Evening star., 1913-05-21
AMATEURS DRAW
SMALL CROWDS
Attendance at Games in Sew
eraI Leagues Much Be-
low the Average.
HAMMER THROW TO BE
AN ADDITIONAL EVENT
Program of A. A. U. Champion
ships at Baltimore Satur-
day Is Enlarged.
BY a. c. BYRD.

BY II. C. BYRD.
| Poor attendance has SO far this spring
| league base ball games. In one or two of
| the circuits there have been fair crowds
| to watch the contests, but In several
there have been very few spectators.
| Whether or not the lack of attendance
at the amateur contests means that there
| is an abatement Of the interest in the
amateur sport is questionable. 1t is hard
| ly true that such is the case. The one
| way to account TO rthe fact that the at
tendance at the games is much below the
| usual average of previous seasons is that
the scoreboards showing the games in
| which the Nationals appear are numerous
and the crowds had much rather spend
| their time watching the electric game be-
| tween the professionals than the actuai
| contests between the amateurs.
Just how scant has been the attendance
| in one or two Of the circuits may De
| known by remark passed by player on
| one Of the teams a day or so ago. The
player referred to happened to remark
rather ironically that there had been an
exceptionally large crowd present at the
game his club had played the day pre-
yious When asked how many persons
have been nearly twenty-five.
It has been decided to add the hammer
| throw to the championship Est OF events
| to be held in Baltimore Saturday. There
have been numerous requests from ath-
| letes In this city to the effect that the
event be added. and it has been decided
| to cater to them
The meet will not be a very large one.
There win be few representatives from
| this city, as none of the college athletes
| will ae allowed to enter. Baltimore will
| have the greatest representation: as II
| has many more men IN competHlon lol
various clubs than has washington
The following is a list Of the games
| to be played in the amateur leagues to-
| day:
Central League-Twining We. Northern.
DEPARTMENTAL League Agriculture vs.
| Interior.
Federal League - akoma VS.. Tangle-
woods.
vs. United Brethren.
r. R. Y. NJ. c. A. League-Southern VS..
Car Department.
Treasury League-Open date.
Southeastern League = Avondales vs..
Congressionals.
The st. Johns - Johns Hopkins ball
game. which was postponed from last
Saturday, will be played today In Bal
timore st. Johns Is figuring on getting
away with the long end of the score. IL
has a pitcher of exceptional merit In Will
son. and it thinks that 1t will be able to
turn the trick 1t has failed to accomplish
during the last two years.
A good pitcher does not always win
ball game. though. as was shown last
Tolc rxyt,n w
st. Johns, struck out sixteen Hopkins
men and yet lost his game by a score
of 16 to l. 1t is very seldom that con-
test is lost under such remarkable con-
ditions. and it hardly seems that such
a thing is possible.
The Notre Dame nine, which comes
from the big Catholic school OF the mid
die west, will be here tomorrow to meet
the Catholic University. A fairly good
line should be secured on the westerners
by their performance of today, they be-
ing scheduled to meet the Navy at An
napolis
The Catholic University team will be
considerably weakened by the absence OF
two of its best players. Hayes. one OF
the best shortstOps in college base Dali,
is not with the team any more, and Pipp.
the hardest hitter in the lineup, left last
night to join the Detroit club.
arthur DuIIy, WI1LiuS 1OT lHO DOcAOL
Post. after having kept in close touch
with the work OF various track squads.
gives his opinion of the probable result of
the intercollegiates as follows:
A week ago l pointed out the Iact
that Cornell appeared to have the best
chance of any of the colleges to win
the intercollegiate athletic champion
ship at the stadium May 80 and 81.
At that time the showing Of the Itha-
cans against Harvard. as compared with
the showing of Pennsylvania against
Dartmouth, Yale against Princeton. be-
sides the other meets. indicated that
Coach Moakley had the strongest team
Of all. But things have changed since
that time. The result of. the different
dual meets Saturday places a different
complexion on things generally. The
unexpected strength displayed by Penn
sylvania and Yale in their respective
meets shows that there Is another Ia
vorite to be reckoned with. and that Is
none other than Pennsylvania. The
Quakers' defeat of Cornell shows that
Nike Murphy has just as strong a team.
Moakley. In Don Lippincott the Quakers
appear to have just as star performer
as Jones. and the rest Of the team is just
as evenly balanced. AS matter Of fact.
Field this month. instead Of at the sta
dunn. Pennsylvania would be just as
strong a favorite. for the championship
today as Cornell was a week ago. But
luc &udAcTS Will nave 10 compete lar
from the guiding hand Of Mike Murphy.
1t looks now as II the championship lies
between Pennsylvania and Cornell.
Pennsylv dnia's defeat of Cornell also
shows John Paul Jones. the Cornell mile
and half-mile cha mpion, will not occupy
the limelight in the college champion
ship all to his lonesome. Don Lippin-
cott's great running, both in the Penn
Dartmouth and the Penn-Cornell games.
indicates that Lppincott will be just as
big factor for the Quakers as Jones
will be for Cornell. In fact Mike MUIR
ply has visions OF starting Lippincott
In the 100. 220 and 40 yard races, and
the Quaker sprinter has shown class
enough to win all three. If the Quakers
win the championship Lippincott will be
responsible.
Harvard's defeat by Yale was not
wholly unexpected. Johnny Mack. at
Yale, produced one OF those old-time
teams that there was no knowing what
real strength 1t had until fully tried out,
While Yale trimmed Harvard Trainer
Mack only showed a few contestants who
will have chance for premier positions
In the big championships. In Brown in
the half mile, who covered the distance In
LA As, he has q half-miler who ID going
to cause all kinds Of trouble. Capt. Wag-
onor. In the vault, IL apt to come to life
and run away with the pole vault cham
pionship.
pitchers who jerk their arms when
they throw the ball never last long" says
Mordecai Brown. 'The pitcher should