Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-26
COLLEGES TOPLAY
IMPORTANT GAMES
Intercollegiate Championship
May Depend on Result of One
or Two Contests.
YALE is NOW RATED
AS THE BEST TEAM
Dark Blue Stands Excellent
Chance to Top List When
Ranking Is Made.
By H. C. BYRD.


to keep the Yale nine from being ranked
at the top OF the list of intercollegiate
teams when the final selections are made
several games are yet to be played which
will have a distinct bearing on the cham
p.onship. The series between Princeton
and Yale and between Yale and Harvard
have yet TO take place. and if either the
Crimson or the Tigers were TO get away
with the long end OF the scores in those
games, it would put crimp in the
chances of the Dark Blue
The games which are scheduled this
week, which will bear directly on the
placing of several of the teams, will take
place between Yale and Williams. Yale
and Princeton, Harvard and Dartmouth.
Harvard and Brown. Brown and Holy
Cross The Yale Harvard games come
later i'm the season. hut even II a contest
is lost by Yale IL will be very difficult 10
keep It from being placed at the top. Al
though a base ball team il much better
than lot Of Others it is bound to lose
once in while. The laws of Chance are
against its winning every game. no mat
ter how superior Ii may be. IL rs the
general opinion that Yale has the strong
est college nine i'm the country. and II II
happens TO drop a game or two before
the end of the year. IL Is very likely that
it will still be given the championship.
4 New York paper attributes much OF
the success of the Yale nine TO the
ability of it's captain. 1t had the fol-
lowing to say of the Dark Blue team
In recent issue:
yale has one OF the greatest teams
ever developed at New Haven and one
of the best which ever played on
college diamond The winning OF seven
teen straight games and the loss OF
only one to college nine this year
speaks for itself. Gile and Buster
Brown are wonderful pitchers, while
Scott also has held his end up. The
infield is strong and well balanced, the
outfield fast and hard hitting, but this
is not all. Capt. Blossom is natural
leader. as well as brilliant player. lie
has the happy faculty OF sitting out
the best features from the advice OF the
coaches and of knowing when Ia exert
his authority and how. Moreover, ne
has the ability to inspire his men ana
to make them respect his Judgment. Win
such a captain and such a team, Yale
men have reason to be proud, especially
after SO many lean Years
1t lis truly remarkable record when
any base ball team wins seventeen
straight games. but when colieSe
team manages to go that far without
a defeat there is every commentator
due it for what has been brilliant ana
consistent effort. Yale has not had
recent years, and the fact that IT Is
represented by WONDERFUL agBreRa.
ton this season is much appreciated
by all concerned.
The board of faculty advisers OF the
high schools will meet today In order
to come to a decision regarding the
disposition to he made Of the remaining
games I'm the school series and also 10
set a date for the track and field meet
which has twice been postponed
1t has been reported that an effort
would be made to have The base BAH
I'm
whether or not that will be the final
arrangement is not known definitely.
The annual track and field games for
the public schools. held under the au-
spices of the Fairgrounds Association,
will begin this afternoon. 1t Is In
tended to give one day TO running or
the preliminary events in the several
divisions and have the final contests
Saturday, June Z.
The first division will hold the events
scheduled for its section today. There
will be the following schools in COM
petition: Chevy Chase, Cooke. De hi
son, Eaton. Harrison. Hubbard. John-
son, Johnson Annex. Morgan. Monroe.
Petworth. Powell and Ross. There are
more than III entries in this division
alone.
The games will be held at the horse
show grounds.
1t is the opinion of experts that have
watched the performances Of the squaus
closely all through the preliminary sea-
son that the intercollegiate meet. To be
held at Harvard this week will result in
a close contest between Cornell aud Penn
sylyania tor first honorS. one man, n
making selection a comparative
basis of points that are likely To he
scored by the various men, gave the meet
TO the Quakers by the narrow margin II
a single point. with Cornell second.
Whether or not this will hold good Is
question. but il seems certain that on.
of these two teams will finish first that
is of course. according 10 the opinion of
norti.rners in close touch With the situa-
ton.
There are two teams which by their rr-
cent showing. should figure in t1o point
getting 10 greater extent than amy one
has even thought. They are the mixer
sity of California and Dartmouth. Both
these teams have some mighty clever per-
formers and. If they are in form. they are
likely to spring some surprises. Dart
mouth ran away with the New England
intercollegiate meet and Ii has some very
creditable records in dual meets. Espe-
cially in the field events is il strong. Cab
ifornia will he at disadN antase be-
cause Of the long distance II VIII have
TO travel, but. at that. there are some
men on It's squad who vii, win first
places. If their records made on the
coast are legitimate. The Way these TWO
teams are liable To cut into the POINTS
unexpectediy may upset the Nell Laid
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