Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Prep League
News and Notes.


game Of the season SATURDAY against a
Team from College Park, 10 to 3. Coach
Griffin was well satisfied with the playing
Of his boys.
The coach used three pitchers in the
| game Hardeman, burden and lurlong.
| burden is a southpaw and Hitched me
hall while on the slab He will be sent in
this afternoon against the Marist nine.
Hardeman viii also be used.
The game to-day between Marist and
| Georgia Military academy will be the first
one on the Prep league schedule. The
| game will give the coaches an oppur-
tunlty to see what they have got in the
line Of baseball material
Coach Griffin of the Georgia Military
academy, says the Marist boys may have
a little edge on the cadets as iar as team
work is concerned, but in batting and
| fielding it viii be about even up. He
looks for a close game.
Cato. a Cuban will do the receiving
| for the Georgia Military academy team IN
| today's game He possesses a great
throwing arm and with little experience
win be wonder behind the bat
The lineup for the Georgia Military
academy team to-day will be Cato catch-
| err burden and Hardeman pitchers, So
| lano shortstop, Smith first base, Davis
second base, Babh third base, Schank left
| field Welsh center field. Hurlong will
alternate between pitcher and right field.
Babb was cler'.t captain Of the Geor-
gia Military gc. baseball team at a
meeting held J. 'le members of the
school SATURDAY '-Aing.
There are about thirty candidates for
the second team at Georgia Military acad-
] emy The team is after a game with
any second team i'm the Prep league. They
are particularly anxious TO have a crack
at the Marist specials. Coach grimm
SAYS he would be pleased to see the sec
ond teams of the Prep league schools get
together and arrange regular scheduie
Of games for the season
A great amount Of enthusiasm is be-
ing shown by the members of the base
ball squad this year at Georgia Military
academy All athletic teams at this
school are hampered somewhat by having
drill every afternoon. The boys on the
baseball team have been getting out early
in the morning for an hours practice be-
fore breakfast
The Boys High nine is well pleased with
its victory over the Decatur city team
Saturday sam Armistead's boys PLAYED
fine game, and he thinks they have
swell chance TO cop the Prep league pen
nant.
Although they lost to stone Mountain
last Saturday the Tech High bunch are
not at all disappointed. Captain Parks
of the team. says his men made a fine
showing, and did as well as could he eN-
pected 1t was the teams first good try
out of the season
Captain Parks of Tech High, says the
boys are all ready for the opening game
Peacock He and Weston will pitch and
play third base alternately
The game Saturday with stone Noun,
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captain of the Tech High team, is a whale
at bat. He got two triples and single
out Of FIVE trips to the plate. Weston
pitched a swell game and Beden played
great ball Bedell made a sensational
catch on second base and also got a nice
two-bagger.
Coach Patterson. of Peacock. will start
Sans as pitcher in the game to-day with
Tech High Sans has been sick for the
past two weeks, and he may not be able
to last through TIE game, Mangum is
the other pitcher on the team.
Two basket ball games will be played at
Tech High this afternoon. The race for
down to two teams. the sophomore class |
and the freshman class. The SophO- |
moreS have won four and lost no games |
and the freshmen have won four and lost |
two
Next Monday is the date set for the big /
field day exercises at Georgia Military |
academy The entries are all in and of |
hcialS have been selected. The event this |
year promises to be the most successful in |
years,
The Atlanta Prep league is having |
quite a time finding a suitable umpire |
for the baseball games this year, Pro- |
feSSor w. a. Alexander, the famous Tech |
assistant athletic coach, has been APP
- Aleck' will be able to give any time to