Chance for
Championship.
TWO COLLEGE GAMES
SCHEDULED TODAY
Georgetown Plays St. Johns,
and N. A. c. Meets Mount
st. Mary's.
BY II. c. BYRD.

Business High gets its last chance to
make good in the high school series to-
day. 1t will meet Technical, and unless
1t can win from the Manual Trainers it
will be hopelessly out of the race. Both
schools have lost to Western.
Business disappointment over the game
it lost to Eastern in it's first appearance
was very keen. 1t had been touted as
one of the most capable aggregations in
the series, and it had been freely pre-
dicted that it would vie with Western
for first honors, and it certainly SEEM
ed that, from the showing made by
the men in the practice games, the many
good things that were said had much
foundation. In the real test the Ste
nographers fell down completely, los
ing to Eastern. team that had hardly
been considered. 1t is claimed by the
Business lads that they will begin today
to show the sort of stuff their n.ne
is really made up Of
Either Tech or Business will be put en-
tirely out of the running today. Neither
of these teams can hardly win after los
ing two contests, and both have already
lost one, Tech dropping the game to
Western last Saturday and Business be-
ing defeated by Eastern in the first con-
test in the series. If Business shows real
form in it's game today. the kind of form
that was expected of it at the start. and
wins it will stand chance OF fulfilling
the early hopes of its supporters.
The double umpire system will be used
in the game today between Tech and
Business. Mr.. Jenkins has been secured
| to assist Mr.. Colliflower the regular ar
bitter.
None of the ball games scheduled to
| take place here yesterday was played
| owing to the poor conditions OF the sev.
eral fields. Virginia and Georgetown did
not meet: neither did Catholic Iniver-
sity and the University of West Virginia
The contests in the amateur circuits were
also postponed.
So much interest is being taken in
the Maryland Agricultural College
track and field meet this year that
there is no doubt but that it Will be
opened to any scholastic institution in
Der Of events. of course. will be held
open only to the schools in the State
OF Maryland and the District of CO.
lumbia, but there will be another set
A plan that is being considered al
present for next year is to schedule
another list of events in addition To
those already held, then 10 hold the
regular scholastic events in the after
noon and the limited classes in the
morning. Whether or not that will be
done is a question. but the plan has
been discussed so seriously that 1t
will proba bly, be effected. Such a plan
has been considered because of the
| numerous applications that have come
from northern and southern schools
to be allowed to enter this spring
which was, Of course. impossible, as
the games are limited to schools in the
District of Columbia and the State OF
Maryland.
The meet Saturday will be the largest
that has yet been held by the Farmers.
There are more schools represented and
| there is an exceptionally large number
OF entries There will be many more
athletes in competition. and the num-
Der of entries will total almost twice
the number Of last spring.
Georgetown is scheduled to meet the
st. Johns College nine today. The
Blue and Gray will be against a yer!
capable aggregation of players. though
rather weak-hitting combination
Georgetown will not have an easy prop.
napolis nine, especially if there is tho
least tendency to hit at bad balls. VIII
son. the st. Johns left handler, is q
mighty hard man for any club to beat
| II the players are overeager to hit.
The MARYLAND Aggies will go agains,
the Mt. st. Mary's team today at Col
Iege Park. The Mt. ST. Mary's nine Is
said to be very capable, ii having wof
five out of the six games that it has
| played. Villanova. Colgate and Alb,igh,
arc three of the teams that have beer
defeated by the Mounta.neers.
Hoffecher will 10 the pitching for NJ A
G.. and any team that beats him. Will
| earn all that it gets. Hoffecker is in
better shape now than at any time this
year, and he is certain to give any col
lege nine plenty Of trouble.
Kelly will do the pitching for Business
today, and it is fairly certain that Dudley
who worked against Western, will be in
| the box for Technical. Kelly should show
| in much better form than he did in the
contest with Eastern, and. for that mat
ter. the whole Business nine should do
better work.
Tech has a hard team to beat any
time 1t plays as good a defensive game
as it did against Western. The Manual
Trainers Went through the contest with
out an error. the first time in long
| while that any high school nine has done
| that. When high school pitcher gets
such support as that. and he does not
| give away his game with bases on balls
his team is mighty likely to make an
! excellent showing.