Evening star., 1913-03-05
BIG SQUAD WILL
co TO RICHMOND
Local Colleges Will Be Well
Represented in Games in
That City Saturday.
BASE BALL TEAMS WILL
START PRACTICE TODAY
Practically Every College and
School Team in City Will
Be. for Work.
BY Fl. C. BYRD.

Several of the local colleges and
schools will be represented in the track
meet to be held by Richmond College in
Richmond Saturday night Several relay
teams will be sent down, besides yum
Der of individual entries from the differ
ent institutions.
Georgetown will be represented by the
largest squad 1t Will have in competition
its relay four and also enough individual
entries to make it reasonably sure that
it will win the point trophy. The relay
fo II will run q two-mile race against the
University of Virginia, and the other men
will be entered in whatever events it is
figured they will have the best chance to
score points
The Maryland Agricultural College will
be represented by relay four. The
Farmers had been intending TO send sew
eral individual entries, but as those men
are now practicing base ball it has been
decided not to do so. 1t is likely that the
four men on the relay team are all that
will make the trip. George Washington
will be represented by relay four, with
possibly few individual entries. 1t is
not probable that either Gailaudet or
Catholic University will have men in the
games.
The only two prep schools that are to
be represented are Georgetown and
Western High. The Blue and Gray
youngsters will have their relay four in
competition. and it is possible that West
ern will also. If the Western quartet does
not run Capt. Jones will be the only man
wearing its colors He will run in the
dasnes and quarter-mile events.
Georgetowns two-mile team will run
against Virginia. OF course. The George
Washington management has agreed to
meet the Washington and Lee four. but
it is not known what school will be
matched with the Maryland Aggies. The
Georgetown Props and Western. if the
latter makes the trip. will likely be
matched against the Richmond Academy.
Georgetown is very likely to win the
meet. The Blue and Gray squad is much
stronger than any other in the section.
likely to be more pronounced by virtue of
the fact that all the events are scratch.
In that case all the contestants will be
started evenly. and the local stars will
not be compelled to make up big handi-
caps.
1t is likely that this afternoon will find
every college and school base ball team in
the District out for the beginning of
practice. The work has been delayed
somewhat during the past few days, and
the squads will be more than anxious to
make up for lost ground The schedules
Will begin earlier this year than last,
and there must be some hustling to get
the players in shape to do themselves
justice at the start.
Catholic University has the edge on the
other teams. The Erooklanders have
been practicing for the last month. in
doors when they could not get the chance
to go outside because of poor weather
conditions. AS a result of the work the
men are in much better shape to start
work. Their play during the first part of
the season is apt to be much more high
class than that of the other college mines.
Georgetown has done practically moth
ing. and will begin work today for the
first time. The Blue and Gray has done
a little indoor practice with its pitchers
and catchers. but under little supervision,
and they will not have much of start
on the other teams. The Maryland Ag-
gies have not yet held a single workout
of any kind. and will make their begin
ming this afternoon. Gallaudet has been
working some, but it is not probable that
much has been accomplished.
The school squads have been more pre-
vious than the college men. Several have
been working for some little time, both
indoors and out. Western and Eastern
have put in more time than the other
teams, although Business has had a
bunch of pitchers and catchers under the
tutelage of professional for three weeks.
1t does not matter so much for the
schools though, whether they get out to
work early or not, because the schedule
with which they are most concerned does
not begin for more than month. The
colleges start play in a little over two
weeks.
The basket ball game schedule for to-
night between Georgetown and the Susque-
hanna University will not be played. The
Pennsylvanians Cancelled the contest two
or three days ago.
Georgetown has only one more game on
it's schedule. That is to be played with
the Bucknell quint. The Bucknell team
will be here next week, March Is. The
Blue and Gray will be especially anxious
to win from the Bucknell aggregation, be-
cause it the team with which it end
ed it's season last year and it Won from
the local men. Every effort will be put