Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-26
C0[[EG|ANS SHOW
LACK OF PRACTICE
Players Perform Much Below
General Standard in Their
First Games.
G. u. is IMPRESSIVE IN
CONTEST WITH NATIONALS
Blue and Gray Will Have Strong
Team in Field, Is Consensus
of Opinion.
BY n. C. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
The college teams which played base
ball yesterday for the first time this sea
son showed a decided lack of practice
| With the exception of one contest in
North Carolina and the one in which
| Virginia figured, the latter of which was
not fair criterion. there was not a nine
| that did not play below its real stand
| ard
Georgetown opened with a game
against the Washington club, and, while
it made fairly good showing, it was
| very evident that the Hilltoppers lacked
condition. They did not play as though
| they had been out long enough to show
i really what they could accomplish But
the opinion was created that an eXcep-
tionally good club will be developed. The
showing of the players and the team AS
whole was such as to cause the i'm
preston that the school will be repre-
scented by one of the best mines in its his
tory.
The Navy opened with Swarthmore as
It's opponent and won in a game which
was very poorly played. The Navy got
four runs i'll the first inning and Swarth-
more came right back in the second and
sent five across. The Sailors did not
show in very good form, nor did the
Northerners. The work of both mines
plainly evidenced the lack of practice in
real games. though much latent strength
was apparent. The Navy Won by Il to g.
The University of Vermont, the only
other northern college team now in the
south. was defeated by the Durham. N.
e, aggregation by to =. The Green
Mountain lads were not in near as good
condition as their opponents, showing
poorer form at bat and in the field.
The University of Virginia probably
won its game by the largest score made
in years in ball game in this section, or
perhaps in the country-jO to 0. And al
that it probably did not play at it's best
Jefferson School was the institution which
went down so ignominiously before the
Orange and Blue. A total of forty-two
hits was made by Virginia. while only
three were obtained by the opposing play
ers. Two men, Neff and Word, got four
hits each, while several others clouted
out three safeties.
Gallaudet played it's first practice game
against Western High The Kendall
Greeners did good work, showing much
better form than usual at this time OF
year. The only weak spot in the play OF
the collegians was their lack of hitting,
which probably will be much improved
, with practice.
The only other contest between college
tedLlS lOOh pace IN Lexington, va,
where the Virginia Military Institute won
from the Augusta Military Academy by
10 to ].
Georgetown was witnou. the services Of
Billy Martin in the game with the Ma
tionals yesterday, and Martin is a mighty
clever ball player, too. With him in the
inf1eld the nine will look a whole LOT
stronger, and that Notwithstanding the
ability of Shugrue. who is much above
the average Martin is 4 fair hitter and
| is a fielder of exceptional caliber. He is q
| whole lot better ball player than the aver
age college shortstop, and Is likely to he
one of the mainstays Of the Blue and
Gray.
| Adams. the former Western High
youngster now playing short for the
Navy, must have had a field day :yester-
day. He made six errors. something
very unusual for him. 1t Is dollars to
| doughnuts, though, that he made some
of those misplays on balls that many a
| man would not even have reached,
| Vinson, who stemmed the tide for the
Navy, gave evidence that he Is again
going to be the mainstay of the Midship-
| during the latter innings of the contest
| was such as to make him invincible. He
| held Swarthmore practically helpless
and gave much better exhibition OF
| pitching than would really be expected
at this time of the year.
Two ball players who have seen serv-
| ice with local high schools and college
! teams were yesterday farmed out by
clubs in professional ball. Adams, who
played with Central High and Post Office
| in the Departmental circuit, was let out
! by Milwaukee of the American Associa-
| ton to a club in the Illinois
League. while Dutch Hollander, former
shortstop at Georgetown, was sold by
| the st. Louis Browns to the Montgomery
club, in the Southern League.
A meeting of the officials of the North
west Sunday School Amateur League has
been called for next Tuesday. at which
important matters bearing on the coming
season will be discussed. New officials
will be elected and installed in office
contracts for supplies will be made and
an umpire chosen.
The circuit is now complete, and is
practically ready to start the season.
The Brghtwood Park Methodists have
been given the franchise formerly held
by the Fourth Presbyterian. Those be-
hind the organization look for a very
successful year.
The Maryland Aggies will open their
season tomorrow with Swarthmore
Swarthmore will have the advantage of
the Farmers have not been in any kind
Of a contest Swarthmore played the
Navy yesterday, plays Mount St. Joseph
today in Baltimore, and will meet Catho-
lie University Saturday.
Guy a former Western High young
ster, bids fair to make a regular berth
| with the Virginia nine. He has been used
in every practice game played by the
Orange and Blue, and it seems that he is
making good Roadway. In yesterdays
contest, in which Virginia got fifty runs
Guy contributed to the big score with
three hits out of five times at bat. He
was one Of the best scholastic players In
| the District when he was holding down
a place at short for Western.
The Aloysius Club will play its las,
game Of basket ball Of the season to.
night. The clubmen will go against
the All-Stars of the National Guard. The
| All-Star team will be composed almost
| entirely of George Washington University
players. though they will play under an
| other name.
! The Aloysius Club has had an excep-
tionally successful season. 1t has won
the championship Of the City League. TAX.
Ing sixteen out OF the seventeen contests
played. Tho clubmen have a record Of
which they may well feel proud. Get
ting together a bunch Of veterans at the
| start OF the season, they BEGAN to yvir