Evening star., 1914-06-04

teams has nearly always been such that
each maintains large following.
Yesterdays battle between the Catho-
lies and Methodists proved victory for
the latter. but it was not until a mighty
hard fight. The losers made a desperate
effort in the last inning to tie things
up. but were not able to succeed.
The playing Of Boss at third for the
Methodists and the hitting of Sopher
and Ralph for the Catholics featured
Boss had Six chances, all of which he
accepted, and he made one hit; each
Of the other two men connected safely
twice.
Two games of more or less Importance
were played yesterday in which teams
representing the big universities took
part. Harvard defeated Williams by
to 8, while Pennsylvania won from Co
lumbia, 5 to 4, in ten innings.
This has undoubtedly been the most
successful year that Cornell has had in
athletics for a long while. The 1thacans
have proved triumphant in more than
one branch Of intercollegiate competition:
Last fall the foot ball team defeated
an eleven representing the University of
Pennsylvania, by n to 0. for the first
time in something like twelve years
That victory in itself was sufficient to
warrant the whole year being consider
ed a success, but it. does not stop there
The crew has won in both the races II
has taken part in, having defeated Har-
ward in q dual event, ana also naVlhs d
win over Yale and Princeton IN tri-
angular race.
better chance to be considered for the
championship than any of the other rep
resentatives of the big universities. Whiie'
to cap the climax, the fntercollegiates
we're won in a manner that admitted OF
no doubt as to the superiority OF the
yin<y i.
the opinion held by a writer for Phila-
delphia paper regarding Cornells status
this season:
/, ..Well may the cries of Cornell yell;
Cornell yell-Cornell!' ring over the col
lege athletic world today, for the 1thacans
have proved themselves supreme in track
the field by winning the Intercollegiate
at Cambridge; they captured the base
ball game with the Red and Blue. which
practically gives them the diamond cham
uionship, and also achieved glory In row.
ing.
:.Cornelrs wonderful showing in the
track championships came as a Dig sur
prise in some quarters. but many fol-
lowers of the big Ithacan team more or
less anticipated the result. while others
who were unbiased in their opinions look-
ed upon Cornell Pennsylvania and yale
as likely winners-all with good argu-
ments and sound reasoning to back up
their favorite choice.
Pennsylvania was by no means out
classed. the big Red and Blue team lead
ing Michigan. Dartmouth. Yale. Cali
fornia, Harvard. Princeton. Columbia
Pennsylvania State. Brown and johns
Hopkins-an honor which must not be
overlooked. Cornell appears to be
supreme in the world of college athletics.
The Cornell oarsmen, too, come in for a
large share of honor
Last Saturday a week Cornell defeated
Yale and Princeton on Lake Cayuga, and
on the Tuesday following triumphed over
Harvard at Cambridge. This was test
which proved the superiority of the Cor |
nell oarsmen.
I'm base ball the Cornell team Is looked !
upon as the championship leaders. for |
the Ithacans have better record than !
any Of the other Big Four teams
the Civil Service In the Federal League !!
started as though 1t were going to be a |
closely contested affair, but the former |
scored seven times In the last two pc
riods. Those runs in the last two in
nings gave them the contest by a big
margin.
volman apd Snyder Of the Marines |
featured the contest The former got /
four hits out Of six trips to the plate.
two of them being for three bases, and
he fielded his position well. Snyder
pitched well enough to hold the Civil
Service men to four singles. and got a
three-bagger and a single out of six
times up.
Barnhart played a good game at short
stop for Post Office yesterday in the con-
test in which 1t lost to the Interior team.
re accepted eight chances without MAX
Ing an error and five of them were as
lists. Vaughn, who played third for
Post Office, did better hitting than any |.
other man of either club. getting three