Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-13
MUCH STRENGTH
LOST BY TEAMS
G. u. Eleven and Catholic u.
Nine Will Miss Veteran Ma
teriaI Next Year.
DOC" GESSLER PLAYS
BALL WITH HOPKINS
Was Used in Left Field Under
Assumed Name, Captain and
Manager Losing Letters.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Two of the local colleges lose. athletes
this season of much ability 1t is more
! than possible that two teams will be
seriously handicapped next fall and spring
| because of the lack of some of the vet
eran material that will be missing. The
Georgetwn foot ball team and the Cath
| Ole University nine are the aggrega tons
! that will be hard hit.
/ Up at Georgetown two or three men
, will be lost off the foot ball team whom
it will practically be impossible to re-
place. There are two or three positions
! that are sure to be weaker than last
; fall. TO find man who would be able
to fill Hegarty's place at tackle or end
as capably as he has done for the last
three seasons would be next to impos-
sible. There are few better linemen in
| the country than Hegarty, and it is not
probable, to say the least, that man
can be developed in a single year VINO
would be as worthy. Another man of
much ability who will not be the
squad is Dave White. White was one of
| the strongest players on the team, and
/, probably was the best equipped foot ball
| player In this section as lar as physical
makeup is concerned.
/ He steady ground gamer. and
when used at tackle did some exceedingly
| creditable playing. 1t is by no means
| certaln that Moriarty Will return. He
stated positively last fail that he was
| through with foot ball and would not play
| again. Munaney, another mighty good
!, lineman, will also be lost He Will not be
| on the squad, as he has left school for
| good. Fury who has done some OF the
best brOken-rield running of any halfbacK
in the section, excepting alone his team
| mate, Costello, will not be back. 1t will
be a difficult matter at any rate to replace
these men, and it is very probable that
their positions will not be Tiiled by men
as capable, but there is likelihood that
even more of the 1912 squad will not be
on hand for practice this TALL. OF course,
it is fairly certain that some good new
men will come in, but they will have to
be of mighty high caliber to cause the
loss of the men mentioned not to be felt.
The Catholic University base ball team
is the other organization that Will be hit
hard. 1t loses some or its best men
players who are not likely to be replaced
by anybody VINO may come in from prep
schools. A catcher will have to be
developed because Mcdonnell, who has
been the star behind the bat for the
BTooklanderS tor tie last two or three
years, graduates. He has been a good
hitter and hia experience gives him an
extra value as a catcher. Horan, the
third bdseman, will not return, as he
graduates He is clever fielder and a
fair hitter Pipp and Hayes, the two real
stars of the team, Will not be members
of the club any more. the former play
ing professional ball and the latter hav-'
ing dropped out of the scnool entirely.
Creme, mainstay in the pitching box
for long WHILE has finished and will
not return. All these nieE ar very capa-
BILE in their positions, and it will not be
an easy matter to find somebody to fill
their shoes.
Of all the men who took part in ath-
letics at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege this yea. only one will be lost
koehler, the foot ball center. Gallaudet
does not lose any of its men.
While it is not generally known in
| Washington, it is fact that Johns Hop
kins had as a member of it's base bail
| Doc Gessler who used to play right
field for the Nationals. Gessler played
LETT field for the Hopkins team under
the name of Schultz. 1t was a long MT
by him which won the Navy game for the
| Baltimore school There has been no in
| tention to parade the matter here but
since it has come out in Baltimore it
! does not matter
1t is incidental to note that tine captain
and manager of the Hopkins team came
near losing their diplomas for allowing
| GessIer to play. Gessler was not only not
| eligible to play because of his long pro-
fessional standing, but it develops that he
was not even student at Johns Hop
| kins.
more Sun:
DE- ADercrombie, faculty director OF
athletics, had the following to say in
speaking of the matter:
THE original charge against the men
was that DR.. Gessler was not eligible to
| play, and they knew it, and yet sanction
ed his playing. 1t is true that he pays
tuition to the university. but he does not
take regular courses here. The fact that
|. he is professional is an additional
charge against Getz and Pieper.
The faculty several days aeo wanted
to hold their diplomas from them and
not allow them to graduate. [ disliked
f. this move, however and urged that the
| men be graduated and then asked the
+ athletic board to recall the honorary let
ters."
The meeting was behind closed doors,
but the news Of the boards action soon
r spread and was topic of much discus
, sion at the Johns Hopkins-Toroto game
. | at Homewood yesterday afternoon.
1t was rumOred that several other
players on the team would express their
dsapproval by returning tneir letters u
I Getz and Pieper received their diplomas
, at the commencement Tuesday.
The following is list of the games
4 scheduled in the amateur circuits today:
Capital City League-Cornell VS.. WAY
.ery.
II Departmental League-Open date.
Federal League-Fairmonts VS.. STAN
, tons.
East Washington Sunday School League
+, First Methodist Protestant VS.. Ninth.
Railroad Y NJ. c. A. League-Express-
men VS.. Station.
| Northwest Sunday School League
Fourth VS.. Mount Pleasant.
Treasury League-Federals vs. n. B.
f. A.
Southeastern League Mohawks VS..
Western Buds.
Marquette League-Trinlty VS.. st. Ste
phen.