Evening star., 1914-05-28
INTERCOLLEGIATE TRIALS
TOBE HELD TOMORROW
Cornell. Pennsylvania and Yale Seem
to Be the Favorites-Other
Sport Gossip.
BY n. C. BYRD.

with the Washington College nine. to l
There was very little hitting in either
game. Georgetown was able to connect
with the delivery of Rasmussen only six
times. while the Maryland Aggies got
only one safety off the delivery OF Bid
die who on the mound for Wash
inston College. Gallaudet could not hit
iHaggerty. who worked for the Blue and
Gray. while five safeties were gotten by
Washington College off Hoffecker. pitch
ing for the Farmers.
Rockwell played a brilliant game at
short for Gallaudet yesterday, his work
in that position being nothing short of
phenomenal. His efforts on the offensive
eliminated in the scoring of one run and
the making of a tWo-baSe hit On the
defensive. Rockwell figured in two double
plays and accepted eleven chances. He
did not make an error. Four OF his
chances were put-outs and three assists.
| About once in lifetime does a ball play
| er put up the kind of game that did
| the Gallaudet shortstop yesterday.
Kendall behind the bat for Gallaudet,
got the other hit made by that team.
| DAILY playing second base for George
| town. led that team in hitting, getting
| two safeties out of three attempts. One
! of his hits was a two-bagger. DAILY also
|
! The Maryland Farmers presented a
! patched-up team against Washington
| College. the absence of knode at short
| and Montgomery at first necessitatlng a
| wholesale shift in the lineup. Morris
| went to first in place of Montgomery and
| Williams. who has been playing right
| field was sent to center. Barrett got
| into his first game of the season in right
| field. while Shipley took knode's place
l 7 hall hird
| Shipley's regular position. The combina-
| ton worked fairly well on the defensive.
! but on the offensive the play was rather
| poor. The Farmers had no trouble get
ting men on the bases. owing to wildness
| on the part of the opposing pitcher, but
| some very stupid work on the lines cut
short what looked to be splendid oppor-
| tunities to score a lot of runs.
| The only game played in the amateur
| leagues yesterday took place in the Treas
| ury organization. The Library team de-
| feated Statistics by to ]. The contest
was a close affair from every standpoint.
a margin of one run deciding it, and only
| two hits being made by each nine.
/ Library made one error, while Statistics
did not make any misplay. Wortendyke
and Evans pitched good ball for the loser
| and winner. respectively.
| There is still much dissatisfaction at
| Yale because of the rowing policy. A
| failure to accomplish much this spring
has brought the methods now being used
| to instruct the crews into disrepute
| among the alumni. and it is said that
some clamor has been raised for another
| change 1t was sent out in press dis
| patches yesterday that Guy Nickalls, the
| English instructor. now in charge, had
| resigned. but it was denied later. The
| alumni banquet, to have been held to-
I ,fxht 1oc haa la6 Uf oinh hQ
taken as meaning that the approval of
| that body is not given to present condi-
! tions. The race with Harvard is to be
rowed Saturday, and that the banquet,
! which has generally been a source of
encouragement to the men, has been
called off is indicative of little optimistic
feeling among those familiar with the
| capabilities of the crew.
| The Eastern club of the Potomac
League will go to Camden. N j., Sat
urday for game with the club repre-
senting that city. The local boys will
, take up strong nine. and 1t is thought
| they will be able to show well.
! Owing to unfavorable weather condi-
| tions, there was only one game played
| in the amateur leagues yesterday. The
contest which took place was halted after
| five innings
(, The preliminaries to the intercollegiates
are to be held at Harvard tomorrow The
finals will be contested Saturday.
General opinion among the northern
! institutions seems to favor Yale Penn
| sylvania and Cornell as being the ones
that will fight 1t out for highest honors.
All these schools have done exceedingly
D we'll in their dual meets. and 1t Is con-
sidered that there Is no other squad
strong enough to beat out either OF
course, with the new system Of scoring
points, a surprise may be sprung by
some team which is not generally looked
upon as being strong, but these are the
institutions which are to be represented
by the apparently strongest aggrega-
tions.
If Pennsylvania can place all its stars
In the game. and has others on whom II
can depend to win a few places 1t will
come very near being the one to land. II
looks as though the Quakers stand a good
chance of getting three or four first
places. and If they do. there is no reason
why they should not finish in front. II
Is not going to take many points to get
that coveted first place. one may be sure
Of that. because the places are SO likely
to be- split between many schools. No
team Is likely to get more than thirty
will be sufficient to determine the cham
pionship.
1t appears to be the general opinion
that the high school base ball series this
year was one of the poorest In several
seasons, judging the average play OF
the teams. None of the mines was abso-
lutely consistent, and even Eastern, which
won the title. failed to defeat Western.
; the game with that school ending in a 8
too tie. The other teams seemed to be
made up of players below the average
standard and the work Of none Of them,
excepting Eastern, was of such a caliber
that it would deserve very great praise
Individually, there were few. If any, play
Of the stars of former years. Men like
Myers, Howard, Mess. Morris. Hardie
and Adams were not to be found during
the past season.
Mortimer, who Is playing in the Treas
ury and East Washington Sunday School
Leagues. is putting up a splendid game
His work in the field in nearly every con.
: test in which he takes part Is one OF the
! features There are few games In which
) he gives a poor exhibition. and In thu
: majority of cases he accepts severa
chances and does not make misplay.
!. II the Maryland Aggies can win theil
! base ball game from st. Johns Colleg,
T tomorrow they will finish one of the mos
Il successful years in athletics ever enjoy
ed by a secondary college. A victor.