Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30
NA1ONA[SP[AY FIRST
GAME ON MARCH !
Will Open Training Season
With Contest Against
Virginia Varsity.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, November
29.-Manager Thornhill of the Virginia
base ball team. last night announced the
complete schedule for the coming spring
and it is one Of the most pretentious
ever undertaken by an Orange and Blue
team. Because Of faculty ruling that
the team cannot play more than two
games q week. with few exceptions
the number Of games to be played is not
quite as many as played last year, but
this is more than overbalanced by the
class Of teams which will be met. The
season starts off with the usual practice
games with the Nationals. the first one
coming March Z and this being followed
by four more in the course of the next
two weeks Although this seems q little
early to start things. it Is not so unusual
when II Is remembered that the squad
was on the field from the first part of
February last season. This series with
the professionals has proved big
help to the college team in former years
in the way Of Installing confidence, be-
sides what the older men show the boys
In their spare moments. Several teams
appear on the schedule for the first time
and others for the first time In several
years.
Lehigh and Hopkins are the newcomers,
while games are pending with two other
northern teams who have not appeared
here before. Harvard and Brown are
seen again after an absence Of several
years. and Yale will play series Of three
games In place Of the single game in past
years. The first will take place In Nor
folk, after which the two teams will
come to Charlottesville to play the fob
lowing day, with the final one In New
ViFUinfQ'g
usual series Of three games with George
town has been arranged. two of which
will be played at Charlottesville during
the festivities Of Easter week at the
university. Cornell, Princeton and North
Carolina are the other teams which will
be met in more than one game. The sea-
son will close Saturday, May 2, after a
trip north. taking In Georgetown, Prince
utive days in the order named The fol-
lowing is the complete schedule for 1914.
Saturday, March I. Washington Americans at
Charlottesville: Wednesday, March II. Wash
ington Americans at Charlottesville; Saturday.
iottesville; Wednesday, March IS, Washington
Americans at Charlottesville; Saturday. March
Wednesday. March Is: open; Friday. March q.
Amherst at charlottesville: Monday, March so,
Thurss rSsy As Hpl Cornell CORNELL At Char Char
chsriotiesvills: Friday: April 10. Princeton At
Norfolk: Monday. April IL. Yale at Char.o: ties
vile; Tuesday April II. Hopkins at Charlottes-
Vile: Wednesday. April 10. Georxetown at
Charlottesville: Thursday April 10. Georgetown
at Charlottesville; Friday, April IL V NJ. I.
at Charlottesville; Saturday. April IS. North
Carolina at Durham; Monday. April 20. North
Carolina at Greensboro: Wednesday, April q,
Trinity at Charlottesville: Saturday, April Is,
North Carolina at Charlottesville: Tuesday.
April %. Georgetown at Washington Wednes-
day, April %, Princeton at Princeton Thurs
day, April so. Harvard at Cambridge: Friday,
May l, Brown at Providence; Saturday, May >,
Yale at New Haven.