Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-19
THREE COLLEGE
CONTESTS TODAY
Georgetown Meets Lafayette,
Catholic U. Plays Penn State
and Aggies Try Navy.
MORRISETTE PITCHES
A REMARKABLE GAME
On First Appearance Lets
Georgetown Team Down
Without a Hit.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Three of the local colleges are sched-
uled to play in important contests this
afternoon. Two games will take place on
the home fields. while the other will be
played in Annapolis Georgetown will
meet Lafayette on the hilltop. Catholic
University is scheduled to play the Penn
sylvania State College nine at Brookland
and the Aggies will go against the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
None OF the games is more important
than the others. The Blue and Gray
will endeavor to get back some of the
prestige lost to the Mount st. Joseph's
nine yesterday; Catholic University will
go into the game with the determination
to keep its victories going as long as pos
sible, and the Maryland Aggies had
rather secure a victory over the Navy
than from any other team on their sched-
ule.
The game in which Mount st. Joseph's
won from Georgetown yesterday and that
in which Catholic University beat Vir-
ginia shows how utterly impossible 1t is
to make a prediction regarding the out
come of game this early in the season,
because the mines are not playing up to
their real form. There is chance that
all three of the local schools will win.
and again there is just as much chance
If the Pennsylvania State College has
a base ball team which measures up,
comparatively, to the standard OF the az
gregatiOn that represented 1t In foot ball,
their hands to get away with the game
The Pennsylvanians have had everyr
thing their own way in the majority Of
branches Of athletics, and 1t is probable
that they will bring down a base ball
team of very high caliber. Anyway. a
nf al
sand students ought to turn out nine ball
players the equal of the majority OF
those representing the majority of other
Institutions.
The Observation-Disclosures game will
probably mark the first appearance OF
the last mentioned nine on the field. The
Blue and Gray will have somewhat of an
advantage in that it will have played one
regular contest. but whether or not that
will be sufficient to give it victory is
hard to tell
The Maryland Aggies go to Annapolis
to meet an older and more experienced
team. If the Farmers pitchers were in
good shape they would stand a chance
of making an excellent showing, but the
men who will do the twirling are not at
their best by a long shot. 1t may be
that whoever does the hurting Will show
good form. but. at best, none of the
be-
1t is likely that Ryan will do the pitch
ing for the Catholic University team
against Penn State, and he Will be op-
posed by Whitney, the former Eastern
High twirler, who has been making
great reputation for himself at the Penn
sylvania institution. Up at Georgetown
it is reported that Kelly, who pitched the
first three innings yesterday against
Mount ST. Joseph's, will be the man used.
Against him there is possibility of an
other local lad appearing. Holden, who
used to pitch for Western and now Is a
member Of the pitching corps OF Lafay-
cite, and he may do the work in the box
today. Hoffecker or LOOMS will pitch
for the Aggies against the Navy. with
the odds in favor of Hoffecker starting.
although Loomis is in the better condi-
ton
While the batters are not hitting the
ball hard at this time OF the year, 1T is
nevertheless a remarkable performance
when a pitcher works in a game in which
he does not allow q hit. A pitcher Is not
supposed to be at his best, either, and
that makes the performance of Nor
r1sette all the more meritorious when he lei
the Georgetown nine down without sin
gle safe crack at the ball. The Blue and
Gray men could not connect with his de-
livery at any time during the contest
The best they could do seemed to be to
dump easy rollers to the infield. That
Morrisette must have had a whole lot on
the ball is shown by the fact that he
passed nine batters and not one of them
was scored with hit. He seemed to
tighten up and twirl remarkable ball
whenever there were men on the bases
He had spit ball that was exceptionally
good. and also speed above the average.
The showing made by F'ienle when he
went into the box yesterday against Mt
ST. Joseph's indicates that he is going to
be the mainstay of the Blue and Gray
pitching staff again. unless as has been
reported. he will not be able to play be-
cause Of inability to get away from the
work which holds him during the day.
According to opinion, it Is evident that
the coach is expecting him and Kelly to
do the greater part of the pitching dur
ing the season. Kelly worked three
innings OF yesterdays game, and he ex-