Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25
Prep League
News and Notes.

Georgia Military academy won the first
game Of the season saturday against Il
! team from College PARK. - 10 D. Ioach
Griffin was well satisfied with the playing
! OF his boys.
The coach used three pitchers in the
game Hardeman, burden and HuIlong.
| burden is a sOuthpaw and pitched hne
ball while on the slab. He will be sent In
this afternoon against the Marlst nine.
/ Hardeman will 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 oppor-
line of baseball material
Coach Griffin. Of the Georgia Military
academy saws the Marist BOYS may have
i I'M edge ON the cadets as far as team
work is concerned. but in batting and
fielding il will be about even up. He
looks for a close game.
Cato. Cuban will do the receiving
for the Georgia Military academy team i'm
todays game lie possesses a great
throwing arm and with little experience
will be a 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, Babb third base, Schank left
field Welsh center field Hurlong will
alternate between pitcher and right field.
Babb was elected captain Of the Geor-
gia Military academy baseball team a
meeting held by the members of the
school saturday morning
There are about thirty candidates for
| the second team at Georgia Military acad-
! envy The team is after a game with
| any second team i'm the Prep league. They
| trff, .tt1Q ri an %
az the Marist specials. Coach Grim
saws he would be pleased TO see the sec
ond teams Of the Prep league schools get
together and arrange regular schedWe
of games for the season
4 great amount Of enthusiasm Is be
ing shown by the members Of the base
nall squad this year at Georgia Military
academy All athletic teams at this
school are hampered somewhat by having
a drill every afternoon, Inc. boys on lne
baseball team have been getting out early
i'm the morning for an hours practice be-
fore breakfast
The BOYS High nine is well pleased with
It's victory over the Decatur city team
SATURDAY. Sam Armisteads boys played
a 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 be eX-
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
Of the local Prep season to-day with
Peacock lie and Weston will pitch and
play third base alternately
The game Saturday with Stone Noun
tain showed that Jim Parks, pitcher and
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 Bedell played
great ball Bedell made sensational
catch on second base and also got 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
10 last through tFS game. Mangum is
the other pitcher on the team
Two basket ball games will be played at
Tech High this afternoon. The race for
the nterClass championship is narrowing
down TO two teams the sophomore \ class
and the freshman h class. The sopho-
mores have won four and lost no games
and the freshmen have won four and lost
two.
Next Monday S the date set for the his
Held day exercises AT Georgia Military
academy The entries are all ln and Of
fcIals have been selected The event This
wear promises to he the most successful in
years.
The Atlanta Prep leag is having
quite time finding a suitable umpire
FOR the baseball games this year. Pro-
lessor W. A Alexander. the famous Tech
assistant athletic coach, has been aD-
peaIed to- but it is doubtful whether
"Neck" viii he able to give any time To
umpiring this year.